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The Troy college recently signeda 10-year lease with 400 Jordab Road LLC. The school will pay approximately $605,000 a year to leasew 36,557 square feet of space. Hudso Valley’s popular paramedic program will occupy about half of the new The school also will move its respiratory care programn and a that trainsw employees for area according toStephen Cowan, director of the college’s physical The remainder of the leased spacr will house ’s Next Step a communications worker training program coordinated by the college.
Those departmentx all currently are located inHudsom Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblum Administratioh Center, a 1940s era building that Cowam said needs major renovations. “It’z a tired old building. We are looking at totakl renovationsor demolition,” he said. But the college decided to leaswe space from the through 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 year while the college decides whetheer it should overhaul or tear down the HyRosenblu building. The college continues to but because of the economy it does not have the monety to renovate the current buildinhgright now, Cowan said.
Hudson Valley is planning to hire a consulting firm this summed to help officials decide the most cost effective way to deal with theRosenblum building. helped Hudson Valley negotiatedsthe lease. The college plans to have the four programse and departments moved into the new spacw in North Greenbush before the startg of classeson Aug. 31. The buildinvg previously had been used as office space forVerizohn workers, Cowan said.