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Evening rendering of Opus Point at 23-10 Queens Plaza South - Courtesy of Dynamic Star; Lemay-id

City Council Approves Opus Point Redevelopment at 23-10 Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, Queens

The New York City Council has unanimously approved applications for zoning amendments that will facilitate a commercial redevelopment project at 23-10 Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by New England-based Dynamic Star, the project entails the partial demolition and expansion of an existing warehouse and the construction of a 26-story office tower.

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247 Cherry Street and 252 South Street, image from JDS

NIMBY Lawsuits Fail Against Two Bridges Supertalls, On Manhattan’s Lower East Side

This week the New York State Court of Appeals shut down a lawsuit opposing the development of four new skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood, as reported in The Broadsheet. This legal move upheld the August ruling by Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court in favor of a group of developers, including JDS Development Group, CIM Group, L+M Development Partners, and Starrett Corporation, to build four more towers along the Two Bridges waterfront on the Lower East Side. The site is bound by Cherry Street to the north, South Street to the south, mid-block between Pike Slip and Rutgers Street to the west, and mid-block between Clinton and Montgomery Streets to the east.

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$2 Billion Flushing Waterfront District Development Gets Green Light

Last week, the New York City Council approved a Flushing waterfront development set to cost $2 billion. The massive mixed-use project, which includes housing, commercial retail and office space, and hotel lodging, is being developed by a joint partnership between United Construction & Development Group, F&T Group, and Young Nian Group. The master plan, designed by Hill West Architects, will develop 29 acres of land bound by Flushing Creek, Northern Boulevard, College Point Boulevard, and Roosevelt Avenue, as well as upgrade the neighborhood’s public waterfront access.

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