NYU Langone Health plans to build a new $1 billion teaching hospital and research center in Melville at the Huntington Quadrangle, Suffolk County Executive Edward P. Romaine told Newsday.
The plan would represent a major expansion of the health system in Suffolk County on the site of one of Long Island’s oldest office parks. It would create hundreds of construction and health care jobs, Romaine said.
“They’re going to be a game changer,” Romaine said.
NYU Langone spokesman Steve Ritea declined to comment on the plans, which it has not shared publicly. The We’re Group, which owns 1 & 2 Huntington Quadrangle, did not respond to a request for comment.
The new medical facility would transform an aging office complex into a major source of economic growth in a section of Melville that the Town of Huntington has identified for redevelopment as a walkable neighborhood with housing, Suffolk officials said.
Steel Equities, a Bethpage-based developer, received town approval last month for a major mixed-used development on 16 acres at 75 Maxess Road on the site of a vacant industrial building. The complex would include 400 residential units — 290 rentals and 110 for-sale condos as well as retail space.
Huntington Town Supervisor Ed Smyth told Newsday the town has not received any application from NYU Langone related to the project. If NYU Langone were to move forward, Smyth said he would support the health system bringing a major medical facility to the area but any project would be subject to significant public input.
“It’s a project of a scale that you can’t overstate the positive economic impact it would have for the region,” Smyth said.
Long Island Business News previously reported on the health system’s acquisition of One and Two Huntington Quadrangle in Melville earlier Monday.
NYU Langone had previously considered opening a teaching hospital on the campus of Nassau Community College in Uniondale, Newsday reported in 2023. But Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said last year the county and the health system “mutually agreed to a pause which will allow NYU Langone the ability to explore other options,” Newsday reported.
The health system also previously had been in negotiations to purchase the Canon U.S.A. headquarters in Melville, Romaine and Smyth confirmed, but the two sides could not reach a deal
A Canon spokesman wasn’t immediately able to answer Newsday’s questions.
Property owner The We’re Group has considered redeveloping the Quad buildings for more than a decade. The property owner had floated a future mixed-use residential development in 2015 that never came to fruition, Newsday reported at the time.
Manhattan-based NYU Langone operates two Long Island hospital campuses — NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island in Mineola and NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk in Patchogue.
Newsday’s Lisa L. Colangelo contributed to this story.