Suffolk Life

Developers who were seeking to build a McDonalds restaurant in Hampton Bays won a “major court victory” when a state Supreme Court Judge nullified a Southampton Town Law and reversed a denial of a building permit application for the McDonalds.

Andrew J. Campanelli, an attorney representing the developer, Hampton Bays Connections, also filed a federal lawsuit within which the property owner and developer are seeking $17 million in federal court for alleged civil rights damages.”

Mr. Campanelli’s clients were ultimately successful in obtaining the building permit for the McDonalds restaurant, which was then built, and is operating. The Town additionally agreed to settle the federal lawsuit which Mr. Campanelli had filed in federal court by paying Mr. Campanelli’s clients $250,000 in damages, granting them permission to build a 25,000 square foot supermarket on property which was zoned “residential” and granting them an additional approval to construct a 10,000 square foot office building across the street.