Mortgage banking firm Cliffco is set to open a new 24,000 s/f office in
the former Fortunoff headquarters building in Uniondale.
Cliffco, which currently operates from 1065 Old Country Rd, Westbury,
plans to relocate to the 93,000 s/f office building at 70 Charles Lindbergh
Blvd. in Uniondale. The property was purchased by by Cliffco executives Christopher
Clifford and Adam Brodar for $5 million in 2017.
Cliffco plans to occupy 24,106 square feet of the largely vacant property
that was built in 1985 and which served as the headquarters of Fortunoff until
its 2009 bankruptcy liquidation.
The new owners plan to spend $3.9 million on renovations to the entire
building to make it more attractive to other tenants. The renovations would
create 10 full-time construction jobs.
Nassau County
Industrial Development Agency (IDA) has approved a package of economic benefits
to keep the firm in Nassau County and allow it to almost double its payroll
while renovating the Uniondale building.
Cliffco estimate
that the project will create 27 full-time-equivalent jobs within one year, 44
jobs within two years, and 65 jobs within three years of the project’s
completion. It is estimated that the $3,890,000 project will also create 10
renovation phase jobs.
Cliffco said that without
the IDA’s assistance, it might have considered relocating its operations
outside of Nassau.
Founded in 1987
with two employees by Christopher Cllifford, Cliffco has grown to 62 employees.
It anticipates having 114 full-time employees within three years of its move.
Cliffco has already
leased 30,000 s/f of office space at 70 Charles Lindbergh Blvd to Emblem Health.
