The 69-unit building is being developed by Steve Cheung (based in Bayside) and will be designed Michael Kang (an architect based in Flushing). It will entail 55,000 square feet of residential and 5,500 square feet of commercial space. There will also be a small communal space and an asymmetric rooftop that will form penthouse terraces, plus a garage with room for 59 cars. According to YIMBY, about a quarter of the development was backed by foreign money (probably Chinese) under the EB-5 visa program, which grants green cards to foreign investors whose projects will produce American jobs.
Although Curbed & YIMBY made a big deal about this being in Elmhurst (and Curbed actually linked back to this blog, thanks) the project is actually in Woodside which was rezoned along with northern Maspeth in 2006. (Elmhurst wasn't rezoned at all.)
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Under ADA, I believe that if you build a bridge like that, it also has to be accessible to the disabled. That means elevators or ramps.
these new buildings are atrocious,I counted at least 6 new ones on my rides on the blvd of death.They look like they are 50% vacant too.
and again with the balconies.maybe they are necessary for smokers,but mostly its for the illusion of luxury.
The original "What's happening here" DOB sign stated something about a park or green space. Am I wrong? Anyone else read the sign ?
Who would be surprised that the city will take over some of these new structures and turn them into homeless shelters?
Balconies should never be put on buildings built in lower class or lower economic areas. They will only be used as storage or hanging clothes and they make a shitty neighborhood look even more shitter. Some people do not deserve nice things, plain and simple.
What a tacky, Third World Piece-of-shit!
Notice the total lack of any landscaping!
I love it how there is not one touch of greenery. No trees or plants in sight!
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