68 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • OCTOBER 2019
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COUNTRY POINTE MEADOWS IN YAPHANK RETIRING IN STYLE
After putting his three kids through
college, credit card industry veteran
Mike Turano no longer had a need
for his big custom-built Stony Brook
home, so he started eyeing a move
down south.
But before he and his wife packed
up and left New York, they stumbled
upon Country Pointe Meadows in
Yaphank, a luxurious 400-home
condominium lifestyle community
for adults aged 55-plus. A year after
becoming its first resident last summer,
he couldn’t be happier that they
decided to stay close to their kids on
LI — and are doing so in style.
“It’s very upscale,” he says. “For what
you’re paying, I think this is total
value. One hundred percent.”
Pricing ranges from the upper
$400,000s to the upper $600,000s
with real estate taxes as low as $3,900
— well under the $21,000 Turano
was paying in property taxes in his
previous home — at Country Pointe
Meadows in Yaphank. It’s the forsale,
home-ownership component
of The Boulevard, a 322-acre smart
growth mixed-used development
that will include retail stores, a park,
dog park, hotel, baseball field, track,
rental apartments, and assisted-living
facility.
“It’s a great place to meet your
neighbors and spend time with your
family,” Turano says. “Knowing what
Long Island costs to live, this really
kept me here and it really helped
us out and allowed us to continue a
beautiful lifestyle.”
The development is being built in
three phases, with phase one completed
and nearly sold out. Phase two
is currently underway and is a third
has been sold, for a combined 65 units
bought so far, with more in contract.
Phase three starts in 2021.
Conveniently located right off exit
68 on the Long Island Expressway,
it’s less than an hour’s drive from
Nassau County and near the
gateway to the East End’s farms,
vineyards, golfing, shopping, and
waterfront — assuming residents
can tear themselves away from their
beautiful abodes.
“The level of finish and quality of the
home, our open floor plan, the wood
floors, the marble counter tops …
There’s nothing like it in Suffolk right
now in terms of retirement communities
being built,” says Steven Dubb,
a principal of the Jericho-based
Beechwood Organization, Long
Island’s largest homebuilder. “The
condo lifestyle is what our residents
are looking for.”
At the heart of the community is an
active 11,000-square-foot clubhouse
boasting a ballroom, oversized gym,
bar, barbecue area, firepits, patio,
and all the amenities of resort-style
living.
“It feels like you’re on a vacation,”
says Maria Pini — like Turano, an
empty nester — who moved to the
community from Woodbury with
her husband. “It’s really that kind of
atmosphere. There’s no pressure.”
Of course, what makes a community
great is not just top-notch houses with
high-end creature comforts, but also
quality people.
“We now have more friends than we
could have possibly met anywhere
else,” Turano says. “And they’re all
just like us — the same exact story.
They’re here on Long Island, they had
the big house, the kids moved on, and
this was their opportunity to stay on
Long Island because the taxes are
reasonable and the maintenance fees
are reasonable. Everyone’s loving it
here and I honestly can’t say a bad
thing about it.”
The Beechwood Organization is
hosting an open house at Country
Pointe Meadows from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
on Saturday, Oct. 12. The community
is located at 1 Grace Hall Lane,
Yaphank. For more information, visit
beechwoodhomes.com
“It feels like you’re on a vacation,”
says Maria Pini.
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