Dec. 26, 2024 By emarshall Dec. 26, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 23 units in a 14-story residential building at 27-51 Jackson Ave. in Long Island City. The building features 34 total residences, with 11 being offered at market rate. The other 23 have been set aside… Read more »
Dec. 23, 2024 By emarshall Dec. 23, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a new 6-story homeless shelter at 38-78 and 38-80 11th St. in Long Island City. Located on the corner of 11th Street and 40th Avenue, this proposed development, referred to as the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC)… Read more »
Dec. 18, 2024 By emarshall Dec. 18, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 72 units at AURA, a 37-story mixed-use building in Long Island City. Located at 23-10 42nd Rd., AURA features 240 residential units, with 168 offered at market rate. The 72 remaining units have all been… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2024 By sobrien Dec. 11. 2024 By Shane O’Brien State Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani committed to freezing rents for millions of New Yorkers living in rent-stabilized apartments at a Mayoral Forum on Housing on Saturday. Ramos and Mamdani, the two Queens-based candidates in the 2025 mayoral race, joined fellow… Read more »
Nov. 25, 2024 By emarshall Nov. 25, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 110 units at SOLA, a 12-story mixed-use building in Woodside. Located at 72-01 Queens Blvd., SOLA features 364 residences, of which 254 are offered at market rate. Of the remaining 110 units, 65 are designated… Read more »
Nov. 20, 2024 By emarshall Nov. 20, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Construction has wrapped for The Northern, two residential buildings at 38-27 and 38-38 32nd St. in Long Island City. The development will yield 116 rental units. Exterior work has been completed for both buildings, each 10 stories tall. This comes almost exactly one year… Read more »
Nov. 13, 2024 By sobrien Nov. 13, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The real estate firm behind the tallest building in Queens held a “topping out” ceremony Wednesday morning to celebrate another landmark as the building moves closer to completion. BLDG Management announced that the Orchard, a 70-story, 824-unit residential complex occupying the entire block at… Read more »
Nov. 12, 2024 By sobrien Nov. 12, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Department of Transportation representatives and elected officials gathered in Sunnyside Tuesday afternoon to announce the completion of the sixth and final phase of the Queens Boulevard Redesign, which has resulted in a 68% decline in fatalities along the boulevard since work began in 2015…. Read more »
Nov. 12, 2024 By emarshall Nov. 12, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 112 units at Vordonia Towers, a residential building in Astoria. Located at 34-46 Vernon Blvd., this 17-story building features a total of 404 residences, with 292 offered at market rates. Of the remaining 112 units,… Read more »
Nov. 7, 2024 By emarshall Nov. 7, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York-based development and construction management firm New Empire Corp. announced the launch of sales at Centric, a new luxury condominium in Woodside, on Thursday, Oct. 31. Centric is located at 58-01 Queens Blvd., the site of a former Rite-Aid and across from… Read more »