The Riverhead Town Board Tuesday authorized the $20 million purchase of the Peconic Bay Medical Center’s Second Street campus for use as a new Town Hall.
The board also authorized borrowing in the amount of $21.5 million, $20 million to cover the purchase and $1.5 million to cover costs of improvements and renovations at the new site.
The purchase includes a three-story, 36,000 square-foot office building, a two-story office building, a bank branch occupied by People’s United Bank and a two-story wood frame house that has been converted to office space. It also includes a large parking lot on the corner of Railroad and Roanoke avenues, which has more than 160 spaces, and would provide additional municipal parking in the downtown area.
Town board members say they plan to relocate offices from the current Town Hall at 200 Howell Avenue as well as town offices located in other…
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