REAL ESTATE GOT A HOT REAL ESTATE STORY IN QUEENS? Contact Liam La Guerre Guerre Real Estate Editor EMAIL: lguerre@queenscourier.com TWITTER: @liamlaguerre QUEENS CHAMBER CELEBRATES WINNERS OF ANNUAL BUILDING AWARDS BY LIAM LA GUERRE lguerre@queenscourier.com/@LiamLaGuerre The Queens Chamber of Commerce hosted its 99th annual Building Awards on Dec. 4, recognizing architecture and design of new buildings around the borough. Out of 100 total entries, just 19 new construction, interior and rehabilitated use projects were selected as winners from various categories, including public use, offi ce space, commercial and residential. City Planning Director Carl Weisbrod was the keynote speaker at the event in the LaGuardia Marriott Hotel. The Chamber’s President’s Award was given to College Point-based developer Mattone Group. In terms of new construction, the modern, glassy, three-story commercial building by K.O.H. Architecture at 215-15 Northern Blvd. in Bayside was among the winners. The building is home to a Tiger Schulmann, a Pizza Hut and a day care. Plaza College’s newly opened campus in the Forest Hills near the intersection of Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike was among winners in the rehabilitative use category. The school moved following a devastating fi re that destroyed its Jackson Heights campus at 74-09 37th Ave. The new campus serves 750 students and features labs and medical classrooms. Mediterranean and soul food fusion restaurant Pa-Nash of Rosedale, which opened in April, was also a winner in the rehabilitative use category, as well as the Queens Library’s redesign of the teen space in the Cambria Heights branch. Photo Courtesy of Queens Library Queens Library Cambria Heights branch 215-15 Northern Boulevard Large downtown Jamaica development site listing for $24M BY LIAM LA GUERRE lguerre@queenscourier.com/@LiamLaGuerre A huge development site a block away from the downtown Jamaica transportation hub is selling for $24 million. The 35,000-square-foot site, which comprises a few lots from 147-07 to 147-37 on 94th Avenue, allows up to 420,000 buildable square feet, according to real estate fi rm CPEX, which is marketing the site. World Wide Food Products, a longtime seafood company, has been at the property since 1975, according to DNAinfo. Downtown Jamaica has been the talk of much major development recently. Last year, offi cials announced construction of a 210-room, 24-story hotel nearby the LIRR and AirTrain station at 93-43 Sutphin Blvd. Earlier this year, the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a nonprofi t that has been working to transform the neighborhood, announced the development of a $225 mixed-use, 29-story residential and commercial tower on the site it owns at 93-01 Sutphin Blvd. In October, a 90,000-square-foot building and parking garage at 163-05 and 163-25 Archer Ave. traded hands for $22 million. It has 719,736 square feet of buildable space. Also, nearby York College, which is located across from the building and parking garage, hopes to help usher in development and new businesses as a STARTUP NY site, and is offering new businesses about 3.5 acres of land on-campus. Photo courtesy of CPEX 147-07 - 37 94th Ave. THE COURIER/Photos by Liam La Guerre
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