COLONIE — A new Asian supermarket proposed on the former National Lead Industries site is one step closer to final approval.
The Colonie Planning Board on Tuesday voted to begin the state-mandated environmental review process for the project which, if approved, would see a total of three new buildings constructed on a site that was once tainted with radioactive dust from the manufacturing of depleted uranium armor-piercing shells before a $190 million remediation process unfolded over more than two decades.
The 11-acre property on Central Avenue was purchased for $2.15 million by Asian Center Mall LLC in January 2023, according to Albany County records. The site was put up for auction by the federal government between December 2021 and May 2022…