Commercial Hotel Expansion on Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Smithtown
Summary
A 122-room, four-story hotel with a food retail drive-through is proposed at the former Gasho restaurant site in Hauppauge. It needs a stack of variances and a town board special permit; the zoning board held off pending county review.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 27, 2026.
Impact analysis
The project would replace a septic-system restaurant with sewer-connected hotel and retail uses in the Hauppauge Industrial Park.
Hotel guests, industrial park businesses and the developer; the board noted it would be the industrial park's only new hotel.
Nearby properties experiencing increased commercial traffic or reduced buffer landscaping.
Mentions & discussions (1)
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