IBM Endicott Demolition Debris Can’t Be Hauled from Site

The site where five massive IBM buildings stood in the village of Endicott for several decades has yet to be cleared more than two months after the structures were torn down.

The North Street demolition project at what's known as "The Birthplace of IBM" started on the last day of 2024. Gorick Construction of Binghamton started at the east end of the 10-acre site and worked west toward McKinley Avenue.

The job of knocking down the huge unused structures appeared to proceed on schedule but thousands of tons of demolition debris remains at the Huron Campus property.

Chris Pelto, who manages the site for Phoenix Investors of Milwaukee, said the removal of the material remains "on hold." He told WNBF News Gorick is awaiting permission to haul the debris to the Broome County landfill.

County Executive Jason Garnar said the delay is because approval from the state Department of Environmental Conservation is still needed to open a new cell at the landfill site.

But, Garnar said, "even when we get that cell on line - per law - we have to put a certain amount of regular waste in before we put asbestos in."

The county executive said a significant amount of asbestos will be heading to the landfill. He said "that site has more asbestos in it - on that one project - than we've collected and put into the landfill in probably the last eight years."

Garnar said "there's a very delicate way" to properly dispose of demolition debris that contains asbestos. That means it could be "a few months" before the landfill can accept that waste.

WNBF NEWS VIDEO: A visit to the former IBM Endicott manufacturing complex on October 29, 2025.

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