Canon U.S.A., Inc., recently announced that it has finalized an agreement to purchase 52 acres of land in Melville, N.Y., to build a new, state-of-the-art corporate headquarters and remain on Long Island. The purchase of the land was made from The Holiday Organization, a Long Island-based commercial and residential real estate developer, and the Tilles Companies.
“Canon has been a proud member of the Long Island community for more than 35 years, and we look forward to remaining an active and growing part of the community for years to come,” said Joe Adachi, president and chief executive officer for Canon U.S.A., Inc. “The support of the New York and Long Island communities has been tremendous as our company has grown and matured over the years. These communities have been and will continue to be the foundation for Canon’s current and future success in the Americas, providing us with a base for our talented and quality work force.
The site for the new Canon U.S.A. headquarters is located just off of the Long Island Expressway at Exit 49. The site is bordered by the Long Island Expressway service road on the North and Walt Whitman Road on the East.
Canon currently employs more than 1,000 on Long Island and occupies nearly 400,000 square feet of office space in Lake Success. It is expected that the new location will allow Canon to substantially expand its office space, depending on the final approved design and plan.
Canon U.S.A. began in 1955 with five employees as the New York branch of an up-and-coming camera company. Today, the company is a global imaging brand leader that every American looks to for consumer and business innovations and technologies. Canon has been a fixture in the Long Island community since 1971, when the company moved its headquarters to Lake Success, N.Y., from Woodside, Queens, N.Y. When Canon moved to Long Island in the 1970s, the company employed approximately 80 people.
Canon U.S.A. has more than 10,000 employees in 35 facilities across North, Central and South Americas.
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