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30-17 40th Avenue

Lightstone Developing 10-Story, 428-Unit Residential Project At 30-17 40th Avenue, Long Island City

2:00 pm on November 18, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Late last year, YIMBY reported on applications for a 10-story, 428-unit residential building at 30-17 40th Avenue, in northern Long Island City, and now Curbed reports the Lightstone Group is the developer. Per filings with the DOB, the building will measure 293,703 square feet, but that only includes a portion of the building’s entire area, which will measure 413,000 square feet in total. Retail space will also measure 3,181 square feet on the ground floor. The project will be made up of studios, one-, and two-bedroom units, as well as 22,000 square feet of amenity space. Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel Architects is the applicant of record, and completion is expected in 2017.

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30-49 38th Street

Five-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Building Planned At 30-49 38th Street, Astoria

10:00 am on November 18, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner George Elliott, doing business as an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a five-story, seven-unit residential building at 30-49 38th Street, in Astoria, eight blocks east of the N and Q trains’ stop at 30th Avenue. The building will measure 4,981 square feet in total, which means units will average a rental-sized 712 square feet apiece. New Jersey-based T.F. Cusanelli & Filletti Architects is the applicant of record, and permits were filed in July to demolish an existing two-story, multi-family townhouse.

52-09 31st Place, rendering by ARC Architecture and Design

First Look: 52-09 31st Place, Long Island City Hotel

8:00 am on November 18, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has decided to tamp down on hotel development in industrial zones, but dozens of hotels are already on the rise in Long Island City’s manufacturing areas. YIMBY has a rendering of a 20-story hotel in the works at 52-09 31st Place, in a particularly forlorn and polluted micro-hood known as Blissville.

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21-11 74th Street

Three-Story, Three-Unit Residential Project Coming To 21-11 74th Street, East Elmhurst

1:00 pm on November 17, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Late last year, YIMBY reported on permits for a small three-story, two-unit residential project at 21-11 74th Street, located on the western end of East Elmhurst. Now, permits have recently been amended to build a structure with three units. The building will measure 3,315 square feet in total, and full-floor units will average 1,105 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. Konstantine Drakopoulos is the property owner and Queens-based Gerald Caliendo is the architect of record. The site’s former 1.5-story home was demolished last year.

101-22 99th Street

Twin Three-Story, Four-Unit Residential Buildings Coming To 101-22 99th Street, Ozone Park

3:00 pm on November 16, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Mario Faulisi, head of an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for two identical three-story residential buildings as 101-22 – 101-24 99th Street, in Ozone Park, located four blocks from the A train’s stop at Rockaway Boulevard. Each will measure 2,937 square feet and contain four residential units, which means units will average a rental-sized 734 square feet apiece. Benedetto Davi’s Astoria-based Davi Architecture is the applicant of record.

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