Affordable housing

Excavation Continues for Queens’ Tallest Building at 27-48 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City

At number 12 on our year-end countdown of the tallest buildings under construction in New York is 27-48 Jackson Avenue, a 69-story residential skyscraper in Long Island City‘s Court Square district and the future tallest building in Queens. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Building Orchard LLC, the 811-foot-tall structure will yield 635,000 square feet with 818 units, as well as 11,700 square feet of retail space and a two-story parking garage. Triton Construction Company is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 43-01 Queens Street and located along Jackson Avenue between Queens and Orchard Streets.

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Rendering of Logan Fountain - MHG Architects

Developers Celebrate Groundbreaking on Logan Fountain at 265 Logan Street in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn 

Developers and elected officials recently joined for a groundbreaking ceremony at Logan Fountain, a 169-unit mixed-income housing property at 265 Logan Street in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Designed by MHG Architects and developed in collaboration by The Hudson Companies, Jericho Project, and HELP USA, the 13-story building is the latest development to break ground as a result of the 2016 East New York Rezoning Initiative and will comprise a mix of affordable and supportive housing units. Construction began in August and is expected to wrap up by the end of 2024.

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Domino Sugar Factory Refinery, rendering courtesy Two Trees

Domino Sugar Signage Installed Atop The Refinery at 292 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Construction on the Domino Sugar Refinery has reached a major milestone with the installation of the signature signage atop the 140-year-old former factory, which is undergoing a commercial conversion and expansion at 292 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) and developed by Two Trees, the $250 million project is known as The Refinery and involves a full gut renovation and construction of a 27,000-square-foot glass-clad barrel vault atop the parapet, bringing the structure’s total height to 235 feet. Dencityworks and Bonetti/Kozerski are the interior designers for the property, which is located along the East River waterfront between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets.

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