Long Island City
Tishman Speyer Refis LIC Offices with $425M Green Bond
Tishman Speyer finalized a $425-million green bond offering to refinance The JACX, its recently completed creative office development in Long Island City, Queens. The offering,… Read more
Talonvest Arranges $118M Refi on Self-Storage Portfolio
Talonvest Capital negotiated a $118,265,000 refinance loan for a Class A self- storage portfolio with assets located across Yonkers, Brooklyn, White… Read more
Eastman Cooke Teams with Laguardia Community College on Workforce Development
Construction company Eastman Cooke & Associates (ECA) is working with LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City to expand a gateway to careers in the building… Read more
JLL Arranges $89M Sale of Long Island City Site
JLL Capital Markets completed the $88.5-million sale of a development site and arranged equity capitalization for the site acquisition and project… Read more
NC-Based Developer Comes to Long Island City for First NYC Deal
CBRE has completed the sale of a development site at 25-01 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City. North Carolina-based Grubb Properties acquired the… Read more
Opentrons Inks First Lease at Newly Built LIC Life Science Hub
King Street Properties, GFP Real Estate and Newmark have secured a long-term life science lease totaling 47,790 square feet by Opentrons at Innolabs, 45-18 Court Square West in Long Island City. It’s the first lease signed in the purpose-built project, directly across the street from… Read more
ZL Capital Breaks Ground on LIC Boutique Condo Project
ZL Capital held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday celebrating the start of construction of its new project, Athena LIC in the Hunter’s Point section of Long… Read more
Woodworks in LIC Draws Seven New Tenants
Cushman & Wakefield has arranged seven leases at The Woodworks LIC at 9-03 44th Rd. In Long Island City representing more than 30% of the building’s… Read more
JetBlue Makes Long-Term Commitment to LIC Headquarters, Plans JFK Expansion
JetBlue said Tuesday it would double down on its commitment to New York by maintaining its headquarters in the city past the… Read more
Savanna Completes Energy Upgrades at One Court Square
Savanna completed an energy efficiency initiative at One Court Square in Long Island City, which results in an annual energy… Read more
Biotech Firm Relocates within Alexandria’s NYC Portfolio
RenBio, a privately held, preclinical biotechnology company, has signed a 7,508-square-foot office lease at Alexandria Center for Life Science – LIC in… Read more
Circle F Refis LIC Retail Condo Leased to Trader Joe’s
Newmark has arranged a $20.3-million loan on behalf of Circle F Capital to refinance 2243 Jackson Ave., a recently completed retail… Read more
Target Signs on as Retail Anchor at LIC’s One Court Square
Savanna has entered into a lease agreement with Target Corporation for 31,000 square feet of retail space at One Court Square… Read more
Multifamily Project in Mott Haven Lands $63M Loan
Scale Lending has provided a $63-million loan to YS Developers, led by Simon Kaufman. The loan will finance the construction… Read more
Dual-Project Development Site Trades in Forest Hills
JLL Capital Markets closed the $31.7-million sale of a 57,035-square-foot lot at 70-35 113th St. in Forest Hills, Queens, with plans… Read more
Common Named Co-living Operator at LIC’s ALTA
Simon Baron Development has named Common the co-living operator at ALTA in Long Island City. The developer bought the site in 2015; it’s… Read more
Transformation of the Urban Warehouse
By Andrew Chung, Founder and CEO of Innovo Property Group As we move further into the new decade, established systems of… Read more
TF Cornerstone Launches Leasing at Hunter’s Point South Rental Tower
TF Cornerstone has launched leasing for market-rate apartments at 5241 Center Blvd. within the Hunter’s Point South master-planned development. The… Read more
Repositioned LIC Flex Property Lands $51M Financing
Cushman & Wakefield advised a joint venture of North River Company (NRC) and North Colony Asset Management in obtaining $51,000,000… Read more