Memorial Sloan Inks Deal to Build State of the Art Center at Nassau Hub

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced the closing of a five-acres land sale on the southwest portion of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to Memorial Sloan Kettering for the construction of a state-of-the-art outpatient cancer treatment center. Sloan Kettering will employ approximately 250 clinical and administrative positions with an average annual salary and benefits package totaling $150,000.

MSK’s plans include building a two-story, 114,000 square-foot facility, which may be later expanded to approximately 140,000 square-feet of building floor area, as well as an adjacent 450-space parking garage. Comprehensive adult oncology services will include surgical, medical and radiation oncology consultations, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, diagnostic radiology, access to clinical trials, and other specialized services such as genetic counseling, pain management support, lymphedema therapy, survivorship services, social work, and nutrition counseling. The parking garage will be accessible to coliseum and plaza visitors at night and on weekends for events.

“Memorial Sloan Kettering will build an important care center at Nassau’s Hub for those fighting cancer," Mangano said. "This outpatient treatment facility will offer critical cancer care to patients without the wear and tear of traveling to Manhattan. This is great news for residents diagnosed with cancer and for those seeking employment in the health care industry.”

Sloan Kettering already has a Long Island location in Rockville Centre, on the grounds of Mercy Medical Center. As reported in the Rockville Centre Herald, that facility will be closing in 2018, when the lease with Mercy expires, and the staff and equipment will move to the new facility. Sloan Kettering currently employs about 80 people at the Rockville Centre site, and those jobs will be preserved in the transfer to the new facility.

Sloan Kettering is required to pay prevailing wage rates or enter into Project Labor Agreements with the labor organizations hired to construct the facility. To protect the intent of the project, the agreement includes a use covenant and ensures the property reverts back to Nassau County under certain specific conditions, if the project fails to be used for healthcare-related purposes.