French-American School Of NY Sells White Plains Property

WHITE PLAINS, NY — The French-American School of New York said Tuesday that it has sold its 130-acre property in the Gedney Farms neighborhood of White Plains.

The sale was to The Farrell Building Company, a residential developer, and the purchase price was not disclosed.

The sale includes four parcels that comprised the former Ridgeway Country Club that FASNY purchased in December 2010: Parcel A, that in November 2017 was approved by the city for construction of its secondary school (grades 6-12) consisting of 27.7 acres between Ridgeway, Hathaway Lane and Gedney Esplanade; Parcel B, 14 acres between Gedney Esplanade and Heatherbloom Road; Parcel C, 15.6 acres between Heatherbloom and Bryant Avenue; and Parcel D, 72.3 acres between Hathaway, Ridgeway, Bryant and North Street.

The property is zoned R1-30, which allows single-family residential lots of 30,000 square feet.

FASNY purchased the former Ridgeway County Club property in December 2010 as the proposed location for a new school campus. Following a lengthy approval process, including battles with neighbors and legal challenges, FASNY entered a stipulation of settlement with the city in 2016 and, in 2017, ultimately obtained a site plan and special use permit for a reduced project for its secondary school on Parcel A.

In 2019, FASNY listed the three other parcels for sale.

A spokesperson for the school said, over the course of the last couple of years, the space requirements and planning needs of the school evolved, leading to the conclusion that selling the entire property was in the school’s best future interests.

The French-American School of New York was founded in 1980 as a one-classroom preschool. It evolved to become an international and bilingual nursery through 12th grade day school educating more than 720 students on three campuses in Mamaroneck and Larchmont.

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