NYU Langone announced plans for a multibillion-dollar academic medical center in Melville, NY, its first ground-up hospital build in decades. The proposed campus would exceed 1M SF and include 500+ private rooms and a relocated medical school.
NYU Langone Health has set its sights on Melville, New York, announcing plans for a ground-up academic medical center that would anchor the health system’s expanding presence across Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
On May 21, NYU Langone completed a $135.5 million acquisition of a 45-acre parcel at the Huntington Quadrangle in Melville, situated just southeast of the Long Island Expressway and New York State Route 110. The site sits within the Town of Huntington in western Suffolk County and is expected to be integrated into the municipality’s broader Melville Town Center redevelopment vision.
Since 2007, NYU Langone has grown its regional footprint by 376 percent, now operating across more than 320 locations and 14.4 million SF throughout the tristate area. Last year, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk joined the system, and the health system has since reported measurable improvements at that facility, including an advance from two to four stars in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ratings. Additional ambulatory surgery centers are expected to open in Patchogue and Manhasset later this year.
Beyond inpatient care, the Melville campus is designed to function as a hub for education and research. NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, currently co-located with NYU Langone’s 591-bed Mineola hospital, would relocate its training and research programs to the new site. The school operates as the only tuition-free, primary-care-focused medical program with an accelerated three-year MD track in New York State. NYU Langone reports that 40 percent of the school’s most recent graduating class remained on Long Island.
Construction is projected to support up to 8,000 union construction jobs on Long Island, with an additional 2,500 indirect positions across the region. NYU Langone has committed to maintaining its clinical programs in Mineola during and after construction, with planned expansions in cancer, cardiology, and neurology services at that location, including new radiation oncology services at its Mineola Research and Academic Center.
Pending state and local approvals and an environmental impact review, the Melville facility would become NYU Langone’s third inpatient campus on Long Island. The project calls for a hospital exceeding 1M SF with more than 500 private inpatient rooms, 70 emergency department bays, and advanced operating and procedure suites at the Huntington Quadrangle site in Melville, acquired for $135.5 million.