Thursday, October 1, 2026
The longtime site of Long Island American Water, at the corner of Sunrise Highway and Peninsula Boulevard, will soon house primary-care physicians with a range of specialties.
The Lynbrook Board of Trustees unanimously approved a request to rezone a small portion of the property from residential to commercial on Jan. 27. Simone Healthcare Development has agreed to purchase the property, and the company’s president, Guy Liebler, said it is concluding negotiations with a major hospital system in the area that will staff the offices with doctors.
The section of the property that was zoned residential is surrounded by LIAW and Atria Lynbrook, a senior living center. Jack Libert, special counsel to the village board, said in November that the property was “somewhat of an anomaly because everything around it is commercial.”
Simone attorney David Leno said that at its original presentation before the board in November, that the rezoning issue was not addressed because LIAW was a public utility and the property was grandfathered in — the building was there before the zoning was changed. Simone said at the time that it planned to build a three-story, 9,000-square-foot addition to the west side of the building. Instead, there will be a three-story, 1,500-square-foot addition built on the south side of the building, which will serve as an entrance and lobby.
Liebler said last week that the hospital system with which his company is finalizing a deal didn’t require much additional space, so its proposal changed. He added that he could not announce the name of the hospital system at the meeting because the lease still has to be approved by its Board of Trustees, but an announcement should be made in the coming days, he said.
The initial plan also called for one vehicle access point on Peninsula Boulevard, but the approved project has two. On Sunrise Highway, cars will have the option to enter or exit, and they will also be able to enter from Peninsula. Each access point will use existing curb cuts.
