38-01 Queens Boulevard

Reveal for Nine-Story Multi-Use Commercial Building Planned at 38-01 Queens Boulevard, Long Island City

6:00 am on May 3, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In December 2015, Curbcut Urban Partners and Platinum Realty Associates acquired, for $12.07 million, the two-story industrial building at 38-01 Queens Boulevard, in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City. A rendering of the planned nine-story, 146,000-square-foot multi-use commercial building has now been revealed, via the Wall Street Journal. The project will include office space, retail, and a large amount of community facility space that will be able to accommodate medical offices, nonprofits, and other community-related tenants. The commercial building will also feature amenities like a rooftop deck and terraces. The developers plan to both lease and sell, as commercial condos, the space in the building. SBLM Architects is responsible for the design. Demolition permits were filed in January to knock down the existing building.

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80 Mill Road

Twin Two-Story, Two-Family Houses Coming to 80 Mill Road, New Dorp Beach, Staten Island

4:00 pm on May 2, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Dimola Construction Corporation has filed applications for twin two-story, two-family houses at 80-84 Mill Road, in New Dorp Beach, located on Staten Island’s south shore. Each of the homes will measure 3,891 square feet. Across both, the full-floor apartments should average 1,293 square feet apiece. That means the they will likely have family-sized configurations. Each of the structures will also have a 264 square-foot, single-car garage. Joseph M. Morace’s Staten Island-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 75-foot-wide lot is currently occupied by a two-story home.

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1430 51st Street

Two Four-Story, Four-Unit Residential Buildings Planned at 1430 51st Street, Borough Park

3:00 pm on May 2, 2016 By Reid Wilson

David Weisz, doing business as an anonymous Midtown-based LLC, has filed applications for two four-story, four-unit residential building at 1430-1432 51st Street, in the heart of Borough Park, located four blocks from the 50th Street on the D train. The structures will measure 7,259 and 7,083 square feet respectively. Across both buildings, the full-floor residential units should average 1,377 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. The buildings will be topped by a open roof terrace. Hudson Valley-based Kenneth Thomas is the applicant of record. The 50-foot-site’s two-and-a-half-story house has yet to receive demolition permits.

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29-26 Northern Boulevard

Foundation Work Underway for 43-Story, 467-Unit Mixed-Use Tower at 29-26 Northern Boulevard, Long Island City

2:00 pm on May 2, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Back in April of 2014, YIMBY revealed renderings for a 45-story, 415-unit mixed-use building at 29-26 Northern Boulevard (a.k.a. 29-22 & 29-32 Northern Boulevard), in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island City. Excavation began in the summer of 2015 and foundation work is now well underway, The Court Square Blog reports. The project has also seen slight revisions to its design. The latest filings detail a 43-story, 500,302-square-foot mixed-use tower that will stand 481 feet above street level. There will be 11,372 square feet spread across parts of the cellar, ground, and second floors. The project’s 467 residential units will be located on the second through 41st floors, averaging a rental-sized 791 square feet apiece.

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40-10 99th Street

Five-Story, 96,000-Square-Foot Expansion Planned at P.S. 19 Branch, 40-10 99th Street, North Corona

1:00 pm on May 2, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) has filed applications for a five-story, 96,493-square-foot expansion of the P.S. 19 branch (a.k.a. Marino P. Jeantet School), located at 98-02 Roosevelt Avenue, in North Corona, three blocks from the Junction Boulevard stop on the 7 train. The school campus takes up the entire city block, although the expansion will rise to the north of the main academic building, at 40-10 99th Street. It will host administrative offices and two cafeterias on the ground floor, more offices, classrooms, a gymnasium, and an outdoor play area on the second floor, followed by more offices and classrooms on floors three through five. Midtown South-based Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects is the architect of record. The area where the expansion will go is occupied by a collection of single-story portable classrooms.

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