Town of Victor

LAND SWAP MIGHT HELP STALLED WAL-MART:

Robert Scala, a 71-year-old retired state Department of Transportation laborer, does not look the role of a dealmaker for a proposed Wal-Mart superstore. But that's what he has become.

Scala, a neighbor to the proposed Victor Commerce Park that would feature a Wal-Mart superstore, has agreed to swap land with Benderson Development Co.

Without the swap, Benderson faces a zoning obstacle to its multimillion-dollar plans, which some residents oppose because of traffic concerns.
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The land swap is being proposed because a 3.5-acre slice of Benderson's 95-acre property is zoned residential. Under the Victor town code, when a piece of the land is zoned residential, the rest of the adjacent lot must also be developed as residential.

In other words, that small piece of Benderson land that is residential would prevent the Wal-Mart from being built, even though the rest of the 95 acres is zoned commercial.

Here's what Benderson has proposed: The company would give Scala its 3.5 acres of residential land plus an undisclosed amount of money in exchange for his 1.4 acres of commercial land, which is adjacent to the proposed project.