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68-60 110th Street

City to Expand Academy for Excellence Through the Arts, 68-60 110th Street, Forest Hills

The city’s School Construction Authority has filed applications to expand the Academy for Excellence Through the Arts campus (AEA/P.S. Q303), at 108-55 69th Avenue, in northern Forest Hills, located six blocks north of the Forest Hills-71st Av stop on the E/F/M/R trains. A new two-story, 60,065-square-foot school will be built on the site’s eastern end at 68-60 110th Street. The cellar level will host classrooms, a gymnasium, an auditorium, a cafeteria, and storage space, followed by more classrooms, a library, and addition storage space on the ground floor. The second floor will host administrative offices, classrooms, and additional storage space. Edgar Rawlings’ Lower East Side-based Rawlings Architects will be designing the building.


142-37 Rockaway Boulevard

Three-Story, Three-Unit Residential Project Coming To 142-37 Rockaway Boulevard, South Jamaica

Taneshwar Sukhdeo, doing business as an anonymous Ozone Park-based LLC, has filed applications for a three-story, three-unit residential building, at 142-37 Rockaway Boulevard, in South Jamaica. The new building will measure 4,260 square feet and its residential units should average a spacious 1,065 square feet apiece, indicative of family-sized configurations. Each of the apartments will span a full floor. Olabanji B. Awosika’s Jamaica-based Banji Awosika Architect is the architect of record. The 34-foot-wide, 2,910-square-foot lot is currently vacant.


25-40 31st Street

Seven-Story, 16-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed at 25-40 31st Street, Astoria

TriBeCa-based MJMV Holdings has filed applications for a seven-story, 16-unit mixed-use building at 25-40 31st Street, in Astoria, located a stone’s throw away from the Astoria Boulevard Station on the N/Q trains. The structure will measure 16,522 square feet and will include 1,488 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. The residential units, which begin on the second floor, should average 704 square feet apiece, indicate of rental apartments. Amenities include an eight-car parking garage, private storage, bike parking, a recreational area, and a laundry. Astoria-based Christopher V. Papa is the architect of record. Two three-story townhouses must first be demolished.


40-48 68th Street, photo by Scott Bintner for PropertyShark

Two Four-Story, Three-Unit Residential Buildings Coming to 40-48 68th Street, Woodside

Property owner Chang Lin Xue has filed applications for two four-story, three-unit residential buildings at 40-48 68th Street, in Woodside, located a block from the 69th Street stop on the 7 train. One building will measure 5,515 square feet, while the other will measure 5,749 square feet. In each, there will be full-floor units on the ground and second floors, followed by a single unit on the third and fourth floors. Across both buildings, the apartments should average a spacious 1,297 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. Xiohong Zhao’s Queens-based Ameriland Brook is the applicant of record. The 40-foot-wide lot is currently occupied by a three-story, multi-family house, and demolition permits were filed for it in February.


44-16 23rd Street

Renovations Underway on Two-Story, 22,000-Square-Foot Commercial Building at 44-16 23rd Street, Long Island City

In February, news broke that the two-story, 22,254-square-foot commercial building at 44-16 23rd Street, in the Court Square section of Long Island City, was going to be transformed into retail space. The Hakimian Organization, which is ground-leasing the property for 99 years from its property owner, is now conducting gut-renovations on it, The Court Square Blog reported. Plywood fencing currently surrounds the structure, which is will receive both interior and exterior upgrades. The windows on both the ground and second floors will be restored to their original sizes, after they were reduced in size following a previous alteration. JRT Realty, who is the leasing agent, is considering securing a restaurant, retailer, gym, an office tenant, or a mix of the those. Woodside-based Topos Design is the architect of record. Completion can probably be expected later this year.


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