Whole Foods, Lord and Taylor and More Opening in Yonkers

If you have wondered what's going up off the Major Deegan at Stew Leonards Drive, here is your answer. Westchester will soon be home to another huge shopping center – this one located off Route 87 across from Stew Leonards, Home Depot and Costco in Yonkers.  The new project, named Ridge Hill will include 12 blocks of shopping and dining, 500 residential units and 160,000 square feet of office space.

Many large retailers have already committed to open on the site – including Whole Foods, Dick’s Sporting Goods, an 80,000 square foot Lord and Taylor store and Showcase Cinema De Lux – all who already have locations in White Plains and Scarsdale.

Also slated to open are the GAP, Delia’s, Desigual, H&M, LL Bean, Old Navy, Republic of Couture and Sur La Table. Dining options will include Barbes, Brio Tuscan Grille, Elevation Burger, the Cheesecake Factory and Texas De Brazil.

From the site map the size of this new venture looks mind-boggling. The property is being developed by Forest City Enterprises who owns, develops and manages commercial and residential real estate throughout the U.S.

According to the Ridge Hill website, the site is slated to open in 2011 – but the question is when.