Wed, Dec 2nd 2020 | By Michael J. Billoni
The Island Dispatch has learned Michael Huntress, vice president of Acquest Development LLC of Amherst, submitted a site plan to the Town of Grand Island for a proposed 1,080,308-square-foot distribution facility project on Long Road. The structure would sit on land its own, along the New York State Thruway I-190 – an area that was under consideration by Amazon for a proposed 3.8 million-square-foot distribution center.
Kasey Morgan, P.E., a member of the town’s Building Department, is reviewing the application against the zoning code. He researched its size, which is the equivalent of more than 20 football fields, and found, if built, it will be the fifth-largest warehouse facility in the world.
A cover letter signed by Huntress, whose father William owns Acquest, accompanied the site plan created by Langan Engineering. Huntress said Acquest is building this without a confirmed tenant because “there is a need for high quality distribution space throughout the country.”
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