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Real Estate BY ANGELA MATUA Rendering revealed for 15-story Queens Plaza apartment project The Hakimian Organization, the developers behind a 15-story, 43-unit apartment building in Long Island City, has released a rendering of the exterior. The development, located at 41-32 27th St., will be built with a construction loan from Bank Leumi, which is lending the company $15.5 million, the Commercial Observer reported. The 43,808-square-foot building will include amenities such as an indoor and outdoor lounge, a fitness center, a rooftop recreational space and storage for bicycles. The project is expected to be complete in 2017. Forest Hills-based ARC Architecture + Design Studio designed the exterior while David Howell Design will act as the interior designer. The Queens Plaza section of Long Island City is seeing rapid development with several residential projects being constructed in the area, including a Greystone Development project a 23-story tower housing 117 units. NEW 16-STORY HOTEL TO BE BUILT IN LIC A new hotel near the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City will span 16 stories, according to plans filed with the Department of Buildings. Flushing-based Ampiera Group is developing the 16,140-squarefoot site at 38-70 12th St. The 139-room hotel will sit in a narrow, heavily industrialized road that also houses a laundromat and Friendship Baptist Church. It also sits one block away from the largest housing project in North America, Queensbridge Houses. Plans show that the first and 16th floors will be occupied by restaurants and each of the remaining floors will have 10 to 11 rooms each. An open parking lot with five spots will also be constructed and an underground garage will have enough room for 27 cars. The entire project totals 80,387 square feet of commercial space. A Howard Johnson Hotel that was completed in 2014 sits right across the street from this site. My Architect PC, an architecture firm based in Flushing, will design the project. Apply for affordable housing in Astoria, where apartments start at $895 The application period for Steinway Estates, a new affordable housing complex in Astoria, began this week. The building offers 83 newly constructed units at 19-80 Steinway St., where a studio apartment goes for just $895 per month. Steinway Estates also features one-two and three-bedroom units ranging from $1,135 to $2,586 per month. Annual income requirements range from $32,023 for a one-person household to $130,260 for a six-person household, according to NYC Housing Connect. Amenities include stainless steel appliances, bamboo flooring, units with balconies, a recreational roof deck, laundry room and on-site parking. A percentage of these units are set aside for mobility-disabled applicants and two percent of the units will go to hearing or visually impaired applicants. Preference for 50 percent of the units will go to residents living in Community Board 1. The application deadline is May 23.


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