Westchester County purchased the property from John Sites for $2.8 million, according to Henry Fries, principal of Henry W. Fries Real Estate of White Plains, who represented the buyer and the seller in the deal. Sites has retained a total of 63 acres on two separate parcels at Hilltop Hanover Farm and is in the approval process to build single-family homes at the site.
Salvatore Carrera, director of real estate and the Office of Economic Development for Westchester County, said Westchester is in discussions with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to sell the city approximately 123 acres to be set aside for watershed protection.
Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano first announced the intended purchase of Hilltop Hanover Farm on July 11, 2001. The county plans to convert the former dairy farm into an environmental educational center that will also include a working classroom in pesticide-free agriculture, a laboratory and learning center for Westchester County residents. Carrera notes that Westchester is hoping to work with Cornell Cooperative Extension and other environmental and horticultural groups on the project.
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John Jordan
John Jordan is a veteran journalist with 36 years of print and digital media experience.
