FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com november 26, 2015 • The Courier sun 11 EXPERTS DISCUSS PLANS FOR JFK AIRPORT AT QNS REAL ESTATE CONFERENCE C WHAT I’M WORTH! THIS C21 MYSTERY GIFT CARD COULD BE WORTH FROM $5 UP TO $500 *18 years of age or older. First come, fi rst served, one per person, while supplies last. Bring Your Own Camera! FREE Meet & Greet With Santa Claus & friends December 5, 12 & 19 12pm–4pm JUNCTION BLVD BETWEEN QUEENS BLVD & HORACE HARDING EXPRESSWAY REGO PARK, NY 11374 • 718.275.2696 • www.regocenter.com DIRECTIONS – Subway: M or R to 63rd Drive/Rego Park • BUS: Q72, Q38 or Q88 Car: LIE westbound exit 20, eastbound to exit 19. Parking garage on 62nd Drive THE BEST VALUE SHOPPING IN QUEENS KOHL’S • COSTCO • CENTURY 21 DEPT. STORE • SEARS BURLINGTON • TOYS“R”US • BABIES“R”US • T.J. MAXX • BED BATH & BEYOND MARSHALLS • ALDI FOOD MARKET • OLD NAVY • STAPLES • ULTA • DALLAS BBQ MILLER’S ALE HOUSE • PIER 1 IMPORTS • MANDEE • PANERA BREAD PAYLESS SHOESOURCE • THE VITAMIN SHOPPE • SUBWAY • MUNICIPAL CREDIT UNION PEARLE VISION • RED MANGO • LENORA FURNITURE • T-MOBILE • AUNTIE ANNE’S SPRINT • EUROPEAN WAX CENTER • REGO MART FREE Tote Bag and Century 21 Dept. Store Mystery Gift Card valued between $5 and $500 December 5 • 10am Totes & mystery gift cards distributed in Galleria between ALDI and Panera Bread to fi rst 400 guests.* FREE Selfie Stick December 12 • 10am Distributed in Galleria between ALDI and Panera Bread to fi rst 500 guests* With Pocoyo™ December 12 12pm–4pm Pocoyo™ & © 2005–2015 Zinkia Entertainment S.A. ™ All events will take place in the Galleria between Aldi Food Market and Panera Bread. Events subject to change or cancellation without notice. by ANTHONY GIU DICE agiudice@queenscourier.com @A_GiudiceReport The best and brightest real estate experts gathered at Terrace on the Park for the 2015 QNS Real Estate Conference on Nov. 19 to focus on what the multibilliondollar investment in New York City airports means to the real estate market in Queens. Queens Borough President Melinda Katz kicked off the event, explaining the need for the city’s transportation options to grow in order to keep up with the expanding development throughout the borough. “Only a third of our borough is serviced by subways. So we need to figure out how to get people in and out,” Katz said. “We need to make sure that our transit system keeps up with our development … so as we move forward we’re all going to work together to make sure that we still have folks coming in who want to build and also want to make Queens their home.” The conference’s keynote speaker — MTA Chairman and CEO Thomas Prendergast — helped explain what improvements the MTA is currently making to make transportation better for residents of Queens and said that developers are looking to build homes and businesses in the borough. “The relationship we have with the real estate industry is one in which we need to improve to the point of better coordination,” Prendergast said. “We got that commitment from the city by where we know where you’re going to be investing your money and we can put elements of our capital program in place to be able to match up against that.” Some projects that the MTA is working on include creating Select Bus Service for the Q43, Q70 and Q52/ Q53 lines; renewing 16 subway stations throughout the borough; and creating a new depot in Jamaica, Prendergast told those in attendance. One area of transportation that is getting a major upgrade is John F. Kennedy International Airport, which will be home to the new TWA Flight Center hotel. This $265 million project was one of the topics discussed during the event’s first panel. Not only will the TWA Flight Center hotel help improve JFK Airport, but it — along with other large-scale real estate projects — will be instrumental in creating jobs for the people of Queens. “We’re going to help start clearing houses for openings with a job board or a job bank and help get those people who want jobs to get the jobs as the airports and the areas surrounding them grow,” said Tom Grech, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce. “There’s just a ton of opportunity to help people get the jobs they need, especially in that area in southeast Queens.” The Real Estate Board of New York co-hosted the conference with The Queens Courier. Sponsors included CPEX Real Estate Services, Flushing Bank, Modern Spaces, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Mattone Group, RCN and NYC Network Group. THE COURIER/Photo by Anthony Giudice Panels discussed the current condition of the Queens real estate market at the QNS Real Estate Conference on Thursday morning.
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