Queens

Developers Want Rezoning As 30-05 Whitestone Expressway Hits Market, Flushing

12:30 pm on October 30, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Mar Mar Realty is placing their 37,000 square-foot bowling ally at 30-05 Whitestone Expressway, in Flushing, on the market as a development site for $60 million, according to Commercial Observer. The site measures 80,000 square feet and is currently zoned for manufacturing, but the owner is seeking a rezoning of the property to allow for a 386,000 square-foot mixed-use development, with commercial and residential uses. Cushman & Wakefield is marketing the property, and the rezoning could possibly take a year to secure.

Excavation Imminent For Six-Story, 24-Unit Condo Project At 11-30 45th Road, Long Island City

11:00 am on October 30, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In the summer of 2014, YIMBY revealed renderings of Century Development Group’s six-story, 24-unit residential project at 11-30 45th Road, in Long Island City, and last week, The Court Square Blog spotted excavation equipment on-site, indicating work is imminent. The building will measure 22,356 square feet, which works out to condo units averaging 931.5 square feet. A penthouse level for tenants’ recreational use is also planned, and Flushing-based Raymond Chan is designing. Completion is likely slated for 2016.

Two Four-Story, Four-Unit Residential Buildings Filed At 94-66 45th Avenue, Corona

2:30 pm on October 28, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Ken Cheung, doing business as an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for two four-story, four-unit residential buildings at 94-66 – 94-68 45th Avenue, in Corona, located seven blocks south of the 7 train’s stop at Junction Boulevard. Each building will measure 6,520 square feet, which means full-floor units will average a relatively spacious 1,630 square feet, indicative of condos. An Shen Ma’s Flushing-based architectural firm is the architect of record, and the site’s two-story predecessor was demolished in 2008.

Four-Story, 10-Unit Mixed-Use Project Coming To 164-11 Highland Avenue, Jamaica Hills

1:30 pm on October 28, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Rey Nieto, head of a Queens-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, 10-unit mixed-use building at 164-11 Highland Avenue, in Jamaica Hills, six blocks from the E and F trains’ stop at Parsons Boulevard. The building will measure 12,427 square feet in total, which includes a 3,094 square-foot community facility on the basement level. Residential units above will average 933 square feet. Fei Zeng’s Flushing-based Z&T Engineering is the applicant of record, and demolition on an existing two-story home began earlier this month.

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Project Planned At 462 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood

3:00 pm on October 27, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Jack Landau, doing business as an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 462 Seneca Avenue, in western Ridgewood, five blocks from the L train’s stop at Dekalb and Wyckoff Avenues. The building will measure 4,995 square feet in total, which means units will average 714 square feet, indicative of rentals. Brooklyn-based Barry Goldsmith is the architect of record, and permits were filed earlier this month to demolish an existing two-story townhouse.

177-16 Wexford Terrace, photo by tipster

Construction Update: 177-16 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica Estates

7:00 am on October 27, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Jamaica Estates has been largely untouched by the wave of development sweeping through the rest of Jamaica, but new buildings are rising on a small swath at the neighborhood’s southern edge. A tipster sent along these photos of a development rising at 177-16 Wexford Terrace, situated just north of Hillside Avenue between Edgerton Boulevard and Dalny Road. New building permits were approved a year ago, but construction has only reached the seventh story so far.

Four-Story Self-Storage Facility Coming To 45-26 51st Street, Sunnyside

4:00 pm on October 26, 2015 By Reid Wilson

James Coakley, doing business as an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, 65,900 square-foot self storage facility at 45-26 51st Street, in Sunnyside, two blocks south of the 7 train’s stop at 52nd Street. The building will have 34,141 square feet of commercial space for rentable storage use. Virginia-based Butz Wilbern, LTD, is the applicant of record, and an existing single-story warehouse building must first be demolished.

Three-Story, Two-Unit Mixed-Use Building Planned At 43-50 162nd Street, East Flushing

8:00 am on October 26, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Henry Cheng, head of 162 Realty Management LLC, has filed applications for a three-story, two-unit mixed-use building at 43-50 162nd Street, in East Flushing, located four blocks from the Broadway station on the LIRR. The building will measure 7,240 square feet, which includes 1,079 and 1,811 square feet of community and retail space, respectively, on the ground floor. On the second and third floors, two full-floor residential units will average a spacious 2,175 square feet. Flushing-based Thee Shiun Ken is the applicant of record, and the site’s two-story predecessor was demolished over the summer.

71-66 Parsons Boulevard, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 71-66 Parsons Boulevard, Pomonok

7:30 am on October 26, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

As New York City’s development boom pushes further into the outer boroughs, builders are looking for more affordable properties in neighborhoods where few developers have been willing to tread since the city’s real estate market bottomed out in 2009.
But now the area east of Queens College—known as Pomonok or Kew Gardens Hills—is finally seeing some new construction. Bi Yuan Chen, of Flushing-based Parsons Tower LLC, is planning a seven-story apartment building with a daycare at 71-66 Parsons Boulevard, according to applications filed with the Department of Buildings on Friday.

109-19 72nd Road, Forest Hills, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 109-19 72nd Road, Forest Hills

7:00 am on October 26, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

New development rarely arrives in Forest Hills, Queens, thanks to restrictive zoning and a densely built landscape of co-op buildings and single-family homes. But the city upzoned a small piece of the picturesque neighborhood just south of Queens Boulevard in 2009.

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