East Fishkill IBM Plant Site, New York

The IBM manufacturing site at East Fishkill opened in 1963, as IBMs primary semiconductor plant, at the time, where several thousand people once worked. Severely downsized in the 1990s, now much of the plant has been taken over by Global Foundries, which purchased IBMs semiconductor business in 2015. National Resources, a firm that specializes in the redevelopment of former industrial sites, recently purchased 300 acres of the 460 acre site from Global Foundries.  National Resources is expected to turn their portion of the property into an “iPark”, with “a branded, mixed-use, tech/flex redevelopment, with retail, hotel and residential components,” as well as distribution and fulfillment facilities. The west side of the campus is a major hazardous clean up area.