Officials: Farmingdale's Main Street Is 'Moving Ahead'

Progress continues on the multimillion dollar transit-oriented development on Main Street in Farmingdale Village, authorities said.

Staller Associates, the Hauppauge-based developer of “The Loft at 231 Main Street,” is on schedule with plans for 3,100 square feet of retail space and 26 luxury, balconied apartments.

Completion is expected by the end of 2015. The property will feature 12-foot and 18-foot high ceilings, LED lighting, custom cabinetry, polished concrete floors and more.

Underground utilities and other infrastructure is virtually completed. Parking lots have been re-graded and new drainage has been installed. The first layer of asphalt is in place, and the lot will re-open shortly. The final layer of asphalt will be installed when the weather improves in 2015.

“The Loft at 231 Main Street will be world class construction, raising the bar of Architecture in the Village and offering luxury rentals,” Mayor Ralph Ekstrand said. “This project represents a multi-million dollar improvement to downtown Main Street and we are all excited to see it come to life.”

Ekstrand said that Staller will also renovate 285 Eastern Parkway – a property with a former warehouse that will be transformed into a 27-unit apartment complex near the Long Island Railroad.

The Eastern Parkway building “was Staller’s first Farmingdale investment,” Ekstrand said. “This structure will be adaptively reused and converted into apartments and the warehouse behind it will be completely replaced with a new architecturally significant building.”

These projects along with others by additional developers are “contributing to the revitalization of Main Street and Farmingdale Village, bringing housing, jobs, economic activity and great adaptive re-use to the community with transit-oriented housing.” Ekstrand said.

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