From the Queens Courier:After nearly two years on the sideline, one of the biggest development projects in Queens is on the verge of taking a crucial step forward.
The Queens Courier has learned that Flushing Commons, a more than 1 million square foot, mixed-use development project at the site of the Municipal Lot 1 in downtown Flushing, will be certified by the Department of City Planning (DCP) on Monday, January 25, kicking off the seven-month Uniformed Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP).
“After a great deal of work in recent months to ensure that the Flushing Commons development plan will be an unqualified success and a positive addition to the Flushing community, we are excited and proud to be beginning the land use review process on January 25,” said Jamie Van Bramer, a spokesperson for Flushing Commons – a partnership of TDC Development and the Rockefeller Group.
“The plans we will be sharing with elected officials, the Community Board and numerous local stakeholders in the coming weeks both respect our original Flushing Commons vision and are wholly achievable within the challenging, ever-changing environment.”
The proposed project would include residential condominiums, new retail space and office space, possible hotel uses, a 1.5-acre public open space as well as create 1,600 parking spaces.
Wow, just in time for TDC to be chosen for Willets Point!
11 comments:
Italian and Irish people sold out Flushing. Now it's fate lies in the hands of John Liu and his constituants.
Bad idea. We should bring back urban renewal and bulldoze the entire mess.
Flushing is unlivable as long as the airplanes fly overhead.
1 million square feet of flea-market stalls and studio apartments holding 6 generations of a family with only one working resident.
Joy.
1 million square feet of flea-market stalls and studio apartments holding 6 generations of a family with only one working resident.
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Think of the votes!
Think of the tweeding opportuntities!
Think of the Asian money pouring in!
John Liu for govenor!
Van Bramer hooked up with Flushing Commons?
Something stinks besides the Flushing Creek!
Why does CB#7 think of Wellington Chen as a god?
Up Chuck Apelian must have cut the cheese again.
That's another stinker!
Wellington (Willets) Point and Huang Kong (Flushing)...soon to be connected by a pedestrian overpass?
Somebody just told me that Chen could be Chan.
Whatever happened to Eddie Chan?
Is the rumor that he's an underworld figure true?
Could he then be related to Wellington...per chance?
Does Eddie Chan's family own Chun Fook Funeral Home on Northern Blv'd & Prince Street (way back in time was a former Howard Johnsons)?
A lot of questions need answering!
It's not THAT Van Bramer. But Claire's group has been lobbying Ackerman for some reason. Alan, are you on this?
But Claire's group has been lobbying Ackerman for some reason. Alan, are you on this?
It's on the radar screen. Stay tuned...
Jamie Van Bramer is on the staff of Yoswein New York, a lobbying firm in cahoots with Parkside. (www.yoswein.com)
Oops my bad...maybe the other Van Bramer should consider changing his name.
And Grodenchik of Parkside now works for dimwit Helen Marshal.
How cozy!
Look at that monstrous project!
Where the hell will the vehicular traffic congestion back up to...Bayside?
There's not enough room on the streets to support the current flow now!
Maybe the Asians are used to living in congested ghettos...cheek to ass...but I'm glad I live only 2 blocks from the LIRR so I can by pass this dump!
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