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Northern New York’s Leading Newspaper • Down to earth and growing • Vol. 35, No. 1,584 • April 23-29, 2015
Latest on Bonacio’s GF plan
One less floor, more
apartments, less retail
Erin Coe is the
Hyde Collection’s
new director.
Chronicle photo/
Cathy DeDe
Coe’s return a
coup for Hyde
A preliminary look at what Sonny Bonacio’s $27-million
mixed-use project on Hudson Avenue in downtown Glens Falls will look
Rendering by the L.A. Group for Bonacio Construction and the Galesi Group
like.
By Cathy DeDe
Chronicle Managing Editor
GF project
takes shape
By Gordon Woodworth
Chronicle News Editor
Developer Sonny Bonacio’s
$27-million mixed-use project
Please turn to page 33
Push for local foods
in local restaurants
Dunham’s
Bay
Chef AJ Richards,
in his kitchen with local vegetables.
Chronicle photo/
David Cederstrom
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80 first proposed, and 31,000
square feet of retail on the first
floor, down from 40,000 proposed in its initial plans.
There will be 13,000 square
feet of office space on the second
floor, up from 9,075 square feet
originally proposed. A basement
on Hudson Avenue in downtown
Glens Falls will now be five
floors, not six, but will include 10
more apartments than originally
proposed.
A press release from the Galesi
Group, which is partnering
with Bonacio Construction, said
the five-story building will now
include 90 apartments, up from
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Hyde’s new director.
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