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Long Island City Rezoning & Development
Silvercup Studio Proposes A One Billion Dollar, Six-Acre, Complex In Long Island City
LONG ISLAND CITY REZONING & DEVELOPMENTQUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 01 QUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 02
Silvercup Studios hopes to create a Hollywood of the east that would be called Silvercup West. The project was designed by Lord Richard Rogers, best known for the Pompidou Center, and would include eight soundstages, production and studio support space, offices for media and entertainment companies, stores, 1000 apartments, a catering hall, and a cultural institution.
Silvercup Builder Ambitious On The East River
LONG ISLAND CITY REZONING & DEVELOPMENTQUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 01 QUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 02
Renderings of Silvercup West, what would be one of Queen's biggest private developments ever, were unveiled at a City Planning Commission on Feb. 21 as a seven-month public review of the proposal began.
Queens: The Booming Borough
LONG ISLAND CITY REZONING & DEVELOPMENTQUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 01 QUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 02
Housing vacancy in Queens is at a citywide low (2 percent) and developers are responding by increasing the residential supply. Various neighborhoods, including Long Island City are experiencing a rapid change from Old Industrial to Urban Living.
Time Is Ticking Towards A Development Explosion In Lond Island City
LONG ISLAND CITY REZONING & DEVELOPMENTQUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 01 QUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 02
Recent zoning modifications that allow high-density, mixed-use development in the area combined with economic incentives are sparking major plans for development that would transform the Long Island City's waterfront community.