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Riverhead secures more than $4M in state grants for downtown projects

by Dec 30, 2025
Riverhead was awarded $3.5 million for sewer and water lines to serve a 133-unit W. Main St. apartment building and $675,000 for the riverfront amphitheater.

Riverside land purchase for affordable housing project could ‘set the scene’ for revitalization, Southampton officials say

by Aug 13, 2025
Southampton Town held a public hearing Tuesday on a plan to use $2.4 million to purchase land for a new mixed-use affordable housing complex in Riverside that officials said could “set the scene” for revitalization plans there.

Community Benefit zoning changes aired, inching Riverhead affordable housing plan forward

by Aug 7, 2025
The Riverhead Town Board concluded a public hearing on zoning changes a developer says are required to make its project viable — and meaningful for people in desperate need of affordable housing.

Hearing set on zoning for Family Community Life Center plan: July 15 Town Board meeting wrap

by Jul 18, 2025
The Riverhead Town Board set an Aug. 5 public hearing on zoning changes to allow the Family Community Life Center plan to move forward. July 15 Town Board meeting wrap-up.

Downtown Riverhead developer eyes Riverside site for 40 affordable apartments, shops

by Jul 11, 2025
The developer of the Riverview Lofts apartment building in downtown Riverhead has proposed a 40-unit rental apartment complex with ground-floor retail space in Riverside.

Town Board pulls plug on proposed development of property across from Riverhead train station

by Mar 5, 2025
Riverhead Town has cut ties with the master developers tapped in 2022 to redevelop the blighted area near the Long Island Rail Road station with housing and shops. 

Riverhead’s transit-oriented development project being reworked three years after debut

by Feb 25, 2025
Three years after developers debuted a plan to transform the area around Riverhead’s Long Island Rail Road station into a pedestrian-friendly center with apartments and shops, the project is being reworked and might finally be getting on its feet.

‘The Vue,’ five-story apartment building on West Main Street wins preliminary site plan approval

by Dec 6, 2023
A proposed five-story, mixed-use apartment building on the corner of West Main Street and Sweezy Avenue has received preliminary site plan approval from the Riverhead Town Board

West Main Street apartment building plan has public hearing

by Nov 14, 2023
The proposed five-story, mixed-use apartment building on West Main Street just west of Court Street will provide 133 market-rate apartments and 5,100-square-feet of ground-floor retail space on a 1.9-acre property.

Plans aired for new mixed-use apartment building on West Main Street

by Apr 7, 2023
Town Board members were excited about the plans for the proposed five-story building that will offer 133 market-rate rental apartments on West Main Street. “It's a perfect look, it really is," Council Member Tim Hubbard told the developers.