Residential

A Detailed Look at the Recently Completed Luna LIC, Office-to-Residential Conversion at 42-15 Crescent Street, Long Island City

4:00 pm on September 23, 2016 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Office-to-residential conversions are usually expected of ornate, pre-war high-rises, or tall-ceiling industrial lofts. Such conversions are much more rare at mid-century office buildings, particularly ones that had no redeeming architectural value in the first place. Long Island City’s Luna LIC became one of the city’s only such projects when it opened its doors earlier this year. The nine-story office building was built in 1955 at 42-15 Crescent Street, at the foot of the Queensboro Bridge. Over the past few years, Meadow Partners redeveloped the property into an 11-story, 124-unit rental, and sold it to World Wide Group for a hefty profit. The architects at Avinash K. Malhotra Architects, also known as AKM Architects, opted for minimal intervention, rather than a total structural overhaul, which was sufficient to transform the poorly-aged eyesore into the latest addition to the growing residential community around Court Square.

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50-25 Barnett Avenue

Rezoning Application Withdrawn for Seven-Story, 209-Unit Affordable Residential Building at 50-25 Barnett Avenue, Sunnyside

2:00 pm on September 23, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In March, YIMBY reported that the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) kicked off for the 10-story, 220-unit mixed-use building proposed at 50-25 Barnett Avenue, in Sunnyside. Earlier this week, developer Phipps Houses withdrew their application for the project, Politico reported, which means the project has been cancelled. The ULURP process was suppose to conclude by the end of this month. Since March, it appears the developer scaled down the project to seven stories and 209 units, but that move proved unsuccessful in relieving opposition. It would have included a 4,000-square-foot pre-K school on the ground floor and between 25 to 30 percent of the units would have rented at below-market rates through the housing lottery. New plans for the site have not been revealed, but it’s zoned for up to 60,000 square feet of commercial and community facility space as-of-right.

126-30 Locus Manor Lane, image via Bing Maps

Another 14-Story, 82-Unit Affordable Residential Building Filed at 127-10 Locust Manor Lane, South Jamaica

11:00 am on September 23, 2016 By Reid Wilson

D&F Development Group has recently filed applications for another 82-unit residential building, at 127-10 Locust Manor Lane, within their multi-building Locust Manor Estates development in South Jamaica. The project will rise 14 stories and measure 89,382 square feet. Its residential units should average 1,029 square feet apiece, indicative of family-sized configurations. All of the apartments will be subsidized rentals. Amenities include a community room, a 29-car parking garage, storage for 41 bikes, tenant storage, and laundry facilities. Gerald J. Caliendo’s Briarwood-based architecture firm is the architect of record.

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108-48 37th Drive

Two Three-Story, Two-Unit Residential Buildings Coming to 108-48 37th Drive, North Corona

10:00 am on September 23, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Great Neck, N.Y.-based Woodland Home Sales Corp. has filed applications for two three-story, two-unit residential buildings at 108-46 – 108-48 37th Drive, in North Corona. The structures will each measure 5,945 square feet each and their residential units should average a family-sized 2,230 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. There will be a total of four off-street parking spaces. Gerald J. Caliendo’s Briarwood-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 64-foot-wide, 8,124-square-foot plot is currently vacant. The 111th Street on the 7 train is three blocks away.

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