Renderings have been revealed by Hill West Architects for Court Square City View Tower, expected to rise at 23-15 44th Drive, located on the corner of 23rd Street in the heart of Long Island City. The architect’s website states the mixed-use project will rise 66 stories and contain 802 condominium units.
New building applications for single and multi-family residential developments in New York City saw a major slowdown in 2016, as the fading boom following the changes that occurred at the Department of Buildings in 2014 began to slack further. Numbers have plunged by over half since 2014, and by 38 percent since 2015. The full report with spreadsheets covering every new building application is available at the research store.
A Queens-based property owner has filed applications for twin two-story, two-family houses at 111-36 and 111-38 122nd Street, in South Ozone Park. The new structures will measure 3,340 square feet each. Across both, the residential units should average 1,087 square feet apiece, indicative of apartments with family-sized configurations. Each house will also come with two off-street parking spaces. Akeeb B. Shekoni’s Jamaica-based Askon Architects is the architect of record. The 6,000-square-foot lot is occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits were filed in November.
Queens-based TNE Building has filed applications for two four-story, five-unit residential buildings at 125-09 and 125-11 101st Street, in Richmond Hill. The buildings will measure 4,905 square feet each. Across both, the residential units should average 743 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Jamaica-based Royal Engineering is the applicant of record. The 40-foot-wide, 3,737-square-foot lot is occupied by a single-story commercial-retail building. Demolition permits were filed in November.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has unveiled plans for a $10 billion redesign of John F. Kennedy International Airport, in Queens. Broadly, the goal of the project is to better interconnect the airport’s existing terminals and improve the flow of vehicles and people through reconstruction and expansion of roadways, Crain’s reported. There would also be a large parking garage at the center of the airport, possibly to be topped by green space. Mass-transit upgrades are also in store, including plans for a one-seat ride to Manhattan. The state’s Department of Transportation will head the construction pertaining to roadways and mass transit, while the airport is expected to be rebuilt under partnerships with airline companies and operators, including the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.
