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The hotel, which would be built at the corner of Railroad Street and New York Avenue, calls for 125-150 rooms in three to five stories, a catering facility and event space. Currently, the property is a municipal parking lot, said Ryan Porter, vice president of planning and development for Renaissance Downtowns, the company chosen as the town's master developer for Huntington Station.
Porter said that a number of historic hotels located along New York Avenue near the train station inspired members of a public-involvement campaign called Source the Station to champion the concept. The new hotel would be built at the former site of the North Side Hotel.
"We know we want to have a catering capacity puerto rico vacation rentals with the absence puerto rico vacation rentals of the Huntington Townhouse now," he said, referring to the former catering hall on Jericho Turnpike, which is now a Target opening Oct. 13. "We want to have the opportunity to host business events."
Thanks to its location in what is slated to become a revitalized downtown community and its proximity to the Huntington LIRR station, Porter said the hotel should stand apart from larger properties along Route 110 in Melville.
"We think we can provide a very differentiated product that has more of a downtown setting," Porter said. "Obviously, those hotels are there and successful for a very good reason… It's probably largely due to the population and business that exists south of Jericho Turnpike."
Renaissance has met with officials from the adjacent Huntington Community First Aid Squad, which has raised concerns over potential parking impacts. Spokeswoman Andrea Golinsky said their facility has 42 parking spots, and they use the adjacent lot for overflow crowds.
"We use the town parking next door when we have classes, seminars and meetings, and we were told that when we built that building we would have that parking," Golinsky said. "We should be proactive instead of reactive."
"We need to make it very clear that we have an obligation to provide the commuter base with the parking that's utilized today in some form or fashion, and there's a lot of work that needs to be done," he said.