REAL ESTATE A 5-story retail and medical offi ce building in Rego Park will swallow local synagogue BY ANGELA MATUA [email protected]/@AngelaMatua An entire block in Rego Park will be transformed into a 100,000-square-foot retail and medical offi ce building by RJ Capital Holdings. Located at 98-81 Queens Blvd., the building will take over Ohr Natan Synagogue, the site of the former Photo courtesy of CBRE A 100,000-square-foot retail and medical facility will replace a popular synagogue and community center. Sales in Queens HOMES – CO-OPS – CONDOS Listings and photos courtesy MLSLI NORTHWEST NORTHEAST SOUTHWEST SOUTHEAST ASTORIA BAYSIDE MIDDLE VILLAGE BELLROSE PICTURED LISTING Under $400,000 41-15 45th St., Sunnyside $200,000 Co-op Studio with 1 bathroom Randolph Saa Century 21 American Homes $400,000-800,000 41-58 71st St., Woodside $479,000 Condo 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Hsin Yuan Yang E Realty International Corp. Over $800,000 24-22 41st St., Astoria $1,549,000 2-family home 6 bedrooms, 3 full baths James Halvatzis Amorelli Realty Under $400,000 170-20 Crocheron Ave., Flushing $390,000 Condo 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom Pillar Kim N Y Pillar Realty Inc. $400,000-800,000 73-05 164th St., Fresh Meadows $698,000 1-family home 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths Carol Chang Laffey Fine Homes Over $800,000 45-31 Springfi eld Blvd., Bayside $1,548,888 1-family Colonial 6 bedrooms, 4 full baths Judy Markowitz Energized Realty Group Under $400,000 84-29 153rd Ave., Howard Beach $199,999 Condo 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom Marie Skarren Douglas Elliman Real Estate $400,000-800,000 78-18 68th Rd., Middle Village $425,000 2-family home 6 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths Gang Xiao Sany Group Realty Group LLC Over $800,000 71-07 67th St, Glendale $865,999 2-family Colonial 8 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Jose Portillo Portillo Realty Corp. Under $400,000 225-23 88th Ave., Queens Village $163,888 Co-op 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom Jessica Akde Elmazi Anne Donohue Real Estate Inc. $400,000-800,000 84-38 249th St., Bellerose $619,000 1-family Cape 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Rosalie Labbate Douglas Elliman Real Estate Over $800,000 149-03 85th Rd., Briarwood $889,000 2-family home 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Sayed Islam RE/MAX Team Trylon Theater. After the theater closed down in 1999, preservationists tried to petition synagogue owners to retain some of the theater’s architectural features. The building was renovated in 2005, removing many of the historical features, according to a blog post by a local historian. Ohr Natan Synagogue’s lease expires in February 2017 and Rabbi Nahum Kaziev said that talks between him and RJ Capital Holdings have dissolved, according to the Commercial Observer. The synagogue also acts as a community center for the large Bukharian Jewish community that resides in Rego Park and Forest Hills. RJ Capital Holdings fi led a lawsuit against the synagogue in 2014 for not paying rent but a judge dismissed the lawsuit when Kaziev was able to prove that the synagogue did pay, according to Yeshiva World News. Real estate brokerage fi rm CBRE has been retained as the leasing agent for the site, which will also feature underground parking. “Given the tremendous growth of the residential sector in Queens over the past few years, this planned property is ideally poised to offer the perfect commercial space in a neighborhood sorely lacking in this type of major development,” said Roy Chipkin, vice president of CBRE. Kaziev was not available for comment as of press time.
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