The owner of Atlantic Appliance and Town officials broke ground today at the store’s new location.
The future store on an approximately five-acre lot at 2010 Maple Hill St. will incorporate numerous environmental protections. The two-story, 25,720-square-foot building will include retail, office, and warehouse space.
Atlantic Appliance, a fixture in the town’s business community for 49 years, received a green light from the Yorktown Planning Board for the new store in 2020. Owner Joey Vukaj said it took four years for construction to begin because of environmental reviews and permits.
“You’re doing the right thing. You’ve been in Yorktown for quite a while. We thank you and your family for choosing to develop your business more here and we wish you nothing but success,” Supervisor Ed Lachterman told Vukaj during the groundbreaking.
Currently located at 50 Triangle Center in Yorktown, Atlantic Appliance has served northern Westchester and southern Putnam counties since 1975.
“I have five daughters, so I wanted to be established in Yorktown. We have another store in Mount Kisco, but Yorktown is the home of Atlantic Appliance, and I never considered going anywhere else,” said Vukaj.
Vukaj began working at the store in 1993 and eventually bought it from the former owner in 2018.
“We are so excited that you’re bringing such a beautiful project to this Town and that you’ve picked the Town of Yorktown to be your home,” said Councilman Sergio Esposito.
“I like to see that Atlantic Appliance is staying in Yorktown,” said Councilman Patrick Murphy. “It’s the holiday season, so if anybody needs appliances for the holidays, you know where to go.”
The groundbreaking is the latest economic development milestone for Yorktown. On November 7, the new T.J. Maxx clothing store opened at the Yorktown Green Shopping Center, the first of four businesses that will occupy the footprint of the former Kmart. On June 26, Chipotle opened its new restaurant design—the first in New York—at 3180 Crompond Road.
