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![]() ![]() “The question is how much will the bottle hold. There’s not much you can do about it,” said Benjamin Riggs, president of Arnot Realty Corp., which owns the Arnot Mall. I’m real excited about it.”īut other major retailers in the area are viewing the new developments cautiously. I’ve seen the plans and they look just great to me. It’s a major change for the town of Horseheads, I’ll tell you that. I though maybe they’ve dropped it, forgotten about it,” Chapman said. But he said ii will be good to finally see signs of new activity at the A&P site, which is in the town of Horseheads. If Wal-Mart relocates from down the road at Consumer Square in Big Flats, where it is the anchor tenant, that will be bad news for that shopping complex, said Horseheads Town Supervisor Bob Chapman. A parking lot just to the east of the complex was already targeted for potential retail space. The owners said they plan to demolish everything but 300,000 square feet of warehousing space currently leased by Toshiba Display Devices of Horseheads. Efforts to sell and redevelop the plant since it closed in 1982 were largely unsuccessful until the current owners came along and renamed it the Chemung County Commerce Center. built the structure in 1965 and it was once the world’s largest food-processing plant, employing about 2,400 people. A Wal-Mart spokesperson didn’t return a phone message Monday. Talks have been ongoing with Wal-Mart and several other retailers, but Cohen said there are no signed tenants yet. There’s just not enough demand for warehouse space in that area.” “I would say we’re currently exploring the demolition of most of the facility and converting it to retail space. “We continue to explore options with the county to enhance the value of the property into a better and higher use that should result in more tax revenue for the county,” Cohen said. On the other hand, Cohen said he has fielded numerous inquiries about retail space use. Los Angeles-area industrial developers Brad Cohen and Jeffrey Stern spent millions renovating the 1.5- million-square-foot building after buying it in 2000, but say the market just isn’t there for industrial use. ![]() HORSEHEADS – The men who own the sprawling former A&P plant in Horseheads said they plan to tear most of it down and build a shopping center there instead. Owners say they want retail space in place of Horseheads warehouse. here's a clip from the Southern Tier Economic Growth: It's what we all need- more retail space in a crowded retail area. ![]()
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