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42-14 Crescent Street

Construction Wrapping on 13-Story, 48-Unit Mixed-Use Building at 42-14 Crescent Street, Long Island City

3:00 pm on June 23, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Construction is wrapping up on the 13-story, 48-unit residential building under development at 42-14 Crescent Street, in the Court Square/Queens Plaza section of Long Island City. The structure’s exterior and façade elements have now been installed, as seen in a photo posted to the YIMBY Forums by JC_Heights. The building measures 44,061 square feet and its residential units, which will be rental apartments, should average 816 square feet apiece. It will also contain 740 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include private residential storage units, storage for 23 bikes, laundry facilities, a fitness center, indoor and outdoor recreational areas on the ground floor, and a rooftop deck. Meadow Partners is the developer, while John Fotiadis Architect is behind the design. It was only in February that the project topped out. Occupancy is likely within the next few months.

32-37 100th Street

Two Three-Story, Three-Family Residential Buildings Coming to 32-37 100th Street, East Elmhurst

2:00 pm on June 23, 2016 By Reid Wilson

TNE Building has filed applications for two three-story, three-unit residential buildings at 32-37 – 32-41 100th Street, in East Elmhurst. They will each measure 4,488 square feet, and their full-floor residential units should average 1,122 square feet apiece, indicative of family-sized configurations. Amenities include a total of six off-street parking spots, laundry facilities, and storage space in the cellar. Pirooz Soltanizadeh’s Jamaica-based Royal Engineering is the applicant of record. The 7,500-square-foot development assemblage is currently occupied by two two-story houses. Demolition permits were filed for both in February.

43-22 Queens Street

Foundation Work Underway for 54-Story, 790-Unit Residential Redevelopment at 43-22 Queens Street, Long Island City

4:00 pm on June 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Foundation work is now underway on the 54-story, 790-unit residential redevelopment of the seven-story former Eagle Electric Manufacturing building at 43-22 Queens Street, in the Queens Plaza/Court Square section of Long Island City. The news comes as The Court Square Blog recently snapped some shots of the construction site. The latest building permits indicate the entire project will measure 712,747 square feet. The complex will feature rental apartments averaging 763 square feet apiece. Amenities include private residential storage, an inner courtyard, multiple tenant lounges, a fitness center, a bike storage room, laundry facilities, a library, a children’s playroom, and a rooftop terrace on the seventh floor. YIMBY revealed renderings of the SLCE Architects-designed project back in March of 2015. Over the past year or so, crews have gutted the existing building and conducted excavation work at the site. Rockrose Development is the developer, and completion is anticipated in late 2017.

47-25 34th Street

Office Conversion Planned for Four-Story Industrial Building at 47-25 34th Street, Long Island City

11:00 am on June 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Metropolitan Realty Associates and TIAA are in contract to acquire the four-story, 342,000-square-foot industrial property at 47-25 34th Street, located on the corner of 48th Avenue in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City. The property is being sold for $90 million, according to Crain’s. The eventual new owners plan to convert the building into modern office space to the tune of more than $10 million. The property is currently 55 percent vacant, with the occupied portion is being utilized as warehouse and showroom space. The sale comes two years after Brickman acquired the building for $60 million. Future office tenants will be located two blocks from the 33rd Street stop on the 7 train.

151-01 17th Avenue

15 Two-Family Houses Coming to Vacant Plot at 151-01 17th Avenue, Whitestone, Queens

2:00 pm on June 21, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Floral Park, N.Y.-based Maddd Equities has filed applications for 15 two-family houses at the vacant plot of land bound by Murray Street, 17th Avenue, and 150th Place in Whitestone, Queens. The individual buildings, to stand two stories in height, will measure between 3,465 square feet to 4,470 square feet. Across the entire development, the full-floor apartments should average 1,316 square feet apiece, indicative of family-sized configurations. So far, filings have been submitted for the addresses of 16-03 – 16-11 Murray Street, 16-02 – 16-16 150th Place, and 151-01 – 151-25 17th Avenue. Roslyn, N.Y.-based Shahriar Afshari is the applicant of record. The land is currently being used as a parking lot, probably for the St. Luke’s School across the street.

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