Galaxy Ltd. moving closer to construction

By Laura Fitzgerald
Posted 9/18/19

Galaxy Limited, a potential light industrial site in Maybrook, is moving closer to construction.

At a Maybrook village board meeting on Aug. 26, Donald Liloia, Senior Vice President of …

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Galaxy Ltd. moving closer to construction

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Galaxy Limited, a potential light industrial site in Maybrook, is moving closer to construction.

At a Maybrook village board meeting on Aug. 26, Donald Liloia, Senior Vice President of Facilities and Business Development, told the board the project is close to submitting a full Environmental Assessment Form, the first step in the planning board approval process.

“We will remain both committed and excited and hopefully we’ll see something this fall that we can present to you in greater detail,” Liloia said.

Project developers hope to announce the first end user this fall, Liloia said.

Galaxy Limited, LLC plans to build an industrial park on 70 acres of rail-side property in Maybrook that could support up to 880,000 square feet of industrial and commercial space with direct access to rail, according to section one of the project Environmental Assessment Form (EAF). The project site is on 393 acres of land owned by Galaxy.

The project includes eight light industrial pad-ready sites, an extension of Main Street over the railroad tracks, a two-mile road parallel to the tracks that connects Henry Henning Drive in the town of Montgomery with the main street extension, a two-mile hike and bike path with access to Stewart State Forest and pedestrian tunnel over the tracks.

Ross Winglovitz, Principal Engineer with Engineering and Surveying Properties, P.C, said the best-case scenario for submitting a final EAF is this fall and Galaxy hopes to break ground in spring 2020. Phase one of the environmental assessment has been completed. Phase two, which includes soil analysis, has been authorized and is currently being completed.

Winglovitz said Galaxy continues to work through the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) process and continues to complete survey work on Main Street and on New York State 208 to evaluate connection points.
Engineers revised the layout of the project slightly from the original concept to accommodate buildings which are more efficient and uniform in their design, Winglovtiz said.
Galaxy will participate in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Brownfield Cleanup Program due to concern over possible contamination from the old railyard, Winglovitz said. The program provides tax credits to developers or end users to assist them with cleaning contaminated soils.

Liloia said the project will be completed according to the proposal.

‘The important thing for us is making sure the infrastructure gets built as promised and that the plans are consistent with what you thought you will see all along,” Liloia said.

Light industrial is different from warehousing because it allows for product assembly, Winglovitz said. Warehouses generally exist for the storage and movement of goods.

Galaxy will not consider automobile storage yards, Liloia said. Recently, automobile storage yards and similar proposed projects have sparked concerns among residents for their environmental impacts.