Major Projects on LI (New York, Babylon: house, retire, traffic)

[GCGuy]

Originally Posted by sean sean sean sean

Queens pop. density: 20,409 people per square mile
Nassau pop. density: 4,655 people per square mile

Not even close. I think I like this lighthouse thing, I'm not completely positive yet. I was kinda hoping it would be the huge 60 story tower and I'd be able to see if from my house though.

60 stories would have been great, but I'll take 2-30's. This is a no-brainer..it will be like the Stamford, White Plains, or Jersey City (kinda) of LI... our downtown. Please, NIMBYs, wake up! I love that all the parking is below ground or in decks..that's how all of LI should be...so much valueable space taken up by fields on nothingness.

[Jrprofess]

Originally Posted by GCGuy

60 stories would have been great, but I'll take 2-30's. This is a no-brainer..it will be like the Stamford, White Plains, or Jersey City (kinda) of LI... our downtown. Please, NIMBYs, wake up! I love that all the parking is below ground or in decks..that's how all of LI should be...so much valueable space taken up by fields on nothingness.

Stamford and White Plains are good analogies actually. I think if more people would see it in those terms, and how those cities work well with that type of business infrastructure it might get the support it needs. As for all of the traffic criers...it will not do anything more than is already happening during rush hour (IMO) and if mass transit is done right could alleve some congestion. There is really nothing from a business center standpoint that is commutable by train ON the island. Sure some folks do it everyday, but I am sure they are the rare exception in their office park. Would be nice to see some industry start to take root here in the lighthouse project much like Hedge funds and finance have gone to CT (Stamford, Greenwich).

[GCGuy]

Originally Posted by Jrprofess

Stamford and White Plains are good analogies actually. I think if more people would see it in those terms, and how those cities work well with that type of business infrastructure it might get the support it needs. As for all of the traffic criers...it will not do anything more than is already happening during rush hour (IMO) and if mass transit is done right could alleve some congestion. There is really nothing from a business center standpoint that is commutable by train ON the island. Sure some folks do it everyday, but I am sure they are the rare exception in their office park. Would be nice to see some industry start to take root here in the lighthouse project much like Hedge funds and finance have gone to CT (Stamford, Greenwich).

There's a finance cluster in GC, with a walkable downtown and 2 train stations, but there's not too much else. I really wish people would realize the importance of this type of setup. I mean, do people look around...do they not see what's being done in all the other NY suburbs?

[ClarkStreetKid]

Just wondering, what's the population of those other places? I'd love to live off of a main street of a nice town and walk everywhere, but so do a lot of other people.

[GCGuy]

Originally Posted by ClarkStreetKid

Just wondering, what's the population of those other places? I'd love to live off of a main street of a nice town and walk everywhere, but so do a lot of other people.

Population of where, White Plains and Stamford?

[ClarkStreetKid]

Don't know, I was asking for clarification of "do they not see what's being done in all the other NY suburbs?"

[GCGuy]

Originally Posted by ClarkStreetKid

Don't know, I was asking for clarification of "do they not see what's being done in all the other NY suburbs?"

Yes, by that I would mean the office and residential development in White Plains, Stamford, Jersey City- much of it 30 story high rises. Also the train-centric and mixed use developments in Jersey, Westchester, etc.

[nancy thereader]

What is happening witrh the Tanger Outlet in Deer Park? Does anyone know? Has the foundation been started yet?

[GCGuy]

Just wanted to bump this with some sites...some have been updated.

1) The Lighthouse at Long Island
2) Glen Isle - The Glen Cove Waterfront Revitalization Project
3) The Arches
4) The arches site does not list tenants, but the agent is ripco and they list the site (blow up the zoom to 150%)... http://realestate.marketfronts.com/M...ngerOutlet.pdf
5) Riverhead Resorts
6) THE RITZ-CARLTON RESIDENCES / North Hills
7) Meadowbrook Pointe

[TomMoser]

Originally Posted by nancy thereader

What is happening witrh the Tanger Outlet in Deer Park? Does anyone know? Has the foundation been started yet?

I drove by the other day. It's well underway.