Revealed: 36-31 31st Street, Long Island City – New York YIMBY
By: Rebecca Baird-Remba 7:30 am on May 5, 2016 Development is booming in the borderlands between Long Island City and Astoria, and today, YIMBY has a rendering for a mixed-use apartment building planned beneath the elevated subway tracks on 31st Street, not far from Kaufman Astoria Studios and the Museum of the Moving Image. The seven-story […]
Newmark and Olmstead Close To $60M+ LIC Office Building Buy
Image: Google Street View Newmark Holdings and Olmstead Properties are under contract to pick up 43-01 22nd St in Long Island City. It’s a 225k SF office building with a reported price tag of more than $60M. The two entities will split their ownership stakes down the middle. Roger Kaufman is the seller, along with two siblings, according to Commercial Observer. No brokers worked […]
Superhero TV show reboot of ‘The Tick’ films in Long Island City today
The Tick, a fictional comic book character turned ’90s FOX television show, is filming in Long Island City today for its revival on Amazon. According to On Location Vacations, the series will film on Greenpoint Avenue and Railroad Avenue. Cartoonist Ben Edlund created the character in 1986 to include in a newsletter for New England Comics. The character […]
Major Streetscape Improvements Proposed for Long Island City
The ongoing transformation of Long Island City is astounding. In the decade between 2006 and 2015, more than 8,600 housing units have been completed in the area, with well over 22,000 more on the way. Between 2012 and 2015, prices for prime development sites have jumped by 269 percent. As the neighborhood rapidly transitions from commercial/industrial […]