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HAUPPAUGE, NY-Opening on June 30, the combination retail and commercial office facility will receive LEED Silver Certification, making it one of the island’s “greenest” buildings.

By Jacqueline Hlavenka | Updated on June 28, 2011

HAUPPAUGE, NY-This Suffolk County town is about to get a little bit “greener.” On Thursday, Long Island-based marketing and leasing firm United Realty will unveil the 33,000-square-foot self-financed Motor Parkway Plaza, a combination retail and commercial office facility just off Exit 55 of the Long Island Expressway. Principals from the company will join elected officials, members of the United States Green Building Council and the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) for a ceremonial ribbon cutting here on June 30.

The two-story mixed-use structure features 10,000 square feet of office space, a covered courtyard and 23,000 square feet for restaurants above ground, and a lower-level parking garage below. Expected to receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification from the US Green Building Council, the site is located on a parcel that once contained the historic Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, home to the popular Vanderbilt Cup races that took place in the early 1900s on the island. As part of this adaptive reuse project, the developer recycled 85% of the remains from the old parkway and three old buildings into construction material that was used as the sub-base for the project.

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