Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the start of a community engagement and site planning process to determine the future of the approximately 100-acre state-owned Aqueduct Racetrack site in South Ozone Park, Queens. Empire State Development will lead the planning effort on behalf of the New York State Franchise Oversight Board, with the Aqueduct Community Master Plan expected to be completed in early 2027.
Permits have been filed for a 13-story hotel building at 144-06 135th Avenue in South Ozone Park, Queens. Located between 142nd Street and Inwood Street, the interior lot is near the John F. Kennedy International Airport. JFK Hotel Partners LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a 13-story hotel building at 144-02 135th Avenue in South Ozone Park, Queens. Located between 143rd Street and 145th Street, the interior lot is adjacent to the John F. Kennedy International Airport. JFK Hotel Partners LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 82-22 South Conduit Avenue in South Ozone Park, Queens. Located between Linden Boulevard and 149th Avenue, the interior lot is closest to the Howard Beach – JFK subway station, serviced by the A train. Zios Sachtouris is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Resorts World Casino released new renderings of its second phase in South Ozone Park, Queens. It has also announced that Plaza Construction will be the lead construction manager of the ten-story expansion project. The future four-star hotel will have 400 rooms, a two-story main entrance, an additional gaming room, conference and meeting areas, a fitness center, more dining options, and retail space. In total, this 500,000-square-foot addition is expected to create 1,000 new construction jobs. Work has already progressed to the second floor, and the first part of the expansion is set to open later this summer. Perkins Eastman is designing the new phase while Cosentini Associates is the MEP engineer. DeSimone is the structural engineer and Langan is the civil engineer.
