Queens

Excavation, Pilings Continue for 517-Foot Skyscraper at 30-25 Queens Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens

The 16th-tallest building on our annual year-end construction countdown is 30-25 Queens Boulevard, a 517-foot-tall mixed-use skyscraper in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by LargaVista Companies under the 30-25 Queens Boulevard Tenant LLC, the 46-story structure will span 1,293,315 square feet and yield 561 condominium units with an average scope of 1,464 square feet, as well as 471,673 square feet of commercial space and a cellar level. The building will rise from a 25,177-square-foot lot known as QPX that comprises 30-25 Queens Boulevard, 29-10 Northern Boulevard, and 29-14 Queens Plaza East. Leeding Builders Group is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of Queens Boulevard East and Queens Boulevard, directly west of the Sunnyside Yards rail tracks.

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Housing Lottery Launches for Vista65 at 97-12 65th Road in Rego Park, Queens

The affordable housing lottery has launched for Vista65, a 22-story mixed-use building at 97-12 65th Road in Rego Park, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by RB Realty Capital, the structure yields 186 residences, 53,000 square feet of retail, 41,000 square feet of community facility space, and an 82,000-square-foot parking garage. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 56 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $77,143 to $198,250.

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25-01 Queens Plaza North Rises in Long Island City, Queens

Construction is rising on 25-01 Queens Plaza North, a 26-story residential building in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Grubb Properties, which purchased the property for $63 million in 2021, the 311-foot-tall structure will yield 417 rental units with 124 reserved for affordable housing, as well as 7,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space. 25-01 QPN Consigli Construction is the general contractor and King Contracting Group will be responsible for installing nearly 12,5000 square feet of bricks and CMU blocks for the project, which is located between Crescent and 27th Streets, directly adjacent to the elevated Queensboro Plaza station servicing the 7, N, and W trains.

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Façade Installation Takes Shape on 2-20 and 2-21 Malt Drive in Hunters Point, Queens

At number 29 on our year-end countdown is 2-20 and 2-21 Malt Drive, a three-tower complex in the Hunters Point South master plan in Hunters Point, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by TF Cornerstone, the development consists of a 34-story, 390-foot-tall structure with 575 units at 2-20 Malt Drive and a two-tower building at 2-21 Malt Dive with a 38-story, 440-foot-tall tower and a 25-story, 310-foot-tall sibling collectively housing 811 units. The project will span 1.43 million square feet and yield nearly 1,400 total units, with 30 percent designated for affordable housing, as well as around 25,000 square feet of retail space. Scape is the landscape architect and Bud North LLC and Bud South LLC are the general contractors for 2-21 and 2-20 Malt Drive, respectively, which will rise from a subdivided plot bound by 54th Avenue to the north, Newton Creek to the south, and 2nd Street to the west.

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Permits Filed for 47-07 Broadway in Astoria, Queens

Permits have been filed to expand a one-story structure into a five-story mixed-use building at 47-07 Broadway in Astoria, Queens. Located between 47th Street and 48th Street, the lot is two blocks from the 46th Street subway station, serviced by the M and R trains. Perry Moradof is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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