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13-Story Mixed-Use Building to Rise at 27-51 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City

6:30 am on May 6, 2016 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A 13-story residential tower is set to rise at 27-51 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City. The 34-unit project would stand on what is possibly the city’s single hottest development block, where six different projects are under construction or in planning. Lions Group is the developer. Building permits list Vincent J Tomasino of Jackson Bounty LLC as the owner. The project’s residential component would measure 31,996 square feet, resulting in units averaging 941 square feet. The ground level would house 1,555 square feet of retail.

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Construction Update: Two Hotels Rise in the South Bronx, at 500 Exterior Street and 2477 Third Avenue

3:00 pm on April 9, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Hotel construction is heating up fast in the South Bronx, and thanks to a YIMBY reader, we have a look at two projects going up in Mott Haven near the Harlem River waterfront. The first is an nine-story hotel at 500 Exterior Street, which fills a long-empty lot between Exterior Street and Gerard Avenue along 146th Street, next to the Major Deegan Expressway.

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