Uber Holding Jobs Tour In Long Island City Amid Crackdown On Expansion « CBS …
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Uber is kicking off a citywide jobs tour. The event will take place at Queensbridge Park in Long Island City beginning at noon Tuesday. Drivers interested in joining Uber will have a chance to learn about the company from hundreds of driver-partners and its general manager. But while the company plans […]
Daniel Loeb Buys Stake in Long Island City Warehouse
Third Point manager Daniel Loeb has purchased a stake in a 150,000-square-foot former warehouse with plans to refubish it into office space. The three-story building, located in 30-02 48th Avenue in Long Island City, is set to receive a complete facelift, according to Crain’s. Loeb and real-estate firm Brickman will reportedly spend several million dollars […]
More Condos Planned for Long Island City
CO-OP/CONDO BUYERS July 20, 2015 — No sooner does foundation work get underway at 25-19 43rd Avenue, in Long Island City, for a new nine-story, 86-unit condo building than New York YIMBY announces two new condo buildings heading to 51st Avenue. Condos do seem to proliferate like bunny rabbits, don’t they? According to New York […]
Daniel Loeb buys a stake in Long Island City office building
Photo: CoStar Group Inc. Daniel Loeb has acquired a stake in a Long Island City building at 30-02 48th Ave. Hedge-fund heavyweight Daniel Loeb is betting on the Long Island City office market. Mr. Loeb has purchased a stake in 30-02 48th Ave., a 150,000-square-foot former warehouse property in the Queens neighborhood. He has partnered […]
Citigroup Nets $143M For Long Island City Parcel
Financial services giant, Citigroup last week announced the sale of a site adjacent to the 50-story Citicorp Tower and Tower Two in Long Island City to Flushing-based developer CNG Realty – a move that will likely lead to development of the site as a massive mixed-use apartment complex, real estate sources said. Citigroup received $143 […]
Free High-Speed Internet Coming to Five Public Housing Developments
The Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City will be the first to receive free high-speed Internet under a city plan. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly THE BRONX — Five public housing developments in Brooklyn, The Bronx and Queens will receive free high-speed Internet service under a $10 million pilot project, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced […]
Hedge fund titan Dan Loeb buys stake in LIC office building
Hedge fund titan Dan Loeb buys stake in LIC office building Third Point partnering with Brickman to refurbish former warehouse July 17, 2015 02:20PM 30-02 48th Avenue in Long Island City (credit: CoStar) (inset: Daniel Loeb) Hedge funder Daniel Loeb is going in on Long Island City’s emerging office market after buying a stake in […]
Condos From $740K Gentrify New ‘Corner’ of Long Island City
Thursday, July 16, 2015, by Hana R. Alberts Name: The CornerAddress 47-28 11th StreetDeveloper: Kora Developers LLC and BK DevelopersSize: seven stories, 23 unitsPrices: Starting at $740,000Architect: ZproektSales and Marketing: Modern Spaces Please welcome to the dance floor The Corner, an apartment building inventively located on a corner (or, rather, spanning two) in Long Island […]
Free High-Speed Internet Coming to Five Public Housing Developments – Long …
The Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City will be the first to receive free high-speed Internet under a city plan. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly THE BRONX — Five public housing developments in Brooklyn, The Bronx and Queens will receive free high-speed Internet service under a $10 million pilot project, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced […]
Condos From $740K Gentrify New ‘Corner’ of Long Island City – Development Du …
Thursday, July 16, 2015, by Hana R. Alberts Name: The CornerAddress 47-28 11th StreetDeveloper: Kora Developers LLC and BK DevelopersSize: seven stories, 23 unitsPrices: Starting at $740,000Architect: ZproektSales and Marketing: Modern Spaces Please welcome to the dance floor The Corner, an apartment building inventively located on a corner (or, rather, spanning two) in Long Island […]
Ribs, Ramen & The CHONUT All Big Hits At Smorgasburg Queens
Opening day yesterday at Smorgasburg Queens was a huge success, with many of the 25 or so vendors selling out their entire stock by mid-afternoon. Among the first to go: the CHONUT at Kim Chi Smoke, a cheese-glazed donut filled with pulled pork, brisket, smoked kimchee. If you got there after 1 p.m. like me, […]
Meet PeeWee, a ‘Spunky’ Senior Dachshund Looking for a Home
PeeWee is a 12-year-old Dachshund looking for a home. View Full Caption LIC Ferals and Friends LONG ISLAND CITY — PeeWee is a 12-year-old dachshund who’s persevered through some health problems and is now back on track, and looking for a loving home where he can enjoy his golden years. A pair of animal rescue […]
Riding the rails, above and below Long Island City
Riding the rails, above and below Long Island City 1 Looking west from the LIRR Hunters Point station pedestrian bridge, with a subway train at the left, on April 9, 1948. Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2015 10:30 am Riding the rails, above and below Long Island City by Ron Marzlock, Chronicle Contributor Queens Chronicle | […]
25-21 43rd Avenue
A nine-story, 86-condo building is on the rise at the corner of 43rd Avenue and Hunter Street in Long Island City. Developer Ekstein tapped architecture and design firm GF55 Partners to create a building for the site that sits on top of a subway tunnel. Because of the site’s limitations, GF55 developed an exterior brace […]
LIC’s Silvercup Studios expanding to the Bronx
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. Long Island City-based Silvercup Studios is so successful that a $1 billion expansion project, approved by Community Board 1 in 2014, still does not give it enough space. The Northeast’s leading independent film and production facility announced plans […]
ODA’s Stack of Boxes in Long Island City Almost Done
Friday, July 10, 2015, by Jeremiah Budin [Left: rendering; Right: reality, via The Court Square Blog] 22-22 Jackson Avenue, ODA’s boxy building next to the 5Pointz site, has risen, and is now over 95 percent glassed, according to an update from The Court Square Blog. It looks like the building will be completed by the […]
All the housing value in Queens = $300 billion
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Nine-Story, 86-Unit Condo Building Heads to LIC
CO-OP/CONDO BUYERS July 9, 2015 — While it would be nice to score a luxury condo on Billionaires’ Row, not everyone can afford it. The Upper East Side is more expensive than all of The Bronx. Tribeca has some of the priciest zip codes in Manhattan. And Brooklyn is getting so expensive that people are […]
Citigroup sells LIC site to Queens developer for $143M
Citigroup sells LIC site to Queens developer for $143M Parcels north of One Court Square offer 780K buildable square feet July 08, 2015 12:15PM By Claire Moses From left: Court Square development site and the surrounding area Citigroup sold a huge Long Island City development site just north of One Court Square to Flushing-based developer […]
Silvercup Studios will build a production facility in the Port Morris section …
Photo: Buck Ennis Sivercup Studios will be expanding into the South Bronx. A new film and TV production studio will be built in the South Bronx. Silvercup Studios is going ahead with its plan to build a 120,000-square-foot facility in the Port Morris section, according to The Wall Street Journal. It will be the Long […]