Articles by Michael Young

Facade Installation Nearing Completion On The Elisa At 251 West 14th Street In Chelsea, Manhattan

Construction continues on The Elisa, an 11-story residential building at 251 West 14th Street in Chelsea. Designed by Isay Weinfeld Architects, the topped out structure will yield 25 condominium units in one- to three-bedroom layouts with sales and marketing by Bianca D’Alessio, Christian Haag, and Mia Calabrese of Nest Seekers and SERHANT, with prices ranging from $1.45 million to $5 million. The largest reported unit is going to be a four-bedroom penthouse. Pizzarotti is the general contractor for the property, which is located on an interior lot between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and sits by the neighborhoods of the West Village and the Meatpacking District.

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Steel Superstructure Progresses On Public Storage Expansion At 31-28 Northern Boulevard In Long Island City, Queens

Construction is steadily progressing on 31-28 Northern Boulevard, a new 12-story Public Storage facility in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Tao Architecture + Design, the ground-up development will add more storage units to the company’s multi-building complex. E. W. Howell is the general contractor for the property, which is nestled between two existing sites Public Storage Inc. currently owns and utilizes, and is situated by the corner of Northern Boulevard and 39th Avenue.

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Excavation And Pilings Underway At 30-25 Queens Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens

Construction is now underway at 30-25 Queens Boulevard, the site of an upcoming 46-story mixed-use residential skyscraper in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by LargaVista Companies under the 30-25 Queens Boulevard Tenant LLC, the 1,293,315-square-foot complex will stand 517 feet tall. The skyscraper will yield 821,642 square feet allocated towards residential space divided amongst 561 condominium units averaging 1,464 square feet apiece, 471,673 square feet for commercial space, and a cellar level. Leeding Builders Group is the general contractor for the property, which is situated on a 25,177-square-foot lot known as QPX that is collectively comprised of 30-25 Queens Boulevard, 29-10 Northern Boulevard, and 29-14 Queens Plaza East, is located at the corner of Queens Boulevard East and Queens Boulevard, and sits directly west of the exposed rail tracks of Sunnyside Yards.

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Curtain Wall Progresses Upward On 27-01 Jackson Avenue In Long Island City, Queens

Work continues to progress on 27-01 Jackson Avenue, a 27-story residential tower in the Court Square district of Long Island CityQueens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed American Lions, a joint venture between Fetner Properties and Lions Group, the 151,141-square-foot structure will yield 164 rental units with one-third reserved for affordable housing, as well as ground-floor retail space and approximately 90 parking spaces on the first three levels of the building. Lions Group II, LLC is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Jackson and 43rd Avenues.

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Glass Cladding Begins On The Italic At 26-32 Jackson Avenue In Long Island City, Queens

Construction is quickly progressing on 26-32 Jackson Avenue, aka The Italic, a 49-story residential skyscraper rising in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by American Lions, a joint venture between Fetner Properties and NY Lions Group, the ground-up 526-foot-tall structure will yield 384,043 square feet with 19,923 square feet of commercial space and 363 rental units ranging from studios to three-bedroom layouts with 109 units allocated towards affordable housing. Hunter Roberts Construction Group is the general contractor for the property, which is bound by Dutch Kills Street and an elevated roadway of the Queensboro Bridge to the northeast and Purves Street to the southwest.

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