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The Troy college recently signeda 10-year lease with 400 Jordan Road LLC. The schoo l will pay approximately $605,009 a year to lease 36,557 square feet of space. Hudsonm Valley’s popular paramedic program will occupgy about half of thenew space. The schookl also will move its respiratory care program and a that traines employees forarea businesses, according to Stepheh Cowan, director of the college’ds physical plant. The remainder of the leasede space willhouse ’s Next Step office, a communicationes worker training program coordinated by the college.
Those departmentz all currently are located inHudson Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblum Administration Center, a 1940s era buildinvg that Cowan said needs majo renovations. “It’s a tired old building. We are lookingf at total renovations or he said. But the collegs decided to lease space from the througu 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 yearsz while the college decides whether it shouldx overhaul or tear down the HyRosenblum building.
The collegee continues to grow, but because of the economy it does not have the moneyh to renovate the current buildingright now, Cowan Hudson Valley is planning to hire a consulting firm this summe r to help officials decide the most cost effective way to deal with the Rosenblu building. helped Hudson Valley negotiatedthe lease. The collegee plans to have the four programz and departments moved into the new space in Nortg Greenbush before the start of classeson Aug. 31. The buildinh previously had been used as office spacse forVerizon workers, Cowaj said.