Willets Point Transformation Breaks Ground In Corona, Queens
Permits Filed for 62-06 Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 62-06 Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens. Located between 62nd Avenue and Dry Harbor Road, the lot is near the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station, serviced by the E, F, and R trains. Humayen Khan of 62-13 Woodhaven Boulevard LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Housing Lottery Launches for 81-07 Kew Gardens Road in Kew Gardens, Queens
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 81-07 Kew Gardens Road, an eight-story mixed-use building in Kew Gardens, Queens. Developed by FBL Development, the structure yields 51 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 16 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $107,658 to $198,250.
Jasper Progresses at 2-33 50th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens
Construction is rising on Jasper, a 13-story residential building at 2-33 50th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by S9 Architecture and developed by The Domain Companies, LMXD, and The Vorea Group, the 125-foot-tall structure will span 550,000 square feet and yield 499 units in studio to three-bedroom layouts with 150 reserved for affordable housing, as well as 40,000 square feet of retail space, 503 square feet for a community facility that will be built as part of the Brownfield Award, 111 enclosed parking spaces, and a 30-foot-long rear yard. Congress Builders is the general contractor for the $370 million project, which is alternately addressed as 49-20 5th Street and bound by 49th Avenue to the north, 50th Avenue to the south, and 5th Street to the east.
JFK Airport Hotel To Be Converted Into Affordable Housing at 144-02 135th Avenue in South Jamaica, Queens
Slate Property Group and RiseBoro Community Partnership have completed the acquisition of the former JFK Hilton Hotel at 144-02 135th Avenue in South Jamaica, Queens, paving the way for a landmark affordable housing project. This initiative marks the first-ever conversion of a former hotel into permanently affordable housing under New York’s Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act (HONDA).