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600-Seat Elementary School Will Be Built In Hunters Point South Mega-Development, Long Island City

6:30 am on February 17, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Late last year, the city began infrastructure work and laying out the new streets for phase two of the Hunters Point South mega-development, in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, directly on the East River. The second phase will see the mixed-use build-out of seven city blocks as well as new public park space. DNAinfo reports the city’s Department of Education is planning to built a new 600-student elementary school on the blocks bound by 57th and 56th avenues, Center Boulevard, and Second Street. That’s on the very southern tip of the master plan and will be located on block “F” in the image above. The school will have its own building and should cost roughly $60 million. Completion of the school is expected in 2020.

Developer Renovating Two-Story, 22,000 Square-Foot Commercial Property At 44-16 23rd Street, Long Island City

4:00 pm on February 11, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The Midtown-based Hakimian Organization has sign a 99-year ground lease for the two-story, 22,254-square-foot commercial building at 44-16 23rd Street, in the Court Square section of Long Island City. The developer is planning to gut-renovate the property and redesign the exterior, according to The Real Deal. JRT Realty Group, who will be leasing the space, is considering a restaurant, retail, a gym, or office space, depending on the anchor tenant. The property owner is 44-16 23rd Operating Company.

Adam America Files 175-Unit Condo Building At 22-12 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City

3:45 pm on February 8, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Over the summer, Adam America Real Estate and MSD Partners picked up a taxi garage at 22-12 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City for $43.5 million. Now the developers have filed applications for their planned residential building.

13-Story, 48-Unit Residential Building Tops Out At 42-14 Crescent Street, Long Island City

4:00 pm on February 5, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Excavation began in mid 2015, and in early December, YIMBY reported that construction on the 13-story, 48-unit residential building at 42-14 Crescent Street, in Long Island City, reached street level. The structure has now topped out, The Court Square Blog reports. The building will total 44,061 square feet and its residential units, which begin on the second floor, will average 816 square feet apiece. The ground floor will contain 740 square feet of retail space. Façade installation has not yet begun, but completion is anticipated sometime later this year. Meadow Partners is developing the project and John Fotiadis Architect is designing it.

Four-Story, Three-Duplex-Unit Residential Project Filed At 10-27 47th Road, Long Island City

2:00 pm on February 5, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Long Island City-based Ascent Development has filed applications for a four-story, three-unit residential building at 10-27 47th Road, in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, located a few blocks from stops on the G and 7 subways. The project will measure 5,000 square feet and all three units will be duplexes. One duplex will take the first two floors and the other two duplexes will split the upper half of the building and the roof terrace. If both floors in each duplex are calculated separately, the six individual dwellings would average 833 square feet apiece. Jorge Mastropieto Atelier is the architect of record, and demolition permits were filed for the existing two-story townhouse in November.

50-Story, 974-Unit Mixed-Use Project Passes Halfway Point At 43-25 Hunter Street, Long Island City

11:00 am on February 2, 2016 By Reid Wilson

It was in August that YIMBY last brought you a construction update on the two-tower, 974-unit mixed-use development under construction at 43-25 Hunter Street, in Long Island City. At the time, the smaller 14-story building just topped out and the larger building was a story above street level. Fast forward to today and the 50-story portion is now 27 stories in height, exceeding its halfway point, as reported by The Court Square Blog. Curtain wall installation is also well underway on both structures, and work appears to have already transitioned to the interior at the 14-story building. The entire project will encompass 921,592 square feet, although 726,305 square feet will be used as residential space. Units will average 787 square feet apiece and 20 percent of them will rent at below market-rates. In addition, 18,800 square feet of retail space will be located on the ground floor. SLCE Architects is designing and Rockrose Development Corp. is behind the project. Completion is targeted for the summer of 2017.

Permits Filed: 21-59 44th Drive, Long Island City

6:30 am on January 28, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The development boom in Long Island City has gotten so hot that even small, relatively undesirable sites near Court Square are sprouting apartment buildings. Yesterday we spotted applications for a seven-story, mixed-use development at 21-59 44th Drive, on the corner of 23rd Street.

YIMBY’s 2015 New Construction Report: Number of New Units Entering Pipeline Falls 25% to 33,973

8:00 am on January 19, 2016 By Nikolai Fedak

While 2014 was a banner year for new building filings in the five boroughs with 44,817 new units entering the DOB pipeline, 2015 saw a substantial decrease in activity. With 33,973 units filed in new developments over the course of last year, year-over-year filings decreased by almost 25%.

Six-Story, Three-Unit Mixed-Use Project Planned At 40-19 27th Street, Long Island City

10:00 am on January 15, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Larry Cerullo has filed applications for a six-story, three-unit mixed-use building at 40-19 27th Street, in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island City. The project will measure 8,291 square feet in total, with 2,000 square feet of manufacturing space planned on the ground and mezzanine levels, 1,275 square feet of commercial space on the first floor, followed by 4,018 square feet of residential space on the floors above. The units will average 1,339 square feet apiece, which means condos are probably in the works. Bluarch Architecture is designing. An existing two-story house must first be demolished.

Nine-Story, 86-Unit Condo Project Rising At 25-19 43rd Avenue, Long Island City

6:00 am on January 15, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Over the summer, foundation work began on Ekstein Development’s nine-story, 86-unit residential building at 25-19 43rd Avenue, in Long Island City’s Court Square neighborhood. Steel beams and rebar are now a floor above street level, according to The Court Square Blog. The 90,173 square-foot project will have 68,145 square feet of residential space and is being designed by GF55 Partners. Dubbed Dutch LIC, the residential units will be condominiums, ranging from studios to two-bedrooms. Completion is currently expected in January of 2017.

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