Listen to this article Long Island landmarks will light up in teal on Nov. 1, marking the start of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. They will join more than 1,300 buildings and landmarks around the world that are participating in the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s (AFA) Light the World in Teal program. “It’s wonderful to see some…
Listen to this article Theodore Alexander, a global luxury furniture brand, will be opening its first U.S. store on Long Island. The store will be operated by an international third-party investor, according to the furniture manufacturer, who leased 41,393 square feet of retail space above the Whole Foods Market in Kimco Realty’s Munsey Park Plaza…
Listen to this article Pressure to bring new employees on board in a tight labor market might lead a business to take shortcuts in the vetting process. However, that can create even bigger problems: tarred reputation, money loss, or legal liability if the wrong employee gets in the door. ALYSON MATHEWS: ‘Rushing through a background…
Listen to this article A&G Real Estate Partners, a commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in property disposition, is now marketing 255 Big Lots store leases. A&G is offering the leases in two groups, pending determination by the court of final bid deadlines in November and December, according to a company statement. Big Lots initiated…
Listen to this article A former partner at a law firm with an office in Mineola has filed a lawsuit in New York federal court against the firm and its managing partner, alleging that the firm is a hostile work environment for women. Plaintiff Laura Brancato alleges that Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein, and Breitstone and its…
Listen to this article Elected officials and business leaders joined members of the Long Island Builders Institute (LIBI) on Wednesday to announce findings of a report that touts the economic impacts of the area’s home building industry. The report, commissioned by LIBI and completed in conjunction with Camion Associates and the Real Estate Institute at…
Listen to this article Stony Brook University’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology, in the Renaissance School of Medicine, was named a “Milestones in Microbiology” site. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) awarded the recognition for the department’s advancements in diagnosing and treating infectious diseases globally. “The designation of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology as…
Listen to this article The new owners of the Broadway Commons mall presented their plan to redevelop the shopping complex to more than 150 people in the Long Island real estate brokerage and development community on Tuesday. The ownership group, which acquired most of the 68-acre mall property in February for $40 million, plans to…
Listen to this article Mike Pence is staying out of this year’s presidential election. “I could never support the Democrat ticket,” Pence said as the guest speaker of the Long Island Association fall luncheon on Tuesday at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. “But I’m staying out of the presidential campaign beyond that. I…
Listen to this article Construction employment on Long Island saw a year-over-year increase for the seventh month in a row in September, according to a new report from the Associated General Contractors of America. Nassau and Suffolk counties gained 3,400 construction jobs from Sept. 2023 to Sept. 2024, a 4 percent year-over-year increase, rising from 84,100 to…