Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into an eight-story mixed-use building at 89-10 150th Street in Jamaica, Queens. Located between 89th and 90th Avenues, the lot is near the Parsons Boulevard subway station, serviced by the F train and the Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer, serviced by E, J, and Z trains. Song Dong of FR Development LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
At number eight on our year-end countdown of the tallest buildings under construction in New York is 43-30 24th Street, a 731-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by Carmel Partners, the 66-story structure will yield 921 units with an average scope of 910 square feet, as well as 17,400 square feet of ground-retail space. Carmel Construction East is the general contractor for project, which is bound by 43rd Avenue to the north, 44th Road to the south, 24th Street to the east, and 23rd Street to the west.
Construction is rising on 470-490 Kent Avenue, a three-tower residential complex along the East River waterfront in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Brooklyn-based Brandon Haw Architecture LLP with Hill West Architects as the executive architect of record and developed by Naftali Group and Access Industries, the development will span 645,000 square feet and yield 607 units, including 89 condominiums, as well as 19,000 square feet of commercial space and a suite of amenities. New Line Structures & Development LLC is the general contractor for the project, which occupies a 4-acre plot bound by South 10th Street to the north, Division Avenue to the south, Kent Avenue to the east, and Wallabout Channel to the west.
The ninth-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is 111 Washington Street, a 712-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Carlisle New York Apartments and Grubb Properties, which closed on a $48 million loan for the project over the summer, the 64-story structure will span 326,221 square feet and yield 462 residential units, 7,000 square feet of commercial space, and a 60-foot-long rear yard. Consigli Construction is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 8 Carlisle Street and located at the corner of Washington and Carlisle Streets.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 62-06 Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens. Located between 62nd Avenue and Dry Harbor Road, the lot is near the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station, serviced by the E, F, and R trains. Humayen Khan of 62-13 Woodhaven Boulevard LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
