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VOL. 18, ISSUE 22
NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2016
24 PAGES
DIX HILLS
By Jano Tantongco jtantongco@longislandergroup.com
Residents are squaring off with a pair of business owners who want to build a senior center with 166 apartments on Deer Park Avenue in Dix Hills, a proposal that requires zone changes some residents have said could be “precedent setting.” Anthony Natale and Mark Palumbo, owners of Island Design and Garden Country Nursery, defended against residents’ claims, saying they believe the proposal could improve the community and reduce commercial activity in the area. “We’re not adding to the school districts because seniors don’t go to grammar schools,”
said Natale, adding that the proposal could bring in an estimated $700,000 in property taxes, with 60 percent going to the school district. “You have to remember that this is a residential use, this is not a commercial use.” Natale and Palumbo jointly own the lot at 482 Deer Park Ave., which is currently zoned residential, and which is currently occupied by Island Design, Garden Country Nursery and a tenant, Bella Casa Floral Design. Natale said the businessmen would lease their property to Brightview Senior Living, which operate senior centers across the east coast.
Long Islander News photo/Andrew Wroblewski
Biz Owners, Residents Square Off On Senior Center
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The proposed 174,557-square-foot Brightview Senior Living assisted living facility would create 166 apartments for seniors across three plots of land in Dix Hills totalling 10 acres.
MELVILLE
SPOTLIGHT
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Uncle Giuseppe’s Coming To Melville By Jano Tantongco jtantongco@longislandergroup.com
A deal has been struck to bring an Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace to the former Waldbaum's location in the Melville Mall, which has remained without a tenant since the former supermarket closed last year. “The community really has been so supportive and excited to see us come there. I know that they were looking for something to come in this spot,” said Johanna Zucaro, marketing manager for Uncle Giuseppe’s. She explained that the location at 834 Walt Whitman Road is (Continued on page A19)
The former Waldbaum’s in Melville Mall, which has been vacant since the store closed last year, is expected to become the sixth Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace location on Long Island, with a summer 2017 opening targeted.
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