Housing development proposed in Van Buren 2 years ago is back, and even bigger than before

Van Buren, N.Y. – Two years ago, a developer proposed a $40 million development with 124 homes and six three-story apartment buildings on 108 acres in Van Buren. Dozens of residents fought the development, in large part because of concerns about Haudenosaunee artifacts in the area, and the project stalled.

Now the same developer is back with a revised plan after state preservation officials signed off on the proposal. The new plan calls for even more residential units on the same site off Downer Street at Tappan Street and Crego Road.