Port Washington Film Studio Plan To Be Heard At Public Hearing

PORT WASHINGTON, NY — A proposal for the construction of a film studio at the abandoned Publishers Clearing House property on Channel Drive in Port Washington North will be discussed during a public hearing April 7, according to the village’s website.

Patchogue architect Alexander Badalamenti, of bld architecture, who represents 101 Channel Drive, LLC, has filed an application proposing to demolish the one-story structure on the property and build a two-story building for a movie/sound studio, according to the village’s website. There will be a total of six film studios and “ancillary site work,” including, but not limited to, landscaping and the placement of utilities, the village’s website states.

The public hearing, which will be held over Zoom, begins at 7:30 p.m.

Property owner Parviz Farahzad, has plans to use $20 million to convert the property into a film production complex as a sister location to Grumman Studios in Bethpage, where movies like “The Avengers” and “Ocean’s Eight” were filmed, Newsday reported.

Back in September Nassau County’s Industrial Development Agency granted Farahzad a 15-year property tax reduction, a sales tax exemption of up to $776,250 for construction materials, and $90,000 mortgage recording tax savings, the outlet reported.

The property, which has been abandoned since Publishers Clearing House relocated to Jericho, sold for $7.3 million in June 2014, according to propertyshark.com.

For more information about the proposal, go to http://www.portwashingtonnorth.org