July 12, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Construction has topped out on a 69-story residential skyscraper in Long Island City that will be the tallest building in Queens when it is completed. The building, called the Orchard and located at 27-48 Jackson Ave., is 811 feet tall and surpasses the 763-foot Skyline Tower, which opened in… Read more »
July 9, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for six units in a 3-story residential use condominium building at 12-19 31st Dr. in Astoria. The building has 17 total residences, with 11 being at market rate. All six affordable units are meant for those earning 130% of the area… Read more »
July 9, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Construction of the Borden Complex, a 5-story industrial building at 23-30 Borden Ave. in Long Island City, is nearly completed. The 166-foot-tall, 840,000-square-foot building has topped out, and its facade is almost finished. The development is expected to be completed before the end of the year. Approximately 220,000 square… Read more »
July 9, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a 7-story mixed-use building in Astoria. The building located at 23-29 Astoria Blvd., between 23rd Street and Crescent Street, would be 69 feet tall and feature 10 residential units and commercial space. The plans call for a building that would be… Read more »
July 2, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Over 400 guests, including those involved in developing and selling Noble LIC, a 46-unit luxury condominium on 40th Avenue, celebrated several milestones with a launch party on Thursday, June 20. The first milestone recognized by attendees was the development’s offering plan being declared effective. This means that the paperwork… Read more »
July 1, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Construction is now underway on a 5-story mixed-use building at 49-18 Vernon Blvd. in Long Island City. Located at the corner of Vernon Boulevard and 50th Avenue and across from an entrance to the Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue subway station, the property will have 15 residential units and ground-floor retail… Read more »
June 27, 2024 By Richard Khuzami Most of the media coverage regarding the City of Yes zoning changes, regarding increasing housing, are focused on the negative response from many of the Community Boards from the outer boroughs, especially those especially distant from Manhattan (as of today, we have seen no coverage of CB1 Queens approval… Read more »
June 27, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The Long Island City Neighborhood Plan has advanced to environmental and public review after NYC Department of City Planning Director Dan Garodnick unveiled the draft zoning framework, a detailed map and draft strategies Tuesday, June 25. This zoning proposal was first shown during Monday’s neighborhood town hall for “One… Read more »
June 25, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Around 250 Long Island City residents attended a town hall hosted by Council Member Julie Won to share recommendations about the Long Island City Neighborhood Plan, “One LIC”, which aims to create a vision for the neighborhood encompassing affordable housing, job growth and public space investments. The… Read more »
June 25, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Skyline Tower, the tallest building in Queens, has set a new record for the price per square foot for a Queens unit, doing so for the second time. Additionally, Modern Spaces, the real estate firm handling sales for the units at the development, announced that 90% of them have… Read more »