Earning his wings
New school takes flight
By BOB ROZYCKI

Lewis Liebert wants to take himself and his business to new heights.

For Liebert it will take about 50 hours; the business will take a bit longer.

Liebert’s business model is passion-based; he wanted to learn to fly an airplane, so he started a flight school. Well, perhaps it wasn’t that simple; there was the bad experience at another school and extensive research.

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Developer Louis R. Cappelli appears to love White Plains.

At a work session of the Common Council Thursday night, the Valhalla-based developer outlined his vision for what he calls the gateway to the city, the train station. And in this project the focus would be office space rather than residential.

As his Ritz-Carlton projects hit new heights downtown, Cappelli hopes to do the same with three high-rise buildings that would encompass some 1.5 million square feet of office space.

Weisz investment
Developer spending millions on renovations, amenities to attract Fortune 500s
BY JOHN GOLDEN

Commercial developer Robert P. Weisz has proven that at his once-empty, now fully occupied 800 Westchester Ave. office building in Rye Brook. There one can have one’s car washed, hair cut, shoes shined, shirts or skirts dry-cleaned, paycheck banked, lunch served and tense muscles massaged without leaving the premises.

Former Rockland development chief tackles nonprofit sector
By LYNN WOODS

Holly Freedman, who was recently appointed director of the National Executive Service Corp.’s (NESC) newly opened branch for Westchester and Rockland counties, has first-hand knowledge of the value of the NESC’s services. A year ago, when she was president and CEO of the Rockland County Economic Development Corp. (RCED), the agency hired NESC to do an organizational assessment.

Global thinking nets results and awards
By LYNN WOODS and KATHY KAHN

On Tuesday, May 22, the Averell Harriman International Trade Awards will be presented to 10 Hudson Valley companies that have brought international business to our region. In this last of a three-part series, we profile the final four honorees.

Yonkers ascendant
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

Exactly one day after Yonkers’ 27-year-running desegregation saga was officially laid to rest, city government and business leaders gathered to paint a picture of a city fully fueled and ready to roar onto the world scene. If the stars hold their courses, the waterfront might even echo with the cry, “Play ball!”

Hicks to head Rockland Economic Development Corp.
By LYNN WOODS

Ronald Hicks has been appointed president and CEO of the Rockland Economic Development Corp. (REDC). Hicks, who was most recently director of economic development for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will start with the agency in early June. He replaces Holly Freeman, who left REDC to accept a position as a director of the National Executive Service Corp.

Agriculture key to biofuel production, world ag chief says
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

ST. LOUIS ­ If biofuels are to provide a mass amount of energy to a global population, there will need to be “quantum shifts” in existing governmental policies worldwide.

 

U.S. needs to prepare as bioenergy market develops

By BRYANF. YURCAN

ST. LOUIS – The role in how agriculture can help mitigate global climate change was the subject of a lively panel discussion during the second day of the 2007 World Agricultural Congress.

 

Balancing act
Produce, biofuels will have to share farm fields

By BRYANF. YURCAN

ST. LOUIS – As the development and implementation of biofuels continues to grow, leaders in this emerging market must strike a balance between using the land for fuel and for food, say several experts in the field.

 

New biofuel sources needed to fill ’er up
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

ST. LOUIS – The race to bioenergy is coming to a giant speedbump. As food replaces fossil fuels at the pump, there aren’t enough crops for both dinner and driving.

ConEd says rate hikes necessary to meet growth in county
BY JOHN GOLDEN

Consolidated Edison Co.’s proposed rate hikes for its 3.2 million customers in New York City and Westchester County has sparked criticism from at least one elected state official, while the county’s largest business group is taking a wait-and-study approach to what promises to be a volatile public issue over the next year.

City expected to weigh in on $247M Bank Street project
BY JOHN GOLDEN

The Philadelphia-based developer of Bank Street Commons in downtown White Plains awaits city approval this week of its plans to build two high-rise apartment buildings with retail space and a partly public parking garage on what is now a municipal parking lot for Metro-North Railroad commuters.

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