Haussmann Development files plans for 200-plus-unit building in Jamaica on former KD Sagamore site
159-31 90th Avenue axonometric diagram (Credit - James Earl Gross architect via DOB)
Josef Goodman of Haussmann Development through the entity Jamaica Development Authority LLC submitted a new building construction project for more than 200 residential units in a 207,492 square-foot residential (R-2) building at 159-31 90th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The plan was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings on August 11, 2025 under job number Q01233524. It calls for the construction of a 14-story building. The project is described in the filing as: construct new 14-story mixed-use building as per plans filed. The architect is GF55 Partners.
In September 2019, KD Sagamore Capital signed a 99-year ground lease, following New York State Supreme Court approval 711218/2019, valued at $8.79 million with the fee owner of the land, the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. The transfer of ground lease has not been recorded in city records, but Haussmann Development affirmed in the DOB filing that through Jamaica Development Authority LLC, it is the owner of the property. In September 2019, KD Sagamore filed plans for a 136-unit building at the property, under job number 420666256.
Haussmann Development took control of another KD Sagamore Capital project, the Arris Grand in Clinton Hill.
The application uses several different figures for the total number of residential units, in different locations of the application. On the zoning document, known as the ZD1, it says 258 units, while on the zoning information portion, it says 212 units. In still another location, the schedule of occupancy, it lists 259 units. It is not unusual in a new filing to have discrepancies over unit count.
ZD1 DOB Zoning Diagram 159-31 90th Avenue
The Haussmann Development website lists this project with 205 residential units, with an address of 159-29 90th Avenue, named The Tabernacle. However documents provided to the DOB specify the residential address as 159-31 90th Avenue.
For the first floor, the plans call for a church sanctuary with a capacity of 400 persons, the church offices and an apartment for the pastor, as well as the residential building’s lobby. The plans call for apartments on floors two through 14, with between 12 and 22 units per floor. There is no retail listed for the building. On the second floor there is a tenant lounge, a tenant recreation room, and access to an “outdoor passive tenant recreation area.”
159-31 90th Avenue
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | floor | comment | description | persons_permitted | occupancy_label | zoning_use | dwelling_units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | Cellar | ACCESSORY TENANT EXERCISE ROOM | Storage of non combustible Materials | 15 | Storage | ||
| 2 | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | Cellar | ACCESSORY CHURCH MEETING ROOMS AND OFFICES | Office | 22 | Business | ||
| 3 | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | Cellar | ELECTRICAL ROOM, WATER SERVICE ROOM, IT TELECOM ROOM, LAUNDRY ROOM | Mechanical and/or electrical equipment room | 13 | Factory and Industrial | ||
| 4 | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | Cellar | ACCESSORY SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICES, BUILDING MANAGEMENT OFFICES | Apartment | 13 | Residential | ||
| 5 | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | Cellar | ACCESORY BICYCLE STORAGE ROOM FOR 108 BICYCLES (7.75SF PER BICYCLE), COMPACTOR ROOM | Storage of non combustible Materials | 3 | Storage | ||
| 6 | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | 1 | CHURCH SANCTUARY | Places of Religious Worship | 400 | Assembly | ||
| 7 | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | 1 | ACCESSORY CHURCH WARMING KITCHEN, ACCESSORY CONTROL ROOM | Business and Service | 4 | Business | ||
| 8 | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | 1 | ACCESSORY CHURCH STORAGE ROOM, JANITORS CLOSET | Storage of non combustible Materials | 2 | Storage | ||
| 9 | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | 1 | CHURCH LOBBY | Business and Service | 7 | Business | ||
| 10 | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | acris | 08/13/2025 05:34 AM | 1 | RESIDENTIAL LOBBY, MAIL ROOM, PACKAGE ROOM | Apartment | 10 | Residential |
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The property
The parcel has two buildings with frontage of 149 feet and is 197 feet deep with a total lot size of 24,238 square feet. The lot is irregular. The zoning is C4-5X which allows for up to 4 times floor area ratio (FAR) for commercial and up to 5 times FAR for residential with inclusionary housing. The city-designated market value for the property in 2022 is $2.4 million.
Violations and lawsuits
According to city public data, the property has received $10,000 in ECB penalties and $10,000 in OATH penalties in the last year.
There were no lawsuits or bankruptcies filed against the property for the past 24 months.
The neighborhood
In Jamaica, The bulk, or 34 percent of the 29.2 million square feet of commercial built space are elevator buildings, with specialty buildings next occupying 14 percent of the space. In sales, Jamaica has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $268.5 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 7th highest in Queens. For development, Jamaica has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 4th highest in Queens. It had 1.9 million square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 6 percent of the neighborhood’s built space.
The block
On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of two of the three commercial properties representing 105,600 square feet of the 105,600 square feet. The two identified owners are Sco Family Of Services and Ved Parkash. On the tax block, there were three new building construction projects totaling 325,229 square feet. The largest is a 136-unit, 126,184 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by KD Sagamore Capital and filed by Ben Daniels with plans filed September 16, 2019 and permitted June 6, 2022. The second largest is a 136-unit, 126,184 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by KD Sagamore and filed by Ben Daniels with plans filed September 16, 2019 and permitted June 6, 2022.
The surrounding
Within a 400-foot radius of 159-25 90 Avenue, PincusCo identified one commercial real estate item of interests occurred over the past 24 months. It was a loan which Joel Shafran borrowed $12 million from M&T Bank secured by the 58,625-square-foot, 119-unit industrial (I7) on 88-66 161st Street and two other properties on April 7, 2025.
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