Debris from a defunct shopping center is being recycled into construction materials for one of the Hudson Valley’s biggest construction projects.
Thalle Industries’ Virtual Quarry in Elmsford, New York, is recycling remnants of the faded, 50-year-old White Plains Mall, which was recently demolished to make way for new mixed-use residential towers in the heart of White Plains.
Rather than ship the mall’s rubble to remote landfills, the tons of debris from the massive demolition are being transported a short distance to the Virtual Quarry, where the debris will be recycled into subbase to be used underneath asphalt roads at Regeneron’s $1.8 billion expansion project in Tarrytown, paving the way for future pharma.
The former White Plains Mall will be replaced by Hamilton Green, a $600 million transit-oriented development at 200 Hamilton Ave. in White Plains. Hamilton Green is the latest project by the Cappelli Organization and its LRC Construction division.
Regeneron’s $1.8 billion expansion will enlarge the company’s research, preclinical manufacturing and support facilities in Westchester County, creating 1,000 new full-time, high skill jobs.
