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40-31 82nd Street

Reveal for Seven-Story, 160,000-Square-Foot Commercial Project Planned at 40-31 82nd Street, Elmhurst

Sun Equity Partners and the Heskel Group have closed on the $27 million purchase of the 23,439-square-foot site at 40-31 82nd Street, located along Ithaca Street and Baxter Avenue in northern Elmhurst. The duo plan to build a seven-story, 160,000-square-foot mixed-use commercial building, The Real Deal reported. Dubbed The Shoppes At 82nd Street, it will feature 45,000 square feet of retail space on the ground and cellar levels, followed by 100,000 square feet of community facility space on the floors above. No new building applications have been filed at this time. An old, vacant movie theater, in addition to multiple single- and two-story commercial structures, must first be demolished. The 82nd Street-Jackson Heights stop on the 7 train is a few steps away.


126-30 Locus Manor Lane, image via Bing Maps

Another 14-Story, 82-Unit Affordable Residential Building Filed at 127-10 Locust Manor Lane, South Jamaica

D&F Development Group has recently filed applications for another 82-unit residential building, at 127-10 Locust Manor Lane, within their multi-building Locust Manor Estates development in South Jamaica. The project will rise 14 stories and measure 89,382 square feet. Its residential units should average 1,029 square feet apiece, indicative of family-sized configurations. All of the apartments will be subsidized rentals. Amenities include a community room, a 29-car parking garage, storage for 41 bikes, tenant storage, and laundry facilities. Gerald J. Caliendo’s Briarwood-based architecture firm is the architect of record.

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108-48 37th Drive

Two Three-Story, Two-Unit Residential Buildings Coming to 108-48 37th Drive, North Corona

Great Neck, N.Y.-based Woodland Home Sales Corp. has filed applications for two three-story, two-unit residential buildings at 108-46 – 108-48 37th Drive, in North Corona. The structures will each measure 5,945 square feet each and their residential units should average a family-sized 2,230 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. There will be a total of four off-street parking spaces. Gerald J. Caliendo’s Briarwood-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 64-foot-wide, 8,124-square-foot plot is currently vacant. The 111th Street on the 7 train is three blocks away.


Facade Installation Imminent at Hyatt Place Hotel, 27-07 43rd Avenue, Long Island City

The last time YIMBY checked out the progress at Long Island City’s Hyatt Place hotel at the end of April, the building was approaching its final floor. Since then, the structure has both topped-out and been enclosed within its curtain wall. The future 108-room hotel, developed by Prakash Patel and designed by Michael Kang Architect, looks ready to receive its exterior cladding.

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23-23 Astoria Boulevard, rendering by HCN Architects

Revealed: 23-23 Astoria Boulevard, Astoria

YIMBY can barely keep up with all the new construction in western Astoria, where investors have started snapping up parking lots, row houses, and warehouses left and right. Today, we have a look at the eight-story rental building headed to 23-23 Astoria Boulevard, between Crescent and 23rd streets.

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