What is it? Armonk Square is a 51,010 square foot commercial and residential development planned to be built by Antares Real Estate, the developer of the Cider Mill property, on three acres in the heart of downtown Armonk. The site will border Main Street where the old Sheep Shack, Wisteria, and Holmes & Kennedy buildings are currently located. The property extends back from Main Street to St. Stephen's cemetery and borders Maple Avenue on the north side (close to Beascakes and Cocobolo) and the Bedford Road Historic District (opposite Town Hall) on the south side. Armonk Square will consist of five 2-story buildings with approximately 21,913 SF of commercial space, consisting of retail stores, offices, a bank, and a restaurant, and approximately 20,187 SF of residential space consisting of 21 second story apartments. There will be 118 parking spaces. When complete, 91% of the three acre site will be buildings or pavement.
Access to Armonk Square. Cars will access Armonk Square using two entrances: one from Maple Avenue and one from Bedford Road using a road to be built directly through the Bedford Road Historic District. This Historic District is a town landmark that has been listed on The National and State Registers of Historic Places and The Westchester County Historic Sites Inventory for more than twenty years. It is our town's only historic district. See Impact on Historic District The North Castle Historic Society, several members of the Landmarks Preservation Committee, and many residents are strongly opposed to the impact that the proposed road will have on the Bedford Road Historic District. The Landmarks Preservation Committee, appointed by the Town Board to protect the Bedford Road Historic District, originally denied its approval of the Armonk Square project but then later granted it.
What does 51,000 SF look like? Compare this proposed development to the existing buildings that will be next to it. Hickory & Tweed is 6,600 SF and Olive Branch Plaza, where Tazza Cafe and La Scala are located, is 4,200 SF. Armonk Square will contain five buildings: two buildings of each approximately 13,000 SF, two buildings each of approximately 8,000 SF and one building of approximately 7,000 SF.
Final approval by the North Castle Town Planning Board was given in March 2008. To date no building has started.
