Weiss breaks ground on Melville project

Real Estate Weekly, June 5, 2002

Neither sleet nor snow nor torrential rain could prevent Ted Weiss, president of T. Weiss Realty Carp; New York State Assemblyman John Flanagan; Huntington Town Supervisor Frank Petrone; Huntington Chamber of Commerce CEO Dennis Sneden; and Independence Community Bank's Rick Lemmennan and Jack Donnan from gathering recently for the groundbreaking of Melville Corporate Center II (MCCII) -T. Weiss Realty's latest conversion of a light industrial property at 330 South Service Road, Melville, into an 87,500-SF Class A office building.

With great good humor, the dignitaries left the rain-soaked grounds of MCCII, and gathered instead in the lobby of MCCII's precursor, the Melville Corporate Center I at 105 Maxess Road and with gold-plated shovels and hard hats, circled and dug into a bucket of dirt to symbolically qeclare the start of construction at MCCII.

According to Weiss, "At T. Weiss Realty Corp, we pride ourselves on 'growing business for Long Island' - and certainly the first rainstorm of spring is a positive omen of renewal and growth. We truly appreciate that so many of our politicians and community representatives still joined us, and with terrific good spirits, carried on with a "model" groundbreaking.

Weiss anticipates that the conversion of the single-story building set upon six acres off the Long Island Expressway Exit 49, with improvements from a central atrium, landscaping for a park-like setting, to a networking cafe, will require an additional $5 million above the acquisition price. T. Weiss Realty Corp. will manage the building, bringing its select services to tenants - from on-site property management to conference room rental and administrative support options.

T. Weiss Realty will build-to-suit and building identity is available to a large single tenant at 50,000 SF, showcased for visibility from the Long Island Expressway.