The affordable housing lottery has launched for 27-23 27th Street, a four-story residential building in Astoria, Queens. Designed by Gerald J. Caliendo and developed by BXP LLC, the structure yields eight residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are three units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $99,086 to $165,230.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 83-07 Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens. Located on a triangular site between Van Loon Street and 51st Avenue, the lot is near the Grand Avenue-Newtown subway station, serviced by the M and R trains. Steve Li of WWJ Group, is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is wrapping up on 8 Court Square, a 20-story residential building at 27-10 44th Drive in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by 25-34 Jackson Avenue Property Owner LLC, the 224-foot-tall structure will yield 157 rental units spread across 107,377 square feet with 48 reserved for affordable housing, and 10,170 square feet of retail space. Cauldwell Wingate Company is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 27-10 44th Drive and bound by 44th Drive to the northeast, Jackson Avenue to the northwest, and Thomson Avenue to the west and south. Whitehall Interiors is the interior designer for the project.
Exterior work is beginning to take shape on 37-38-31st Street, a four-story commercial building in Dutch Kills, Queens. Permits from early 2017 listed Chang Park Architect P. C. as the architect for the project, which involves the construction of a three-story reinforced concrete addition above a single-story industrial building formerly occupied by Ferrara Manufacturing. Dutch Vortex LLC is the owner and general contractor for the property, which is located on an interior lot between 37th and 38th Avenues.
Construction is underway at 8 Chester Avenue, the site of a four-story residential building in downtown White Plains. Developed by Keeler Markwood Group, the nearly 60,000-square-foot structure will yield 74 rental units with nine reserved for affordable housing, as well as 40 on-site parking spaces.
