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TF Cornerstone leases up retail at LIC development Latest tenants round out fitness, service and family-oriented offerings June 26, 2014 06:10PM From left: East Coast development in Queens, Aaron Fishbein and Steven Baker The more than 60,000 square feet of retail space at TF Cornerstone’s East Coast development in Long Island City has now been […]
Jans Realty bringing 85-unit residence to Long Island City Property on Northern Boulevard currently home to an auto dealership June 23, 2014 11:00AM From left: Aerial view of 37-14 36th Street and the site now (Source: Google maps) Jans Realty’s Michael Cohen is bringing another mixed-use development to Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. Permits […]
Service on the 7 train will be suspended between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza this weekend. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly NEW YORK CITY — Subway riders should plan for additional travel time this weekend because of construction, the MTA said. Service changes will hit 12 lines, as workers repair tracks and signals. Here is […]
Long Island City getting 13-story hotel on warehouse site The 188-foot-tall property will hold 122 rooms, restaurant and bar June 20, 2014 12:35PM 37-10 24th Street in Queens Ozone Park, Queens-based developer New Generation Development filed plans yesterday to bring a 13-story hotel to Long Island City. The 188-foot-tall property at 37-10 24th Street would […]
Welcome back to Camera Obscura, Curbed’s series of photo essays by Nathan Kensinger. This week, Kensinger explores the past, present, and future of a Long Island City warehouse. [Built in 1920 for the Anchor Cap Closure Corporation, this former Eagle Electric warehouse will soon be transformed into luxury loft apartments by Rockrose Development. All photos […]
A film shoot on Vernon Boulevard in March. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly HUNTERS POINT — The neighborhood is getting a break from the spotlight. The city has issued a temporary moratorium on filming in Hunters Point after complaints from local leaders that the neighborhood was being “inundated” with movie and TV shoots in recent […]
A posh pad in Long Island City that fetched $3.35 million from a Colombian jetsetter last month ranks as the priciest condo sale in Queens history, brokers said. The 1,800-square-foot pied-a-terre at The View on Center Blvd. commanded $1,375 per square foot thanks to a ground-floor back yard with East River views. “It’s one of […]
Long Island City braces for coming condo wave Developers looking to tap into growing pool of residents eager to buy June 18, 2014 08:15AM By Tom DiChristopher From left: The View, Eric Benaim and Justin Elghanayan A panel of residential experts discussed yesterday a number of areas where Long Island City has room for improvement. One […]
That’s a wrap — for now. Long Island City residents sick of living in a Hollywood backdrop will get a respite from the blaring noise and klieg lights that have chewed into their scenery for decades. The city issued a moratorium last week that puts the kibosh on filming from 46th Ave. to 49th Ave. […]
2 Gotham Center (during construction) June 18, By Christian Murray Tishman Speyer and a Toronto-based real estate investment company announced Tuesday that they are developing as many as 1,600 residential units on a site next to 2 Gotham Center, which is located on Queens Plaza South. The development will be built in three phases, with […]
2 Gotham Center (during construction) June 18, By Christian Murray Tishman Speyer and a Toronto-based real estate investment company announced Tuesday that they are developing as many as 1,600 residential units on a site next to 2 Gotham Center, which is located on Queens Plaza South. The development will be built in three phases, with […]
Will artsy Long Island City go condo crazy? Developers looking to tap into growing pool of residents eager to buy June 18, 2014 08:15AM By Tom DiChristopher From left: The View, Eric Benaim and Justin Elghanayan A panel of residential experts discussed yesterday a number of areas where Long Island City has room for improvement. One […]
Will artsy Long Island City go condo crazy? Developers looking to tap into growing pool of residents eager to buy June 18, 2014 08:15AM By Tom DiChristopher From left: The View, Eric Benaim and Justin Elghanayan A panel of residential experts discussed yesterday a number of areas where Long Island City has room for improvement. One […]
Once upon a time, Long Island City was a hotbed of industry, but over the last decade, it’s become a hotbed for residential development thanks to a 2001 rezoning. Since then, roughly 5,000 units have been added to a 37 block area that encompasses the LIC microhoods of Court Square and Queens Plaza. Many more […]
More than 200 students, teachers and parents chanted outside an Astoria high school on Monday, making it clear that they want their principal gone. Critics have alleged that Namita Dwarka, principal of William Cullen Bryant High School, neglected special-needs students, took away math and science programs and altered the school’s grading standards to improve its […]
Station LIC June 17, By Christian Murray The train is about to pull into the station. Station LIC, a restaurant to be located at 10-37 Jackson Avenue, will be opening in about four weeks, according to co-owner Gregory Okshteyn. Okshteyn, a Long Island City resident who designs restaurants for a living, said he is putting […]
Eastern Consolidated will market the sale of a block-through, Long Island City development site at 37-29 31st Street and 37-26 32nd Street, Commercial Observer has learned. Asking price for the separate, contiguous properties is $10.35 million. The site is zoned for a mixed-use, seven-story residential apartment building with ground floor retail, Eastern Consolidated told CO. 37-21 […]
NEW YORK—The transportation hub of Long Island City has been growing at a rapid pace in recent years, attracting businesses from a variety of sectors and a large overflow of residents from Brooklyn. On Tuesday, the neighborhood—really more of a city—held its first summit where elected officials and industry leaders discussed opportunities for growth. Despite […]
1.2 Million-Sq-Foot, Three-Building Mixed-Use Property Will Include High-Rise Residential and Retail HR Real Estate Investment Trust announced it has agreed to a joint venture with Tishman Speyer to develop a massive 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use project in Long Island City, NY. Tishman Speyer will act as the developer and manager of the 50/50 JV accommodating up […]
[An aerial shot of the site where a $875 million mixed-use complex is slated to rise; as a reference point, 28th Street and Queens Plaza is office building Gotham Center.] A giant new megaproject is coming to Queens Plaza in Long Island City. HR Real Estate Investment Trust has teamed up with developer Tishman Speyer […]