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8 The QUEE NS Courier • DECEMBER 24, 2015 for breaking news visit www.qns.com BAYSIDE BURGER KING SITE TO BE REDEVELOPED BY ALINA SURIEL asuriel@queenscourier.com @alinangelica Employees at a Bayside Burger King restaurant were taken aback on Dec. 22 when they learned that the site was set to be developed into nearly 40,000 feet of new retail space. The franchise — located at 222-10 Northern Blvd. — is in a spot currently being marketed online by retail leasing firm RKF as the site of a new development. RKF Executive Vice President David Rosenberg and Associate Eddie Mamiye are marketing the opportunity Photo via Google Images The company was unable to immediately provide a tentative timeline for when construction would begin on the new development. A Burger King employee who identified herself as Maria told The Courier over the phone that, while she believed the lease may be coming to an end, she was under the impression that the landlord was planning to renew the contract. A team leader at the Northern Plans for a seven-story apartment building were filed with the Department of Buildings. SEVEN-STORY BUILDING TO REPLACE SEVERAL HOMES IN ASTORIA By Angela Matua amatua@queenscourier.com @AngelaMatua A seven-story apartment building at 21-13 31st Ave. in Astoria will soon replace three two-story homes, according to plans filed with the Department of Buildings. The 56-unit building will total 42,838 square feet of residential space and include several amenities such as a gym, bike storage, parking and a roof deck. The first floor will house three apartment units while the remaining floors will have seven to nine units each. Meltzer/Costa & Associates, Architecture and Engineering is the architect on record. Park Construction Corp. in New Hyde Park purchased the three properties, totaling 14,356 square feet, for $9.8 million. Currently, an auto repair shop sits on the first floor of 21-13 and 21-15 31st Ave. The story was first reported by Yimby. on behalf of the property’s current owner, who will redevelop the site upon the expiration of Burger King’s lease. Rosenburg said it was an excellent opportunity to redevelop a longowned property into a higher-caliber use to meet a growing demand for retail space and that the firm was looking for national and regional brands to fill the new space. “Bayside is a high-density neighborhood and a well-established trade area with strong traffic from residents, students and commuters,” said Rosenberg. “This new development will be ideally suited for restaurants, grocers, health and fitness studios, furniture, home furnishings and sporting goods retailers.” RKF lists spring 2018 as the date of “possession” at the site, or projected move-in date for potential retail tenants. C-TOWN IN ELMHURST CLOSING BUILDING ON SALE FOR MORE THAN $10M By Angela Matua amatua@queenscourier.com/@AngelaMatua A building that hosts a C-Town supermarket and several residential units, located at 94-57 Corona Ave. in Elmhurst, is on the market for $10,250,000. The two-story, 17,966 square foot property contains 15,312 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor and six residential units upstairs. Each of the residential units are rent stabilized and the property also includes 20 parking spaces. According to Greiner Maltz Investment Properties, the broker handling the sale, the commercial space will be delivered vacant, meaning C-Town will shutter its doors. Swain Weiner, president at the brokerage firm said the supermarket will officially close when the title of the property is transferred to the buyer. Several managers at the supermarket said they were unaware that the property was on sale and that there are no plans to close the store. An employee who declined to be named said the building has received several offers in the last few years. City Councilman Daniel Dromm said he was unaware of the sale but that it is “terrible news” and that he will investigate the matter further. “Corona and Elmhurst are food deserts and when I used to represent LeFrak City, there were two supermarkets over there that we worked hard to keep them open,” Dromm said. “I’m wondering if there isn’t something we can do to keep this C-Town open because it’s important to the community.” Boulevard location, who declined to give her name, said that the team of workers had not been told about the possibility of the store closing. “They should tell us, especially the people who have been working here a long time,” the employee said. She claimed to have been a Burger King employee for about five years. Though the land is slated for redevelopment, the Burger King restaurant is expected to resume business once the plaza reopens, according to a representative of Burger King’s corporate office. According to RKF, the new multilevel retail development will include 12,014 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, 11,700 square feet on the second floor, 11,013 square feet on the third floor and 4,893 square feet in a lower level. The project will also include 220 parking spaces that correspond to each of the retail levels. Rendering courtesy of RFK A Bayside Burger King is set to be redeveloped into a multi-store retail center, as shown here.


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