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.<\/p>\n
The plan would represent a major expansion of the health system in Suffolk County on the site of one of Long Island\u2019s oldest office parks. It would create hundreds of construction and health care jobs, Romaine said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re going to be a game changer,\u201d Romaine said.<\/p>\n
NYU Langone spokesman Steve Ritea declined to comment on the plans, which it has not shared publicly. The We\u2019re Group, which owns 1 & 2 Huntington Quadrangle, did not respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n
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\u00a0for redevelopment as a walkable neighborhood with housing<\/a>, Suffolk officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n 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 \u2014 290 rentals and 110 for-sale condos as well as retail space.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a project of a scale that you can\u2019t overstate the positive economic impact it would have for the region,” Smyth said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Long Island Business News previously reported on the health system\u2019s acquisition<\/a> of One and Two Huntington Quadrangle in Melville earlier Monday.<\/p>\n