Politics & Government

Town Seeks Master Developer

Huntington Station revitalization would be target.

The town announced Wednesday that it is seeking to hire a master developer to tackle the next round of revitalization planned for Huntington Station.

A "Request for Qualifications" for a master developer/partner is designed to find  “experienced and knowledgeable real estate development organizations” that will assist the town with “development and redevelopment ideas and strategies to fulfill both existing revitalization concepts and in developing new ones.”

“The Town has made great strides in revitalizing Huntington Station over the past few years with a combination of public projects and private investment facilitated by the Town,” Supervisor Frank P. Petrone said. “As we head into the next phase, enlisting the expertise and professional contacts of a Master Developer should bring fresh ideas into this ongoing effort and help speed their implementation.” 

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Among those accomplishments are

  • The streetscaping along New York Avenue, now in its second phase
  • The purchase of 1264-1268 New York Ave. and its transformation into the Huntington Station Enrichment Center, a dental office and a business incubator
  • Three Take Back the Blocks projects, including the development of the Columbia Terrace affordable housing community
  • The Highview at Huntington housing development
  • The purchase and demolition of the former automobile repair shop at 1000 New York Avenue and its ongoing redevelopment; construction of a pedestrian plaza in front of 1000 New York Avenue
  • Creation of the Gateway Community Garden.

Private projects facilitated by the Town include the Station Sports/Family Fun Recreation Center, the Huntington Station Food Plaza and the revitalization of the Big H Shopping Center that includes attracting eight national retailers.

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“A Master Developer, hopefully with the benefit of experience helping other communities, will advise the Town on how to create new, sustainable land use initiatives and what changes in Town codes and regulations we might need to enact to make them possible,” Petrone said. “At the same time, we expect the Master Developer will help us gather input from the community and help us achieve a consensus on where we go next.”  

The responses to the RFP are due June 1.


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