Economic Development

Economic Development May 22, 2018

IDA brings Commack senior rentals closer to home

By GREGORY ZELLER // Senior citizens in Commack are still waiting to score, but the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency has already earned an assist. The Suffolk IDA on Monday announced preliminary approval of an economic-development incentives package that will help bring a long-awaited, $26 million revitalization project to fruition – though the project, which would replace an old motel with an age-restricted rental community for residents 55 and older, still requires final approvals from…

Nassau IDA incentives snag NYC tech firm

A New York City-based tech firm will relocate to Port Washington, bringing 163 existing jobs and creating 255 more. Lured by an economic-development incentives package from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency, Agilant Solutions Inc. – formerly known as ASI System Integration Inc. – plans to move its national headquarters from Manhattan to a 72,500-square-foot Seaview Boulevard warehouse and office building owned by Port Washington-based cosmetics company Ivy Enterprises. In addition to relocating and/or creating…

Economic Development November 16, 2017

Suffolk IDA package gives relocating PT firm a leg up

By GREGORY ZELLER // A Whitestone-based physical therapy network has received a shot in the arm from the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency. The IDA on Thursday offered preliminary approval for an economic-development incentives package that will allow PPT Management LLC, a multistate provider of physical rehabilitation and hand-therapy services, to close its administrative offices in Queens and Nassau County and establish a new corporate headquarters in Melville. PPT Management, which was founded in 1998…

Economic Development November 15, 2017

Ronkonkoma Hub (finally) gets its Brookhaven IDA deal

By GREGORY ZELLER // The ambitious Ronkonkoma Hub development project has at long last secured an incentives package from the Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency. The tax-abatement deal has been a long time coming: Phase 1 of Tritec Real Estate Co.’s $538 million, transit-oriented commercial and residential master plan actually earned unanimous approval in 2014 for a Brookhaven IDA economic-benefits package. But the long-discussed project – “soon expected to break ground,” according to the…

Economic Development November 9, 2017

At Stony Brook’s CEWIT, never too old to incubate

By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook University business-development program known primarily as a haven for startups has opened its doors to a 24-year-old tech innovator. Islandia-based “medical informatics” firm ZyDoc Corp. has been accepted into SBU’s Incubator Program and will move a research-and-development team this month into the university’s Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology. Although CEWIT’s own mission statement lists “new enterprise development” as a core function, ZyDoc – launched in…

Economic Development October 27, 2017

LICA cooks up tasty Food & Beverage investor forum

By GREGORY ZELLER // Bring your appetite to the Long Island Capital Alliance’s next Capital Forum. After three quarterly innovator-meets-investor events with a decidedly high-tech flavor – early-stage technology in March, cybersecurity in June, healthcare in September – LICA will wrap up its 2017 series with a Food & Beverage Capital Forum, spotlighting “premier growth companies” in the gastronomical realm. As always, the event will feature a handful of what LICA calls “dynamic, emerging companies”…

Economic Development October 26, 2017

With ESD’s help, Seviroli plans a new pasta course

By GREGORY ZELLER // A maker of “artisan dining at home” selections is expanding its foodie-friendly Long Island footprint. The Empire State Development Corp., Albany’s main economic-development engine, announced Thursday that Seviroli Foods Inc. will grow its regional presence with the acquisition of a 33,000-square-foot production and warehouse facility in Garden City. Leveraging $350,000 in performance-based tax credits offered through ESD’s Excelsior Jobs Program, the company will invest $9 million to acquire and renovate multiple…

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