Town Approves Tax Breaks For LI Clothing Manufacturer

HICKSVILLE, NY — A Hicksville-based clothing company will get the tax breaks it was seeking to purchase and renovate a Westbury office building and turn it into the company's new headquarters.

The Town of Hempstead's Industrial Development Agency approved the tax breaks for Maxima Apparel Corp. to purchase and renovate the building, located at 615 Merrick Ave., which was the former headquarters of NYCB Bancorp.

According to the IDA, Maxima wants to purchase the building for $16 million so it can consolidate its offices, now located in Hicksville and New York City. The company plans to use about half of the 78,900-square-foot building, and then lease the remaining space. Maxima plans to spend $2.35 million to renovate the building. The planned renovations include new plumbing, electrical, communications, IT, mechanical, HVAC, elevators and other building equipment.

“This project is important," said IDA CEO Fred Parola. "It will modernize an outdated building, bring new jobs from out of the area into Hempstead – a rare event – and offers the prospect of future growing employment in our town.”

The family-owned Maxima Apparel Corp. specializes in licensed sports apparel and urban streetwear brands. It designs, sources and sells clothes licensed by the NBA, MLB, NFL and pop culture figures. Maxima said it plans to add 34.5 full-time-equivalent jobs within two years of renovating the space. It already employs 33 people.