14 The Courier sun • september 25, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com Construction on JFK animal handling center to begin in coming months BY LIAM LA GUERE lguerre@queenscourier.com @liamlaguerre Action on the wildest project in the borough is set to begin shortly, about two years after its approval and numerous reports. Investment firm Racebrook is looking to complete its animal handling facility at John F. Kennedy Airport, named “The Ark at JFK,” in a year, with construction commencing in a couple of months. Although a specific date was not given, in an interview with The Courier, Aaron Perl of Racebrook, who is overseeing the $48 million development, said the company is a few months away from completing preparations to begin building the world’s first animal terminal, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2016. The 178,000-square-foot project, which consists of a main center and a 63,515-square-foot cargo handling facility, will be constructed at a 14.4-acre site in the airport’s vacant Building 78. The building will not be demolished, but revitalized, which will cut down on construction time. The Ark will provide services to board, kennel, quarantine, import and export up to 70,000 domestic and wild animals annually. There will also be a veterinary clinic. Approved by the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey since 2012, the project is being designed by Gensler and GH2 Architects. The facility is expected to create more than 150 jobs, and generate $138 million in rent for the Port Authority over the 20-year lease. Photo courtesy of ARK Development, LLC Investment firm Racebrook is aiming to begin construction on its animal terminal at JFK in the next couple of months. Richmond Hill manufacturer expanding into new warehouse BY LIAM LA GUERE lguerre@queenscourier.com @liamlaguerre Richmond Hill-based KPA Studio, a provider of metal, glass and windows to architectural firms and general contractors, has signed a lease for a 10,000-square-foot building in the neighborhood. The signing, arranged by real estate firm Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates, is for the one-story building at 91-20 130th St. and will expand operations for KPA Studio. Its original location in the neighborhood is at 130-29 91st Ave. A majority of the new facility will be used for aluminum production, according to Kalmon’s Dmitri Gourianov, who handled the leasing. KPA has supplied various architectural firms with materials for projects around the city, including the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center at Queensborough Community College, which is designed by TEK Architects, the Brooklyn Bowery and some H&M locations. The new KPA location has 18-foot ceilings and three drive-in doors, and is located near the E, J and Z subway lines. There are a number of manufacturing and construction companies in the area of the new location, Gourianov said, including sheet metal, window and doors, and food production. Photo courtesy of Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates A Richmond Hill-based provider of materials to architectural firms has signed a lease for a 10,000-squarefoot building in the neighborhood.
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