Suffolk: County Exec. Romaine Meets with Developer On Long-Awaited Heartland Project

Newsday recently provided an update on the Heartland plan for Brentwood: "After The Point disclosed that developer David Wolkoff had met with Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine (R) to talk about the future of one of the largest housing developments ever proposed for Long Island, Wolkoff reached out to The Point to talk about his plans for the development known as Heartland Town Square. It’s been 3½ years since Wolkoff’s father, Gerald Wolkoff, died, and since then, the younger Wolkoff has been working on other projects, including completing 5 Pointz, a mixed-use development in Long Island City in Queens. But now, David Wolkoff has moved his attention back to Heartland Town Square, the proposal to establish a new downtown community, which could include 9,000 housing units, on the former Pilgrim Psychiatric Center site in Brentwood... Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter (R) has been supportive of Heartland and has already led the efforts to approve zoning for 3,500 housing units at the site. County Executive Ed Romaine (R), too, has voiced his support — and even initiated this week’s meeting, Wolkoff said."