At number 12 on our year-end countdown of the tallest buildings under construction in New York is 27-48 Jackson Avenue, a 69-story residential skyscraper in Long Island City‘s Court Square district and the future tallest building in Queens. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Building Orchard LLC, the 811-foot-tall structure will yield 635,000 square feet with 818 units, as well as 11,700 square feet of retail space and a two-story parking garage. Triton Construction Company is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 43-01 Queens Street and located along Jackson Avenue between Queens and Orchard Streets.
Since our last update in early October, the former industrial building that occupied the southeastern end of the lot has been fully razed and a team of excavators is in the process of removing its foundations. This is where the parking garage will be located.
27-48 Jackson Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
27-48 Jackson Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
27-48 Jackson Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
27-48 Jackson Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
27-48 Jackson Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
27-48 Jackson Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
Meanwhile, crews and piling machines are at work below street level on the northernmost end of the property along Jackson Avenue, where the main tower will eventually rise.
27-48 Jackson Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
27-48 Jackson Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
27-48 Jackson Avenue is depicted with a glass curtain wall framed with dark mullions. The tower features a fairly uniform massing with a couple of setbacks at the top of the podium and below the crown and mechanical bulkhead. The parking garage is shown topped with a landscaped roof deck populated with trees and a soccer field.
27-48 Jackson Avenue has an anticipated completion date of 2026.
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Yeah, I love it with a couple of setbacks at the top of the podium, below the crown and mechanical bulkhead. As ascribed status on the skyscraper a 69-story residential, so I don’t have look of disapproval to progress rules as far as excavation: Thanks to Michael Young.
Funnily enough, this design partially resembles Skyline Tower, or maybe that’s just me. Hopefully, this will be a suitable borough’s tallest and not another disappointment.
They should call it the
“Tower of Queens”… with an occasional “princess”! 🤣👑🥿
Thank you, Perkins Eastman. LIC will finally have a new tower that adds some interest to its instant skyline.
It looks exactly like the building next to it.
Oh no… Is “Exactly” about to become as overly missused as “Literally”?
This is like the evil twin of Skyline Tower XD
Oh, no—is this about to become a place to argue semantics instead of architecture? It _does_ look a lot like the neighboring building, n’est pas?
Joe—maybe not coincidence, but by design? But unquestionably similar!
I recall a few decades ago when the question was when LIC would be the next Williamsburg if ever. The construction of recent years has completely altered the look of the place to an area of glass towers that seems to rival Manhattan in density.