https://melvillechamber.org/news/ Chamber news, member spotlights, and business insight from Long Island. en-us https://melvillechamber.org/news/the-lisle-hicksville-affordable-rents/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/the-lisle-hicksville-affordable-rents/ Nineteen below-market apartments at The Lisle are open by lottery until September 28. The published income floors show what Nassau wages have to clear. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/union-petition-four-week-ballot-clock/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/union-petition-four-week-ballot-clock/ A St. James dealership went from petition to certified union in five weeks. The federal calendar, and the filings it creates, are what employers should read. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Economy https://melvillechamber.org/news/hoka-tanger-riverhead-own-store/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/hoka-tanger-riverhead-own-store/ Tanger's Riverhead directory lists Hoka as coming soon in Suite 909. When a brand opens its own door, the independent that built the category loses one. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/nassau-westbury-fish-wage-collection/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/nassau-westbury-fish-wage-collection/ A 2017 wage judgment against the owner of Westbury Fish was finally collected this June. For Long Island employers, the lesson is that it never expired. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/westbury-station-lot-184-apartments/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/westbury-station-lot-184-apartments/ Westbury's board has taken up a 184-unit mixed-use building on the LIRR's old commuter lot, and the ground-floor retail will reset downtown rents. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/li-banks-construction-lending-cut/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/li-banks-construction-lending-cut/ Call reports from the five banks headquartered in Nassau and Suffolk show construction lending down 34 percent since 2024 and business lending up 38. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Economy https://melvillechamber.org/news/hauppauge-fall-calendar-two-mornings/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/hauppauge-fall-calendar-two-mornings/ HIA-LI published 37 dates through December. Two mornings are worth leaving the office for, and the spring trade show needs a decision now. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Events https://melvillechamber.org/news/suffolk-warehouses-clear-height/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/suffolk-warehouses-clear-height/ LaSalle and Camber paid institutional money for old low ceilinged Long Island warehouses. Scarcity is what they bought, and renewals are what comes next. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/nassau-forged-workers-comp-certificates/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/nassau-forged-workers-comp-certificates/ Nassau charged four contractors over altered workers compensation certificates. The document they are accused of faking is one your business relies on. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Economy https://melvillechamber.org/news/suffolk-ida-acting-chief-executive/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/suffolk-ida-acting-chief-executive/ The agency that grants Suffolk tax abatements is between chief executives, and it is demanding quarterly job counts from a Melville employer. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Economy https://melvillechamber.org/news/liquor-license-filings-long-island-storefronts/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/liquor-license-filings-long-island-storefronts/ Ten new liquor license applications in twelve days name the exact addresses where Long Island storefronts are about to change hands. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/suffolk-legislature-september-business-hearings/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/suffolk-legislature-september-business-hearings/ A camera footage rule, a formaldehyde ban and a new county finance corporation all take testimony today, and the record closes when the meeting does. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Economy https://melvillechamber.org/news/brookhaven-grid-foundation-model-award/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/brookhaven-grid-foundation-model-award/ The utility study that decides whether your expansion gets power is the exact problem a new $14.2 million Brookhaven project is built to solve. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Innovation https://melvillechamber.org/news/melville-office-health-system-purchases/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/melville-office-health-system-purchases/ NYU Langone and MediSys took 833,000 square feet of Melville office off the market in three months, and nothing is under construction to replace it. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/sba-manufacturing-training-grant-long-island/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/sba-manufacturing-training-grant-long-island/ The SBA is funding intermediaries, not manufacturers, to deliver free training in thirteen industries. The part a member can act on today is a separate 90 percent loan guarantee. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Economy https://melvillechamber.org/news/bisqo-hicksville-first-us-store/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/bisqo-hicksville-first-us-store/ Bisqo sells tiramisu and nothing else, and it picked Long Island over Manhattan for its US debut. The one item menu is the part worth studying. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/peapack-private-garden-city-office-long-island/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/peapack-private-garden-city-office-long-island/ Peapack Private has opened on Long Island with a relationship banking model aimed at privately held businesses. After a decade of consolidation, another commercial lender here is worth noticing. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/reworld-acquires-three-lindenhurst-environmental-firms/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/reworld-acquires-three-lindenhurst-environmental-firms/ Clean & Green Recycling, ClearFlo Technologies and EnviroTec become the Lindenhurst Material Processing Facility. Waste and wastewater are line items on almost every member’s P&L. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/suffolk-county-2027-general-fund-tax-pledge/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/suffolk-county-2027-general-fund-tax-pledge/ Five bond upgrades since 2024 and more than $700 million in reserves are the reason the pledge is credible. For members, the borrowing costs matter more than the tax line. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Economy https://melvillechamber.org/news/route-110-bus-rapid-transit-final-design/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/route-110-bus-rapid-transit-final-design/ Suffolk’s Route 110 BRT is in final design, and the station list runs straight through the Chamber’s corridor. Fifteen miles, three LIRR branches, and a stop at Melville Mall. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/retrievair-pet-airline-macarthur-hub/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/retrievair-pet-airline-macarthur-hub/ RetrievAir flies dogs and cats in the cabin, seated, with no crates and no cargo hold. Its New York gateway is now Long Island MacArthur, moved from Republic Airport. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/party-house-patchogue-opens-september/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/party-house-patchogue-opens-september/ The 19,754-square-foot store on Sunrise Highway soft-opens September 14 with 18 to 20 staff, seventeen months after the same company reopened the Woodbury box. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/ross-dress-for-less-shops-at-sunvet-october/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/ross-dress-for-less-shops-at-sunvet-october/ A 22,913-square-foot store at Sunrise and Veterans Memorial Highway in Holbrook, the third-largest space in the rebuilt center behind Whole Foods and Nordstrom Rack. Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/new-hyde-park-place-union-turnpike-rebrand/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/new-hyde-park-place-union-turnpike-rebrand/ The corner at the Queens-Nassau line has a new name, a new facade and five food tenants, including Bango Bowls and Guac Shop, which grew up on Long Island. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/foleys-second-location-massapequa-park/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/foleys-second-location-massapequa-park/ The old Woody's Village Saloon at 1015 Park Boulevard has a new operator. The State Liquor Authority issued the on-premises license on September 3. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/island-greens-station-yards-ronkonkoma/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/island-greens-station-yards-ronkonkoma/ Island Greens, started by two Chaminade graduates in a Franklin Square basement, has signed for 9 Hawkins Avenue at Ronkonkoma's Station Yards, with 2027 penciled in. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/lessings-hospitality-great-river-headquarters/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/lessings-hospitality-great-river-headquarters/ The sixth-generation hospitality company behind more than 120 locations has opened the first building it has ever built for its own team, at 3525 Sunrise Highway. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/matinecock-court-opens-east-northport/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/matinecock-court-opens-east-northport/ The affordable housing development first proposed in 1978 is finished: 145 limited-equity co-op homes at Elwood and Pulaski. Workforce housing is a business issue, and this is the clearest local example of it. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/nyu-langone-suffolk-650-million-pavilion/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/nyu-langone-suffolk-650-million-pavilion/ Brookhaven approved the site plan for a 270,000 square foot patient pavilion at NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk, with 144 private rooms and roughly three years of construction ahead. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Innovation https://melvillechamber.org/news/suffolk-quantum-link-stony-brook-brookhaven/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/suffolk-quantum-link-stony-brook-brookhaven/ Entangled photons crossed 13 miles of open air from a Stony Brook rooftop to Brookhaven National Laboratory. The research corridor on our doorstep is doing work nobody else in the country has done. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Innovation https://melvillechamber.org/news/riverhead-building-supply-buys-contractor-express/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/riverhead-building-supply-buys-contractor-express/ Riverhead Building Supply is buying Contractor Express, the Oceanside lumberyard the Lucas family has run since 1981. Its president retires after 48 years in the trade. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/bridgehampton-target-opens-october/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/bridgehampton-target-opens-october/ One of the most watched retail vacancies on Long Island is filled. The 90,000 square foot anchor at Bridgehampton Commons goes back to work this fall. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/usl-long-island-professional-soccer-hofstra/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/usl-long-island-professional-soccer-hofstra/ The United Soccer League has awarded a franchise to a Long Island ownership group. A 1999 World Cup champion from Greenlawn is its president, and home is Shuart Stadium. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/over-50-fair-melville-hilton-september/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/over-50-fair-melville-hilton-september/ The Over 50 Fair returns to 598 Broadhollow Road for a seventeenth year with more than eighty booths, twenty free classes and a $7 advance ticket. It is a low-cost exhibiting option worth a look. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Events https://melvillechamber.org/news/king-kullen-sold-to-giuntas-meat-farms/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/king-kullen-sold-to-giuntas-meat-farms/ Giunta’s Meat Farms is acquiring all 24 King Kullen supermarkets and four Wild by Nature markets. The company credited as America’s first supermarket stays in local hands. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Business https://melvillechamber.org/news/amazon-holbrook-package-origination-center/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/amazon-holbrook-package-origination-center/ A roughly $1 billion package origination center on 143 acres off Sunrise Highway would be the largest building Amazon has ever proposed on Long Island, with about 1,000 jobs and 300 trailers a day. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/long-island-industrial-vacancy-falls/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/long-island-industrial-vacancy-falls/ Industrial vacancy fell to 7 percent and leasing jumped 43 percent in a single quarter. It is the part of the commercial market nobody photographs and the one that employs the most Long Islanders. Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/long-island-office-rents-record-2026/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/long-island-office-rents-record-2026/ Availability hit a post-pandemic low and asking rents reached $33.52 a foot. A good share of the tightening came from buildings leaving the market rather than tenants entering it. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/long-island-retail-vacancy-storefronts/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/long-island-retail-vacancy-storefronts/ Almost no new retail has been built here in five years. If your lease is coming up, the number that decides your renewal was set by a supply problem, not by your landlord. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real Estate https://melvillechamber.org/news/long-island-job-growth-june-2026/ https://melvillechamber.org/news/long-island-job-growth-june-2026/ State labor figures for June show one sector carrying the whole region. Strip it out and Long Island is down about 7,000 jobs, which is worth knowing before you plan a hiring year. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Economy