Progress is being made in Long Island City.A lot has happened since my first report on Long Island City's growth. The following update should make you an expert on new Long Island City developments. Queens West--Surprise Up Zone The fillet fillet /fil·let/ (fil´et) 1. a loop, as of cord or tape, for making traction on the fetus. 2. in the nervous system, a long band of nerve fibers. fil·let n. 1. of Long Island City, this 20-acre site located from the Tennisport to Newspoint, under the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. RFP (Request For Proposal) A document that invites a vendor to submit a bid for hardware, software and/or services. It may provide a general or very detailed specification of the system. 1. (business) RFP - Request for Proposal. 2. which was won by Elcor, was undevelopable based on the constraints imposed. In an anticipated move, Queens West permitted high-density residential development with a limited commercial component. 5th Street--The New Waterfront The closest a private developer can get to the East River is 5th Street. In three separate transactions totaling a gross buildable build·a·ble adj. Suitable or available for building: "The problem was finding a site that was well located, appropriately zoned . . . and buildable" Sam Hall Kaplan. development potential of over 250,000 s/f, Greiner-Maltz represented developers and/or owners of various sites, which will soon be shining hi-rise condo projects. More sites are coming available soon. Borden Avenue--The New Queens West With all of Long Island City a redevelopment target for residential/ commercial builders, Greiner-Maltz is spearheading the effort to develop over 25 acres of prime industrial property. Envisioned is a comprehensive land use plan with multiple individual sites being offered to qualified developers for mixed mid-rise residential and commercial development. Queens Plaza Queens Plaza can mean the following:
Greiner-Maltz is helping to reshape the Queens Plaza skyline, having brokered over 640,000 s/f of development deals. Tishman Speyers redevelopment of the Modell's/Municipal Garage into a 1,000,000 s/f office tower created the spark, rezoning of up to 12 times the site area created the means. Greiner-Maltz brokers, recognizing the potential value of the Queens Plaza transportation hub Transportation hub is a location where traffic is exchanged across several modes of transport. These modes may include any of railway, tramway, rapid transit, bus, automobile, truck, airplane, spacecraft, ship, ferry, pedestrian or any other kind of transportation. , sold two separate sites, each having a buildable area of 320,000 s/f to residential developers. The residential condo towers planned for these sites will rival the height of the Citicorp building Citicorp Building is a 50-story (201 meters or 658 feet) office tower in Long Island City, Queens just outside of Manhattan. It was completed in 1990 by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for the bank Citigroup. ! There are other prime sites available which Greiner-Maltz is currently marketing. Citigroup Tower--UNICEF Tower Citigroup, the world's largest financial service company, announced plans this past summer to construct a 14-story, 475,000 s/f building across the street from its 48-story tower in Long Island City. The new $200 million building, to be called Court Square Two, will have space for approximately 1,500 employees and will accompany Court Square One, which was built in 1989 and measures approximately 1.4 million s/f with 4,800 employees. UNICEF UNICEF (y  `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. is breaking ground for their 600,000 s/f tower, which has been a long-term requirement of this growing international agency. MetLife Plaza Brause Realty realty n. a short form of "real estate." (See: real estate) REALTY. An abstract of real, as distinguished from personalty. Realty relates to lands and tenements, rents or other hereditaments. Vide Real Property. Inc. and Tishman Construction Corporation recently completed a 12-story, 282,000 s/f building called MetLife Plaza. This latest development follows a $30 million conversion of the 6-story, 404,000 s/f Brewster Building into Class A offices for 900 of MetLife's workers. The new 12-story structure is adjacent to the Brewster Building, and houses an additional 700 employees for Met Life. East River Tennis Club Site The former home of the East River Tennis Club at 44th Ave. is now under development for as-of-right, 910 waterfront residential condominiums, lofts, townhouses and possibly rentals. 20,000 s/f of retail space and a 900 car capacity garage will be integrated into the project along with a public waterfront esplanade with an extension of 44th Ave. Silvercup Studios Established as the largest independent, full-service film and television production facility in the northeastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Over five hundred commercials, photo shoots, feature films and music videos are produced at the Silvercup each year and the facility is currently home to such popular productions as HBO's The Sopranos and ABC's Hope & Faith starring Kelly Ripa Kelly Maria Ripa (born October 2, 1970, in Berlin, New Jersey) an American Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress, television personality and talk show host. Since February 2001, she has served as the co-host of Live with Regis and Kelly . They will be developing over four acres of waterfront movie studios, retail and residential property a stones throw from the East River Tennis Club site. Rockrose Development Rockrose Development Corporation will construct what composes an integral and unique development project located at the Queens West Pepsi Cola site along the East River waterfront. Situated on 21 acres, the estimated $1 billion project is set to transform the site into a residential enclave enclave /en·clave/ (en´klav) tissue detached from its normal connection and enclosed within another organ. en·clave n. A detached mass of tissue enclosed in tissue of another kind. with more than 3,000 apartments in seven buildings. Citylights and Avalon Bay The Citylights Co-op, completed in 1997, was the first project on the Queens West waterfront. This 42-story tower housing 522 units was designed by the renowned architects Cesar Pelli & Associates and SLCE SLCE System Life-Cycle Engineering Architects. The building also contains the Robert Wagner Public School 78Q for children ages pre-kindergarten to 5th Grade. Gantry Plaza State Park Gantry Plaza State Park is a state park on the East River in the Hunter's Point section of Long Island City, in the New York City borough of Queens. The 2.5 acre park is a former dock facility and includes restored gantry cranes used from the middle 19th to middle 20th Gantry Plaza State Park, since 1998, has opened up the Queens waterfront in Long Island City. Its award-winning design has transformed former industrial space into a flourishing public park with tremendous views of Manhattan. The park's two and a half acres on the East River is the first phase of the planned development of the western Queens waterfront. Two gantries, old shipping lifts, loom overhead, reminding residents of the area's industrial history. The northern, more recent addition is Peninsula Park, a grassy grass·y adj. grass·i·er, grass·i·est 1. Covered with or abounding in grass. 2. Resembling or suggestive of grass, as in color or odor. Adj. 1. area for barbecues and playing catch. Focus on Development Long Island City's superb location and breathtaking views of Manhattan has drawn the attention of business leaders and developers with impressive plans for developing the Long Island City waterfront and major commercial thoroughfares such as Queens Plaza. New residential, mixed-use and office building projects have been slated for this neighborhood as the reaction to an anticipated influx of approximately 10,000 new white collar jobs forecasted for the Queens Central Business District. One of the greatest catalysts for economic change in Long Island City was the recent enactment of zoning ordinance revisions. While continuing to sustain light manufacturing development in the area, the zoning changes are written to promote the inclusion of residential uses such as condominiums and townhouses, in addition to a range of commercial uses including stores, restaurants, artist studios and theaters. Fostering new residential and mixed-use development Mixed-use development refers to the practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings. In planning zone terms, this can mean some combination of residential, commercial, industrial, office, institutional, or other land uses. will bring new life and traffic to this unique, transit-rich, culturally vibrant neighborhood. JOHN MALTZ, PRESIDENT, GREINER-MALTZ |
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