NOVA, a high-rise condominium property at 41-05 29th Street in Long Island City, has been granted a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy from New York City’s Department of Buildings. Led by SB Development, the building contains 86 apartments, an expansive collection of amenities, and 2,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
Façade installation is progressing on Wildflower Studios, a seven-story film production studio at 35-15 19th Avenue in Astoria, Queens. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and developed by Wildflower LTD, a venture backed by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, and his son Raphael De Niro, the 145-foot-tall structure will yield 775,042 square feet with sound stages, 11 studio modules, production support areas, public and private offices, a fitness center, multiple lounges, two open-air terraces, and a 20-foot-wide public waterfront esplanade along Luyster Creek. Leeding Builders Group is the general contractor for the $600 million project, which is being built on a 229,000-square-foot plot by the intersection of 19th Avenue and 38th Street, next to the Steinway & Sons piano warehouse.
Reality House, a Queens-based substance abuse and HIV treatment provider, will soon open its second facility at 31-75 23rd Street in Astoria, Queens. The new facility will comprise 7,000 square feet on the fourth floor of the building and will support the organization’s outpatient services and administrative functions.
Construction is continuing to ascend on 27-01 Jackson Avenue, a 27-story residential tower in the Court Square district of Long Island City, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Fetner Properties and Lions Group, the 151,000-square-foot structure will yield 164 rental units with one-third reserved for affordable housing, as well as ground-floor retail space and approximately 90 parking spaces on the first three levels. Lions Group II, LLC is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Jackson and 43rd Avenues.
Wildflower, a New York City-based developer, has secured a $94 million construction loan to complete a sprawling warehouse and logistics center at 28-02 Whitestone Expressway in College Point, Queens. The building will debut as the College Point Logistics Center and will comprise about 322,000 square feet of built-up area.
