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168-05 Depot Road

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Project Filed At 168-05 Depot Road, Broadway-Flushing

1:00 pm on December 9, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Flushing-based V&M Property Holdings has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 168-05 Depot Road, in Broadway-Flushing. That’s between Murray Hill and Auburndale, located four blocks from the neighborhood’s Long Island Rail Road station. The project will measure 5,916 square feet, which works out to units averaging 845 square feet apiece. Queens-based Gerald Caliendo is the architect of record. An existing two-story brick building must first be demolished.

Long Island City’s Aloft Hotel Tops Out at 27-45 Jackson Avenue

6:30 am on December 9, 2015 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Over the past month, the 19-story Aloft Hotel at 27-45 Jackson Avenue reached its full height. The building was designed by Gene Kaufman, who is best known for designing budget hotels of the type that seen here. While most of them stand in Manhattan and easily get lost in the skyscraper thickets, the new tower in central Long Island City is now the tallest all-hotel building in Queens.

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48-18 Van Dam Street

Commercial Conversion Planned For Two-Story Industrial Building At 48-18 Van Dam Street, Sunnyside

11:00 am on December 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Teamsters Local 813 and Local 27 IBT Pension Fund have acquired the two-story, 55,000 square-foot industrial building at 48-18 Van Dam Street, in Sunnyside’s western industrial neighborhood, for $20 million, according to Commercial Observer. The new owners plan to convert the building into commercial space, featuring retail space on the ground floor and office space on the second. Environetics is designing the project. Although the building is mostly vacant, three tenants remain in the building and their leases expire in no more than three years.

40-38 191st Street

Twin Two-Family Residential Buildings Coming To 40-38 191st Street, Auburndale

6:30 am on December 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Peter Pavlou, head of Whitestone-based Pavlou Realty Inc., has filed applications for twin two-family homes at 40-36 – 40-38 191st Street, in Auburndale, located two blocks away from the neighborhood’s Long Island Rail Road station. Each structure will rise two stories and measure 2,359 square feet, and each full-floor unit should average 1,180 square feet. Belal Salim’s Whitestone-based Platonic Solids Architecture is the architect of record. An existing two-story house was filed for demolition back in November.

108-15 37th Avenue

Two Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Buildings Filed At 108-15 37th Avenue, North Corona

6:00 am on December 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Yong Kang Lin, doing business as Corona Manor Realty LLC, has filed applications for two four-story, seven-unit residential buildings at 108-15 – 108-17 37th Avenue, in North Corona, located five blocks from the 111th Street stop on the 7 train. Each structure will measure 5,220 square feet on a 23-foot wide lot, which means units will average 746 square feet apiece and will probably be rentals. Maspeth-based Angelo Ng + Anthony Ng Architects Studio is the applicant of record. The two existing two-family houses were filed for demolition back in August.

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