French-American School of New York Completes Purchase of the Ridgeway Country Club in White Plains

Jan. 20, 2011 - PRLog -- WHITE PLAINS, NY  -- The French-American School of New York (FASNY) announced today it has completed its acquisition of the Ridgeway Country Club property in White Plains.

FASNY plans to consolidate many of its operations to the 128-acre property over a period of several years. Proposed plans include retrofitting the existing club buildings and adding several new buildings to create a low-density park-like campus.

The school also announced that it will hold an Open House for the White Plains community on Saturday, January 29 at the Ridgeway Country Club. The Open House, which will run from 10 am to 5 pm, will provide an opportunity for the community to learn more about the school and its future plans for the property.

FASNY’s plan for the property would preserve over 60 acres of the site as permanent and publicly accessible open space; restore and enhance the natural conditions of the site; and improve the existing stormwater and drainage conditions of the property. Less than five percent of the site will be covered by impervious surfaces.  

William V. Cuddy, Jr., executive vice president, and Budd Wiesenberg, vice president, of CBRE’s Westchester office, handled negotiations on behalf of the Ridgeway Country Club.

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ABOUT THE FRENCH-AMERICAN SCHOOL: The French-American School of New York was founded in 1980 to provide a bilingual, bicultural French and American education to an American, French and international student population from nursery school through 12th grade. Today 825 students attend its Pre-School in Scarsdale, its Lower School in Larchmont and its Upper School in Mamaroneck.