SUNY Stony Brook obtained this site from the Town of Riverhead as part of the former US Navy Test Center in Calverton. The project was conceived as a incubator building for start up companies in the Aquaculture and Environmental industries. A variety of modular research labs were included to allow for a wide variety of research in both fields. The labs range in size from 500 square feet to 1,000 square feet. The aquaculture labs have a recirculating fresh water and salt water supply system to allow researchers to duplicate the salinity levels of water found in the seas around the world.