AVR BREAKS GROUND ON $19 MILLION HOMEWOOD SUITES HOTEL

CARLE PLACE, N.Y. — Yonkers-based AVR Realty Co. has broken ground on a 150-unit Homewood Suites Hotel in Carle Place. The project, which is valued at $19 million, will replace an undeveloped automobile storage yard. The hotel is expected to open in about 15 months. Tritec Construction is building the hotel for AVR, the hotel's developer.