60 acres of land and old buildings at the former Rockland Psychiatric Center are being fenced in and prepped for demolition. The town closed earlier this month on the $7.5 million sale to JPMorgan Chase, which is looking to turn the area into a money-making data farm. Orangetown supervisor Andy Stewart says demolition will take place over the winter …
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That, he predicts, would be followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony on a new data center by the end of next year. Stewart said closing on the deal is one of the high points of his six-year tenure as supervisor. He is not running for re-election this time around.
