Queens

Four-Story Retail Redevelopment Underway At 160-16 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica Center

11:00 am on August 13, 2015 By Reid Wilson

United American Land is currently redeveloping three buildings in Jamaica at 161-02, 160-08 and 160-16 Jamaica Avenue, two blocks from the E, J and Z trains’ stop at Jamaica Center/Parsons Boulevard. According to the New York Post, the structures will be connected and transformed into one four-story, 150,000 square feet commercial-retail building. Unfortunately, the 10-story building at No. 160-16 will be shortened to four stories, but No. 160-08 will retain its façade and expand by one story. Burlington Coat Factory is leasing 70,000 square feet on the upper floors, and opening is expected early in 2017. GreenbergFarrow is designing.

48-31 65th Street

Two Stories, Eight Residential Units Coming To 48-31 65th Street, Maspeth

3:00 pm on August 12, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Staten Island-based Leon Dasilva has filed applications for four two-story, multi-family residential buildings at 48-31 – 48-37 65th Street, in northern Maspeth, three blocks south of Queens Boulevard. The entire development will span 8,980 square feet in residential space, and each building will have two full-floor units averaging 1,120 square feet apiece. Joseph Sultana’s JLS Designs is the applicant of record.

40-49 77th Street

Permits Filed: 40-49 77th Street, Elmhurst

7:30 am on August 12, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

As Queens’ burgeoning Hispanic and East Asian immigrant communities grow beyond their traditional neighborhood boundaries, Elmhurst has seen a minor construction boom. Developers are scooping up cheap properties in the central Queens neighborhood and building hotels, office space, and of course housing. Yesterday’s filings brought plans for two four-story apartment buildings at 40-47 and 40-49 77th Street, between 41st and Roosevelt Avenues and next to the Elmhurst Hospital.

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61-42 168th Street

Three-Story, Three-Unit Residential Building Coming To 61-42 168th Street, Utopia

4:00 pm on August 11, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Whitestone-based property owner Robert Ranallo has filed applications for a three-story, three-unit residential building at 61-42 168th Street, in Utopia, four blocks from the QM4 bus stop at 164th Street/Horace Harding Expressway. The building will measure 3,568 square feet in total, which means full-floor units will average 1,190 square feet each. Great Neck-based Frank Petruso is the architect of record, and demolition began earlier this year to remove the site’s former two-story home.

144-19 224th Street

Two Stories, Four Residential Units Filed At 144-19 224th Street, Brookville

2:00 pm on August 7, 2015 By Reid Wilson

G&S Developments has filed applications for twin two-story, two-unit residential buildings spanning the lots at 144-19 – 144-23 224th Street, in Brookville, six blocks south of the LIRR’s Laurelton station. The four total residential units will spread across 4,858 square feet, for units averaging 1,215 square feet apiece. Sion Hourizadeh’s Floral Park-based Sion Associates is the applicant of record, and an existing single-family home must first be demolished.

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