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Curbcut Urban Partners to build office tower in Long Island City

A development partnership led by Curbcut Urban Partners will construct a new, nine-story, 146,000 s/f mixed-use office, retail and community facility property at 38-01 Queens Blvd. in Long Island City. Aaron Malinsky, president and CEO of Curbcut Urban Partners, said the new development, to be called QB38 Tower, is designed specifically for medical, community-based services […]

Havurat Yisrael has a new home

For one Jewish congregation, the new mixed-use building at 106-20 70 Road in Forest Hills marks a long return home. Residents are moving into the 24 condos, all with balconies. There are studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and retail space for rent on the first floor, said Benjamin Koptiev, of Platinum Realty Associates, which […]

38-01 Queens Blvd Reveal

As property values in Long Island City skyrocket, developers are starting to look a little further afield for places to build office space. A pair of developers are taking a chance on an industrially zoned strip in Sunnyside, just across the rail yards from Long Island City. They just filed plans for an eight-story office […]

Ozone Park Shopping Center

A new shopping plaza in Ozone Park will have a wide variety of retailers and restaurants, including national brands, according to a representative for Queens-based Platinum Realty Associates, which owns the center. Dunkin’ Donuts and Domino’s Pizza have already signed on as tenants, as well as a “high-class Japanese restaurant” and a phone carrier, said […]

Victory over unwanted hotel

Community members claimed victory last week after a long fight to stop construction of a “hot-sheet motel” near Springfield Gardens High School reached a conclusion they said was much more appropriate for the neighborhood. City Councilman James Sanders (D-Laurelton) called the gathering after his office had learned the night before that a new developer was […]