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Long Island’s newest hotel has opened in Farmingdale, just in time for this month’s Ryder Cup at the nearby Bethpage Black Golf Course. 

The $28 million project from a partnership of Jericho-based Oxford Hospitality and Raleigh, N.C.-based Concord Hospitality brought a new four-story Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton with 101 guest rooms to a 2.2-acre site at 1030 Broadhollow Road. 

Amenities at the new hotel include a fitness center with a Peloton Bike, an indoor pool and whirlpool, outdoor patio, complimentary hot breakfast, Wi-Fi, outdoor fire pits, and a Pour My Beer self-pour station offering craft beer and wine on tap. 

“We’re proud to open the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton right here in Farmingdale, a vibrant, growing community at the heart of Long Island,” Jason Spiegel, general manager of the new Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton, said in a company statement. “From local businesses to visitors exploring the region, our location offers convenience, comfort, and the exceptional service guests expect from Hilton. We’re excited to be part of the Farmingdale neighborhood and look forward to welcoming travelers and locals alike.” 

Plans for the Farmingdale hotel project were hatched several years ago, but the development was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The parcel for the new hotel was part of a 13-acre site of the former Skydrive Golf Center, most of which has been redeveloped into a retail center by Syosset-based Blumenfeld Development Group. 

“We’re really pleased to get this hotel open, given the fact that we started before COVID,” Paul Amoruso, who heads Oxford Hospitality, told LIBN. “The timing couldn’t be better, with the Ryder Cup fast approaching. The demand has been off the charts, and we expect the Hampton Inn and Suites to perform very well, not only pick up substantial Route 110 business, but the whole South Shore, in fact. The demand generators in the area, including Farmingdale State University and the continued expansion of Republic Airport bodes quite well for this project.”   

The new hotel is the sixth on Long Island developed by Amoruso, who has also developed the Hilton Garden Inn in Roslyn, the Hilton Garden Inn in Melville, Homeward Suites by Hilton in Melville, the Hampton Inn in Commack, and the Hampton Inn in Huntington. 

Next up for Oxford Hospitality and Concord Hospitality is a new hotel and conference center to be built on 5.88 acres behind the Jericho Plaza office complex in Jericho. Amoruso said construction on the 113,815-square-foot “luxury lifestyle” hotel with over 200 rooms is slated to begin next year. 

“The Jericho project will be a five-star hotel that Long Island desperately needs. It’s going to be iconic,” he said. “We really feel it’s time, after 40 years of the Garden City Hotel, to bring the North Shore of Long Island a first-class hotel project.” 

Founded in 1985, Concord Hospitality, which will manage the new Farmingdale hotel, employs more than 6,000 people. The company, which focuses on hotels branded with Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt, has grown its portfolio to more than 150 properties, and another 30 or so in its development pipeline.