Construction has officially broken ground at Edgemere Commons, a new 11-building affordable housing complex located on the former Peninsula Hospital complex in Edgemere, Queens. The complex spans 9.35 acres and will eventually comprise 2.2 million square feet with 2,050 affordable and supportive housing units.
Permits have been filed to enlarge a two-story structure into a 10-story mixed-use building at 134-16 35th Avenue in Flushing, Queens. Located between Prince Street and Farrington Street, the lot is within walking distance of the Main Street subway station, serviced by the 7 train. Hanjun Bai of H&Z Building Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 25-28 30th Drive, a six-story residential building in Astoria, Queens. Designed by Gerald Caliendo and developers are Salvatore Lucchese and Philip Loria with The L Group, the structure yields 10 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are six units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $63,429 to $187,330.
Construction has topped out on 69-02 Queens Boulevard, a pair of 12- and 15-story mixed-use buildings on the border of Elmhurst and Woodside, Queens. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed in partnership with the New York City School Construction Authority and Madison Realty Capital, the 500,000-square-foot complex will yield 478 mixed-income apartments, a public school, and retail and public outdoor space. McNamara Salvia is the structural engineer and Omnibuild is the general contractor for the project, which is located on a plot of land bound by Queens Boulevard to the north, 69th Street to the east, 70th Street to the west and 47th Avenue to the south.
New renderings from Caliendo Architects reveal a five-story mixed-use property at 215-16 Northern Boulevard in Bayside, Queens. From West Egg Development, a real estate investment firm founded by local developer Sam Eshaghoff, the building will comprise a mix of residential units, 4,800 square feet of retail on the building’s lower level, and a sub-grade parking lot.
