Politics & Government

North State Road Police Station Sold for $1.47M

A tech company has purchased the structure and will use it to house 35 employees.

This article was written and reported by Sarah Studley and Krista Madsen.

To the tune of $1.47 million, the former Westchester County police station on 507 North State Rd.—a Briarcliff Manor address but within the town of Ossining—has been sold to Internet technology company EVP Axispoint Inc. for office space.

That figure is less than the town was asking for, but the Town Supervisor told the Journal News she’s pleased with the deal—which includes an escalating tax rate for the firm that starts at $17,000 per year and rises to $60,000 by year seven.

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"It’s a good thing for the town," Supervisor Susanne Donnelly told the Journal News. "We get to sell the building, and it’s bringing 35 employees into the community."

According to a recent appraisal of the building, it was valued at $1,600,000.

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Following the merging of the Town's police force with Westchester County's in 2011, police were operating out of the 8,000-plus-square foot building for some time.

Last year, Donnelly announced the Town had offered to sell the building to Westchester County. In a Supervisor's update published May 23, 2012 on Patch, she wrote,

"We have told the County that, while we would love for them to purchase the police station on North State Road, we understand if they have determined that they do not need the space. We have asked them to eliminate the portion of the contract that allows them to use the building, and we have removed all equipment and shut down all services to the building (except for Con Edison). The County response was that they understood our desire to sell the building to relieve the tax payers of a large debt, and that the officers would be moved to Hawthorne and the aforementioned section of the contract would be removed; the lawyers are working on the language as we speak."

Donnelly said the building was "currently being paid for with capital debt."

The Town also previously reached out to the Village of Briarcliff Manor about possibly purchasing the building for use as its police headquarters.

When asked by Patch about the offer in 2012, Briarcliff Manor Village Manager Philip Zegarelli replied, "I think part of it is—though I really can't speak for the mayor and the board—but it is outside the village."

Zegarelli said the village would likely only consider purchasing the building "when and if the issue of annexation comes up."

The Town, therefore, continued to seek a buyer for the station.

In the interim, the building was rented by FOX Broadcasting Company to shoot scenes from the crime show The Following, starring Kevin Bacon.


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