It will be another summer of new commercial development in the Town of Batavia, with three projects already up for Planning Board review, and that doesn't include the expansion project at Batavia Towne Center.
- GCEDC/GGLDC is planning a second two-story building at the Upstate Med-Tech Center on R. Stephen Hawley Drive, across from GCC. The complex will be 60,000 square feet and be planned for industrial, research and office space.
- An as-yet-undisclosed company is planning a 60,000 square foot cold storage facility at the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park. It will be on 10 acres adjacent Alpina's plant and serve Alpina's cold storage needs. The facility require a 42-foot high silo, which is seven feet higher than allowed under current code without a variance.
- A local man is planning a plant that will digest waste from yogurt production -- about 70 percent of the milk product from making yogurt becomes waste -- into products that can be used for other needs or converted into energy.
All three projects will be discussed at the planning board's meeting May 21.
Applications for COR's conversion of the former Lowe's location into four retail spaces hasn't reach the town yet.
There's also the housing development off Seven Springs Road that's still going through the planning process.
