Development opportunity opens at Westhampton site.

The Suffolk County Suffolk County may refer to:

One of the following counties in the United States:
Suffolk County, New York - central and eastern Long Island - the largest Suffolk County by population and geographic size

Department of Economic Development and Workforce Housing Workforce housing is a relatively new term that is increasingly popular among planners, government administrators and housing activists, and is gaining cachet with home builders, developers and lenders. has retained Newmark Knight Frank to create a request for proposals to solicit high quality lease development proposals for the 58-acre Gabreski Industrial Park at the county's Francis S. Gabreski Airport Francis S. Gabreski Airport (IATA: FOK, ICAO: KFOK) is located on Long Island in Westhampton Beach, Suffolk County, New York, approximately 80 miles east of New York City. in Westhampton, N.Y.

Jack O'Connor, principal and director with Newmark Knight Frank's national industrial practice group, along with Chuck Tabone, managing principal, and Brian Lee, executive managing director of the firm's Melville, N.Y. office, are now working on drafting the RFP (Request For Proposal) A document that invites a vendor to submit a bid for hardware, software and/or services. It may provide a general or very detailed specification of the system.

1. (business) RFP - Request for Proposal.
2. .

The 58-acre parcel at Gabreski Airport could accommodate up to approximately one million s/f of new development. In the past, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State, Suffolk county and Southhampton town officials have envisioned the development of an industrial park at the site. In March of last year, Suffolk county executive Steve Levy and Southampton town supervisor Patrick Heaney announced their desire for a high-tech/homeland security economic hub at the airport. They also stated that defense and communications firms and other low impact technology companies might find the property attractive.

The 58-acre site, owned by Suffolk county, has been designated as a Planned Development District suitable for light industrial use and is also one of six Suffolk county Empire Economic Development Sub-Zones that offer incentives.

O'Connor expects work on the RFP to be completed this March.

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Geographic Code:	1U2NY
Date:	Feb 1, 2006
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