New doors opening for firm at Sunrise Business Center.

Metro Door Inc., one of the nation's leading suppliers of security closures for retailers, has signed a long-term lease to move its headquarters to 17,544 s/f at the Sunrise Business Center. They were convinced to move to the South Shore office complex, company officials said, after an employee census was undertaken.

Fast-growing Metro Door, now in about 8,000 s/f spread through two buildings on Smithtown Bypass in Hauppange, plans to move to the 100 Building of the Sunrise Business Center in mid-summer 2007

The lease represents the largest transaction at the sprawling complex since its purchase last year by Metropolitan Realty Associates LLC. The Sunrise Business Center is comprised of three buildings totaling 363,600 s/f

Currently, Metropolitan is undertaking a multi-million dollar renovation of the property, including the entire redevelopment for office use of a 136,000 s/fformer warehouse building in the complex. Metropolitan is working aggressively to diversify the tenant mix in the complex, once known as the Long Island Business & Technology Center.

Metro Door will benefit from property tax incentives approved earlier this year by the Town of Islip and from existing New York State Empire Zone benefits. The benefits can save tenants potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.