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600-Seat Elementary School Will Be Built In Hunters Point South Mega-Development, Long Island City

6:30 am on February 17, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Late last year, the city began infrastructure work and laying out the new streets for phase two of the Hunters Point South mega-development, in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, directly on the East River. The second phase will see the mixed-use build-out of seven city blocks as well as new public park space. DNAinfo reports the city’s Department of Education is planning to built a new 600-student elementary school on the blocks bound by 57th and 56th avenues, Center Boulevard, and Second Street. That’s on the very southern tip of the master plan and will be located on block “F” in the image above. The school will have its own building and should cost roughly $60 million. Completion of the school is expected in 2020.

Nine-Story, 30-Key Hotel Planned At 38-38 11th Street, Long Island City

1:00 pm on February 16, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Moshe Granit has filed applications for a nine-story, 30-key hotel at 38-38 11th Street, in northern Long Island City’s Ravenswood section, located four blocks from the 21st Street – Queensbridge stop on the F train. The new building will measure 15,664 square feet on the 25-foot-wide lot. There will be four or three hotel rooms on each floor, a lobby on the ground floor, and a breakfast area in the cellar. Individual hotel suites will average roughly 440 square feet apiece, which is relatively large. Jamaica-based Manish S. Savani is the architect of record. The 2,152-square-foot plot of land is currently vacant.

Construction Update: 28 on 28th Soars at 42-12 28th Street, Long Island City

8:00 am on February 16, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

It’s been months since we checked in on Heatherwood Communities’ high-rise residential project at 42-12 28^th Street in Long Island City. As of July, it had reached 10 stories. Now, thanks to somewhat dramatic photos taken by our friend Tectonic, we can see that the 58-story building must be close to its final height.

126-30 Locus Manor Lane, image via Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 126-30 Locust Manor Lane, South Jamaica, Queens

7:00 am on February 16, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

D&F Development Group is working on four residential buildings in a far-flung piece of South Jamaica, Queens, and now they’ve filed plans for the fifth piece of their project at 126-30 Locust Manor Lane.

Two-Story Multi-Use Commercial Building Planned At 110-38 Springfield Boulevard, Queens Village

2:00 pm on February 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Queens-based Hamiltron Enterprises has filed applications for a two-story, 10,822 square-foot mixed-use building with commercial and community facility space at 110-38 Springfield Boulevard, in Queens Village, located in eastern Queens. There will be 4,980 square feet of ground-floor retail space and three separate community facility spaces, together totaling 5,842 square feet, on part of the ground floor and the entire second floor. Queens-based RLD3 Engineering is the applicant of record. Permits were filed in January to demolish the existing auto-body shop.

Two Three-Story, Two-Family Residential Buildings Coming To 43-14 212th Street, Bayside

1:00 pm on February 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Ming Hai Wang has filed applications for two three-story, two-family residential buildings at 43-12 – 43-14 212th Street, in central Bayside, located four blocks from the neighborhood’s Long Island Rail Road station. Each new building will measure 3,519 square feet in total, with one unit located on the ground floor and the other occupying part of the second floor and the entire third floor. The second floors in each structure will have 192 square-foot outdoor terraces that will be accessible to both units. Flushing-based John Chen is the architect of record. Demolition permits were filed last year to raze the site’s two-and-a-half-story house.

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Project Planned At 112-42 38th Avenue, North Corona

11:00 am on February 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Xiao Hua Zhou has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 112-42 38th Avenue, in North Corona, located three blocks from the 111th Street stop on the 7 train. The structure will measure a total 5,500 square feet and units will average a rental-sized 785 square feet apiece. Each floor will contain two units except the top floor, where there will only be one unit. Flushing-based John Chen is the architect of record. Demolition permits were filed in June of 2015 to remove the existing single-story house from the 25-foot-wide lot.

Developer Renovating Two-Story, 22,000 Square-Foot Commercial Property At 44-16 23rd Street, Long Island City

4:00 pm on February 11, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The Midtown-based Hakimian Organization has sign a 99-year ground lease for the two-story, 22,254-square-foot commercial building at 44-16 23rd Street, in the Court Square section of Long Island City. The developer is planning to gut-renovate the property and redesign the exterior, according to The Real Deal. JRT Realty Group, who will be leasing the space, is considering a restaurant, retail, a gym, or office space, depending on the anchor tenant. The property owner is 44-16 23rd Operating Company.

New Developer To Build 12,000-Square-Foot Commercial Project At 71-53 Austin Street, Forest Hills

2:00 pm on February 11, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The Jackson Group and A&H Acquisitions have sold the 1,630 square-foot development site at 71-53 Austin Street, in Forest Hills, to Austin Prop LLC for $8.7 million. According to Commercial Observer, the Little Neck-based investor plans to build a commercial building with a ProHealth urgent care medical facility. The vacant site can accommodate a new development of up to 20,000 square feet, although it appears a 12,000 square-foot building is planned. ProHealth signed a lease to occupy 75 percent of the project back in 2013. The site is located three blocks from the Forest Hills – 71st Avenue stop on the E, F, M, and R trains.

Four Three-Story, Three-Unit Residential Buildings Planned At 188-25 Woodhull Avenue, Hollis

1:00 pm on February 11, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Guy Iber, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for four three-story, three-family residential buildings at 188-21 – 188-27 Woodhull Avenue, in Hollis, located three blocks from the neighborhood’s Long Island Rail Road station. Each structure will measure 5,207 square feet, although the residential space across the entire development will add up to 15,624 square feet. That means full-floor units will average a family-sized 1,302 square feet apiece. Akeeb Shekoni’s Queens-based Askon Architects is the architect of record. Permits were filed last September to demolished the existing two-and-a-half-story house.

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