Co-working comes to Syosset as GrabSuite takes 12K sf of space

GrabSuite, a new shared office space provider, has set up shop in 12,000 square feet of space at 125 Michael Drive in Syosset, Long Island Business News reported. The venture, the latest in a series of co-working enterprises opening in suburban markets in the Tri-State region, is the product of the Great Neck-based husband-and-wife team of Benny and Dorita Faizzadeh and Dr. Ben Mokhtar and his wife, Penina. The foursome are all emigrants from Iran, according to LIBN, which noted that Benny Faizzadeh is an architect and engineer familiar with shared working space environments thanks to his work on similar build-outs for Philips International at its offices in Great Neck, Garden City and Manhattan. The Faizzadehs also operate MTI Solutions, a company that provides low voltage infrastructure — such as computer networks, lighting and phone systems — to commercial and residential properties. The Faizzadehs and Mokhtar have previously partnered on other real estate projects in Brooklyn and Queens, and the quartet behind GrabSuite hope to expand their business to other areas on Long Island, such as Mineola. Frank Zuckerbrot, the Faizzadeh’s landlord in Syosset and a principal at Long Island City-based Sholom & Zuckerbrot Realty, collaborated with the GrabSuite group on renovating the Michael Drive space. [LIBN]