The Stony Brook University Research and Development Park is a

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park located in

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owned by

Stony Brook University Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public university, public research university in Stony Brook, New York, United States, on Long Island. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is on ...

, which acquired the land through

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in 2005. The park is located a mile from the center of campus along Stony Brook Road on an area spanning over 240 acres in size.

History of the land

The land was originally owned by St. James

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and acquired by the university in a controversial eminent domain case in which the courts decided against the state's $26 million appraisal in support of the owner's $126 million valuation and later denied the state's request for appeal. The state ended up paying $167.5 million in a lawsuit settlement in 2012

Centers in the park

● Center for Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT)

●Advanced Energy Center

●Innovation and Discovery Center

References

{{The State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook University buildings and structures