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Demolition Underway for Film Studio at 22-09 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City, Queens

Demolition is progressing at 22-09 Queens Plaza North, the site of a three-story industrial building in Long Island City, Queens. Developed by Criterion Group, which paid nearly $80 million for the site in 2019, the 65-foot-tall structure will yield 170,000 square feet of film studio and office space. The property occupies a full-block parcel bound by 41st Avenue to the northeast, 22nd Street to the northwest, 23rd Street to the southeast, and Queens Plaza North to the southwest. Construction was last estimated to cost $25.5 million.

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Excavation Progresses for 30-Story Office Tower at 125 West 57th Street in Midtown, Manhattan

Excavation is progressing at 125 West 57th Street, the site of a 30-story commercial building on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Alchemy Properties and ABR Partners, the $350 million project will yield 185,000 square feet of offices and ground-floor space for the Calvary Baptist Church. Leading Builders Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, near supertalls One57 and 111 West 57th Street.

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Domino Sugar Factory Refinery, rendering courtesy Two Trees

The Refinery’s Steel Barrel Vault Tops Out at 292 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Construction has topped out on the barrel-vaulted extension for The Refinery, a commercial conversion and expansion of the 140-year-old Domino Sugar Refinery at 292 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) and developed by Two Trees, the $250 million project involves the gut renovation of the former industrial facility and the construction of a 27,000-square-foot steel-framed, glass-clad addition that will bring the structure’s height to 235 feet. Dencityworks and Bonetti/Kozerski are the interior designers for the property, which represents the centerpiece of the Domino Sugar master plan by SHoP Architects and James Corner Field Operations along the East River waterfront to the west of Kent Avenue between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets.

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Chestnut Commons Apartments in East New York, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect

Chestnut Commons Debuts at 110 Dinsmore Place in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn

Construction is now complete on Chestnut Commons, a 275-unit affordable housing project in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. The property is located at 110 Dinsmore Place and was developed in collaboration by MHANY Management, Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation, and Urban Builders Collaborative with support from New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Housing Development Corporation.

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