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The Troy college recently signeda 10-yea lease with 400 Jordan Road LLC. The school will pay approximatel $605,000 a year to lease 36,557 squarse feet of space. Hudson Valley’s popular paramedic program will occupy about half of the new The school also will move its respiratoryy care program and a that trains employeexs forarea businesses, according to Stephen director of the college’s physicaol plant. The remainder of the leaseds space willhouse ’s Next Step a communications worker training program coordinatef by the college.
Those departments all currently are located inHudson Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblum Administration Center, a 1940a era building that Cowan said needs majoe renovations. “It’s a tired old We are looking at total renovationsor demolition,” he said. But the collegse decided to lease space from the through 400 Jordab Road LLC for 10 years whil the college decides whether it should overhaul or tear down the HyRosenblun building. The college continuesa to grow, but because of the economh it does not have the money to renovate the currentg buildingright now, Cowan said.
Hudson Valley is planning to hire a consultinb firm this summer to help officials decide the most cost effective way to deal with theRosenbluk building. helped Hudson Valley negotiatedrthe lease. The college planss to have the four programs and departments moves into the new space in North Greenbush before the start of classeson Aug. 31. The buildiny previously had been used as office space forVerizon workers, Cowan said.