Long Island City

Major Mixed-Use Project Proposed At 44-02 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City

6:30 am on August 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Bruce Teitelbaum and a group of investors are proposing a mixed-use, multimillion-square-foot development at 44-02 Vernon Boulevard, on the East River, in Long Island City. According to Politico New York, the vacant 212,670 square-foot property will likely be rezoned for a residential tower of more than one million square feet. Teitelbaum is also planning to acquire the six-story office building at 44-36 Vernon Boulevard, currently owned by the city. If successful, the project may also include open space, affordable housing, a public school, and a hotel.

22-22 Jackson Avenue Nears the Finish Line in Long Island City

8:00 am on August 20, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

ODA’s vision in stacked concrete for the site next to 5Pointz has finally come to life in Long Island City, and surprisingly, the nearly finished building at 22-22 Jackson Avenue looks exactly like the renderings.

37-35 21st Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 13-Story Hotel at 37-35 21st Street, Long Island City

7:30 am on August 20, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The industrial no man’s land between Long Island City and Astoria has suddenly become a hotbed of hotel development, and now we can add another project to the list. Developer Talwinder Parmar wants to erect a 13-story hotel at 37-35 21st Street, between 37th and 38th Avenues.

CUNY’s Graduate Center Acquires Site At 5-17 47th Avenue For Dormitory Project, Long Island City

6:00 am on August 20, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The City University of New York’s graduate center has purchased the vacant lot at 5-17 47th Avenue, in Long Island City, from O’Conner Capital Partners for $22.5 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. CUNY plans to build a dormitory for graduate students and faculty. The property could accommodate a building of six stories and 200 residential units, and is located a few blocks from subway stations for the 7 and G trains.

23-10 Queens Plaza South, rendering via Property Markets Group

New Look: Queens Plaza South, Long Island City

7:00 am on August 19, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The blocks between Court Square and Queensboro Plaza might have more new construction than anywhere else in the city, and today YIMBY has new renderings for one of the hood’s biggest new buildings, the 45-story tower rising at 23-10 Queens Plaza South.

Eight-Story Residential & Hotel Building Filed At 21-16 44th Drive, Long Island City

11:00 am on August 14, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Early last year, crews demolished the single-story warehouse building at 21-16 44th Drive, in Long Island City, and then posted a mysterious rendering, but later removed it. It appears the site has changed hands now that The Court Square Blog spotted pre-filings for an eight-story mixed-use building by the developer Amsterdam Hospitality. Retail space will be located in the cellar and ground floors, and a 70-key hotel will span the building’s four lower stories. Above, there will be 29 apartments topped by a roof deck.

38-04 11th Street, rendering by Gradient Architecture Studio

Revealed: 38-04 11th Street, Long Island City Hotel

8:00 am on August 11, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

While the city could decide to ban hotels from manufacturing zones, developers have only pushed forward with their plans to build them, even in fairly remote parts of the outer boroughs. Yesterday, new building applications were filed for an eight-story hotel at 38-04 11th Street, at the northern edge of Long Island City. And YIMBY has the reveal for the project, which will replace an auto shop on the corner of 38th Avenue.

Demolition Begins At 42-50 27th Street, Site Of Nine-Story, 32-Unit Building, Long Island City

12:30 pm on August 7, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Nearly a year ago, applications were filed for a nine-story, 32-unit residential building at 42-50 27th Street, in Long Island City, and now those plans have been approved, with demolition underway to remove the existing two-story structure, per The Court Square Blog. The new building will measure 24,860 square feet, which works out to an average unit of 775 square feet. Ampiera Group is developing, and Jon K Yung’s Flushing-based MY Architect is the applicant of record.

Excavation Begins At 22-44 Jackson Avenue, Site of Two-Tower, 1,116-Unit Mixed-Use Project In LIC

12:30 pm on August 6, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Permits were filed and YIMBY revealed renderings last summer of G&M Realty’s planned 48- and 41-story, 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use development at 22-44 Jackson Avenue, at the former site of 5 Pointz in Long Island City. Now, excavation is finally in full swing, The Court Square Blog reports. Thomas O’Hara’s HTO Architect is designing the 1,116-unit project, which also includes 39,765 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Completion is currently expected in the winter of 2017.

Nine-Story, 48-Unit Mixed-Use Project Reveals Its Façade At 41-07 Crescent Street, Long Island City

6:30 am on August 6, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Exterior work is wrapping up on 41-07 Crescent Street, in Long Island City, where Ranger Properties is developing a nine-story, 48-unit mixed-use building, which YIMBY first revealed back in May of 2014. A tipster has sent along photos of the project’s progress, and scaffolding is now being removed.

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