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Rendering of brownstones at Edge-on-Hudson. Provided by Edge-on-Hudson.

Following two years of laying new infrastructure, developers of Edge-on-Hudson, the Sleepy Hollow site once home to General Motors, are finally able to start building homes.

The development team behind Edge-on-Hudson, the billion-dollar mixed-use redevelopment of the former GM site, announced Oct. 22 that home construction has started on 118 for-sale townhomes and condominiums on the property.

National home builder Toll Brothers is handling the construction and marketing of the properties, which include … Read more

Sleepy Hollow, New York, the village known as the inspiration for Washington Irving’s famous Legend of Sleepy Hollow, is not quite so sleepy this fall as several milestones have been reached at Edge-on-Hudson, the transit-oriented, mixed-use development transforming a former General Motors site along the Hudson River.

Home construction is underway, as Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) has started work on its Brownstones collection of luxury townhomes. In addition, home sales are set to commence, with the on-site sales gallery scheduled to open in the coming weeks.

At the same time, … Read more

A look at Edge-on-Hudson, where Toll Brothers has signed an agreement to purchase Phase 1 to build 306 units of housing at the development project on the former General Motors assembly plant site in Sleepy Hollow

(Photo: Seth Harrison/The Journal News)

SLEEPY HOLLOW – A report released this week offers a number of suggestions on how to use the massive Edge-on-Hudson development on the former General Motors site as a vehicle for revitalizing the village.

A vision for Sleepy Hollow: Managing … Read more

Mayor Ken Wray

Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray thinks his village is ready for an awakening. “We really have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity right now,” he said.

The village of Sleepy Hollow recently applied for a $10 million grant from New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). The initiative, now in its third year, offers funds that can be used by municipalities to boost local economies, transform downtown areas and improve residents’ quality of life.

For Wray, receiving this grant couldn’t come … Read more

On a recent scorching June afternoon, Diversified Realty Advisors founding partner Jonathan Stein walked to his black SUV and emerged with an item that resembled an oversized, silver briefcase. He placed it on the floor of his car, opened it up and pulled out a white drone. Using his iPhone as a means of controlling the device, he planned to use the drone to capture a series of photos of a 67-acre site that was once home to a General … Read more

Paved roadway leading to Edge-on-Hudson parcel in Sleepy Hollow.

The first structures to be built within Edge-on-Hudson, the mixed-use development at Sleepy Hollow’s riverfront are expected to be 11 free-standing homes, constructed by Toll Brothers, a luxury home builder whose work is known locally and nationwide.

The company has signed an agreement with the developers, SunCal and Diversified Realty Advisors to purchase the lots and build all the residential units planned for Phase One of the project. Toll Brothers is … Read more

SLEEPY HOLLOW – Eight months have passed since local dignitaries gathered at the former General Motors assembly plant site to celebrate a mega residential development that‘s been two decades in the making.

Homes have yet to be built on the 70-acre property on the Hudson River, but the developers of the 1,177-unit community called Edge-on-Hudson had reason to be optimistic this week.

“Over the course of 2017, we‘ve done a tremendous amount of development on the property,” said Peter Chavkin, lead consultant for a major … Read more

A rendering of the project on the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow.

After nearly two decades of delays and a yearlong infrastructure buildout, vertical construction could soon begin at Edge-on-Hudson, the 67-acre mixed-use development on the site of the former General Motors assembly plant in Sleepy Hollow.

The estimated $1 billion waterfront project off Beekman Avenue, which broke ground in May 2016, is a joint venture between SunCal, a California developer of residential and commercial properties, and Diversified Realty Advisors, … Read more