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WCA BLUEPRINT CITY SHO WCASE White Plains WCA BLUEPRINT | CITY SHOWCASE: WHITE PLAINS 1 PRESENTED BY MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR WELCOME TO CITY DAY 2012: As you will see today, White Plains has much to offer. We are a suburban city with a full complement of urban amenities. We have a residential population of approximately 57,000, and a daytime population that soars to 250,000, as the business community and shoppers arrive by car, rail, bus and plane. Our downtown offers plenty of options for dining, FEATURED PROPERTY SPONSORS entertainment and the arts. We are one of the top suburban office and retail centers in the nation and are the center for Federal, State, and County courts and offices in Westchester County with easy access to a multi-modal public transportation system. GATEWAY Thomas Roach What’s more, White Plains has recently been recognized as the ideal community in Mayor Westchester for young professionals to live, work and play due to its great balance of City of White Plains urban and suburban life, its walkability, partnered with convenient access to all modes SHOWCASE SPONSORS of transportation and commutability to Manhattan, for its abundance of municipal parking packages, and for its distinction as a “hot spot” for professional networking, nightlife, restaurants, entertainment, family activities, recreation and diversity. White Plains is Westchester County’s premier business market and is home to the county’s largest concentration of retail activity. It is a city that offers great potential to the business community. We offer an educated work force, housing options, schools of excellence, a thriving downtown and municipal parking. I welcome the opportunity to meet with you and discuss the possibilities of doing business in White Plains. SUPPORTERS Sincerely, Alianza Services LLC; ArtsWestchester; Divney Tung Schwalbe; Greater Hudson Bank; Harrison Edwards PR & Marketing; Jonathan Rose Companies and White Plains Housing Authority; Malkin Properties of Connecticut, Inc.; Metro-North; Silverman Realty Group, Inc. Thomas Roach 2 WCA BLUEPRINT | CITY SHOWCASE: WHITE PLAINS 3 CITY OF WHITE PLAINS AT A GLANCE POPULATION PROFILE BUSINESS PROFILE TRAVEL TO WORK PROFILE WELCOME Population 56,853 persons Commercial Space: Mode of Travel: Median Age 39.2 years Commercial Office 10.4 million SF Car Alone 56.7% Median Household Income $73,522 Government Office 1.2 million SF Carpool 6.9% elcome to the Westchester County Association’s BLUEPRINT City Showcase Race/Ethnicity Stores in Malls 357 stores Public Transportation 19.2% featuring White Plains. This half-day event showcases all that the City White 63.6% Stores Outside Malls 1,216 stores Walked 8.0% of White Plains has to offer including: specific properties, public/private African American 14.2% Bicycled 0.3% redevelopment opportunities, mass-transit, arts & culture, diverse William Cuddy W workforce and points of interest as well as highlight White Plains’ pro-business policies. Asian 6.4% Principal Business Sectors Other 1.6% Chairman Hispanic Ethnicity 29.6% by Percentage of Local Employment: Work At Home 7.3% The Blueprint for Westchester Today’s City Showcase is part of the WCA’s Blueprint for Westchester—a smart, new Educational Services, Location of Work: aggressive campaign to attract and retain business, and spur investment in Westchester. EMPLOYMENT PROFILE Health Care, Social Services 22.7% In White Plains 35.7% Driven by the private sector, with strong partnerships with the county’s real estate, Population over 16 Professional, Scientific Outside White Plains 64.3% business and academic sectors, the Blueprint also includes collaboration with the employed 29,663 workers and Management 16.8% Outside Westchester 19.5% Westchester County government and the county’s six major cities. The campaign includes Percent of population Finance, Insurance and Outside New York State 7.7% private sector innovation and financing to help drive economic development. Real Estate 11.8% over 16 employed 65.1% We are creating an environment in which companies and residents can flourish, where Other Service Businesses 8.8% HOUSING PROFILE Percent employed in the entrepreneurial spirit will prevail, and where we can retain young professionals Retail Trade 8.2% private sector 62.3% Total Housing Units 24,382 units and capture their great intellectual capital. Our message is simple—quality business Percent employed in Arts, Entertainment, Owner Occupied generates quality jobs and other economic benefits to the community. public/non-profit sector 22.9% Recreation, Hospitality/Food 7.9% Housing Units 12,326 To learn more about our initiative to create an economy of growth in Westchester Percent self employed 4.1% Public Administration 4.3% Homeowner Vacancy Rate 2.9% please give us a call and visit our website at www.westchester.org. All Other 19.5% Occupied Rental Units 10,584 Rental Vacancy Rate 4.4% Sincerely, Marissa Brett Executive Director of The Blueprint for Westchester William Cuddy Marissa Brett 4 WCA BLUEPRINT | CITY SHOWCASE: WHITE PLAINS 5 ABOUT WHITE PLAINS A HISTORIC COMMUNITY A REGIONAL • Within a 10 minute drive of: • Home to the following • Within a 10 minute drive of art and • Over 100 Metro-North trains a day from • On July 9, 1776, the Colony of New York CENTER OF EDUCATION - Purchase College, State University major regional arts facilities: cultural offerings at Purchase College the White Plains Transcenter to Grand of New York (SUNY) - ArtsWestchester, providing exhibitions Cental and Northern Westchester and Provisional Congress met in White Plains • Nationally recognized public education • Within 35 minutes by train from Grand - Pace University undergraduate and live performances for smaller, Putnam County and adopted the Declaration of Independ - system, with middle and high schools Central and New York City’s cultural campus, Pleasantville regional audiences ence, giving White Plains the name of designated as Blue Ribbon Schools of treasures • Over 7 million square feet of office space - Fordham University Graduate Schools - Westchester Music Conservatory, “Birth Place of the State of New York.” Excellence by NYS Education Department within walking distance of Metro-North of Business, Education and providing music education and • General George Washington’s and U.S. DOE A REGIONAL CENTER Train Station Social Services performances for regional audiences headquarters during the 1778 Battle OF BUSINESS • Over 800 buses a day stop at the • Home to high quality private K-12 schools, - Music at Grace Church, high quality of White Plains was in the White Plains Bee Line bus terminal at the White Plains including: noontime music performances at the • Strategic northeast corridor home of Jacob Purdy, now preserved by A REGIONAL CENTER FOR Transcenter - German School of New York CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT historic Grace Church for downtown business center the City of White Plains and White Plains • Over 12,000 public parking spaces - Archbishop Stepinac High School residents, workers and shoppers • Over 10 million square feet of office space, Historical Society. • Known as “The City in a Park” for its wide support local office and retail businesses - Solomon Schecter School - White Plains Outdoor Arts Festival, home to numerous corporate head- range of parks and recreation centers in downtown - Good Counsel Academy a 2-day juried fine arts show and festival quarters and regional offices including A REGIONAL CENTER including a citywide trail system currently - Our Lady of Sorrows Elementary School - Westchester Art Workshop, art classes Heineken; Combe, Inc.; Orthonet; Amalga - • Over $2 billion in annual retail sales OF GOVERNMENT: under development • Home to the following outstanding colleges, for all ages at the Westchester County mated Life; Colin Service Systems, Inc. from over 1,000 retailers • The county seat for • Home to the White Plains Library and the Center universities and graduate programs: • Downtown hotels serving business • Galleria Mall and The Westchester Mall Westchester since 1778 “Trove,” a specially designed space for - Events at Kensico Dam, Westchester - Pace University Lubin Graduate Center travelers include the White Plains Ritz are premiere regional malls with a wide young readers County sponsored summer events at • Home to federal, NY State, - Pace University School of Law Carlton, Crowne Plaza Hotel, and Marriot range of national and international stores Dam Plaza county and local courts - Berkeley College • Home to the White Plains Performing Residence Inn. Amenities include banquet and brands - The College of Westchester - Home to over 100 fine restaurants and • Home to regional offices of many Arts Center, a theater providing equity facilities and meeting rooms performances for regional audiences and pubs many of which provide weekend federal and state agencies • Within one-hour drive of four a wide range of special theatrical events entertainment • Over 1.2 million square feet international airports and 10 minutes and theater classes for youth of government office space from Westchester County Airport 6 WCA BLUEPRINT | CITY SHOWCASE: WHITE PLAINS 7 WHITE PLAINS SHOWCASE WHITE PLAINS, NY LIST OF PROPERTIES ON CITY HIGHLIGHTS TOUR Properties Owner/Agent Contact Person Phone 1. 360 Hamilton Ave. Reckson/SL Green John Barnes 914.872.4750 2. Ritz Carlton Reckson/SL Green John Barnes 914.872.4750 3. 1 North Lexington Ave. CB Richard Ellis William Cuddy 203.325.5380 4. White Plains Train Station City of White Plains Mayor’s Office 914.422.1411 5. 50 Main Street Mack-Cali Realty Corp. Jeff Warner 914.593.7910 6. 10 Bank Street Malkin Properties Jeff Newman 203.353.5231 7. 1 & 3 Barker Ave Mack-Cali Realty Corp. Jeff Warner 914.593.7910 8. 1 North Broadway Heyman Properties Larry Heyman 203.226.1206 9. 80 Westchester Ave. Harbour Commercial Real Estate Ken Harbour 914.273.1442 10. 701-711 Westchester Ave. Normandy Real Estate Partners Michael Cottle 914.988.1105 11. 1111/1129 Westchester Ave. CB Richard Ellis Al Gutierrez 203.352.8908 12. 1133 Westchester Ave. RPW Group, Inc. Robert Weisz 914.285.1700 13.