Kenny Liu files plans for 62 units in Astoria

Kenny Liu submitted a new building construction project for a 62-unit, 60,473-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 30-75 21st Street in Astoria, Queens. The plan was filed on May 4, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 85-foot-tall, eight-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q01360550. The project is described in the filing as: proposed 8-story concrete 62-unit multiple dwelling with accessory parking for 14 vehicles and 31 bicycles. The applicant is the Registered Architect Christopher Papa of Papa Architecture PC.

On November 24, 2025, Kenny Liu, who also uses the name Shunqian Liu, through the entity Unionstone Development LLC paid $10.4 million to Janos Kanta and Gloria Kellarakos through the entity 3075 21st Street LLC for the development site (V1) at 30-75 21st Street in Astoria, Queens.

The neighborhood

In Astoria, The bulk, or 36 percent of the 40.2 million square feet of commercial built space are walkup buildings, with elevator buildings next occupying 31 percent of the space. In sales, Astoria has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $855.5 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 2nd highest in Queens. For development, Astoria has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 5th highest in Queens. It had 2.3 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. There were 37 pre-foreclosure suit filed among other development buildings in the past 12 months.

The block

On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of four of the 10 commercial properties representing 11,846 square feet of the 48,321 square feet. The largest owner is Farzan Adhami, followed by Jack Dilluvio and then Nuverse Advisors.
On the tax block, there were three new building construction projects totaling 111,230 square feet. The largest is a 56-unit, 45,751 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Szilvia Barnett with plans filed December 2, 2021 and it has not been permitted yet. The second largest is a 62-unit, 42,206 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Kenny Liu and filed by Shun Qian Liu with plans filed May 4, 2026 and it has not been permitted yet.

The Owner

The PincusCo database currently indicates that Shunqian Liu owned at least two commercial properties with 30 residential units in New York City with 25,371 square feet and a city-determined market value of $360,000. (Market value is typically about 50% of actual value.) The portfolio has $8.5 million in debt, borrowed from Berkshire Bank. Within the portfolio, the bulk, or 100 percent of the 25,371 square feet of built space are D7 properties, with development properties next occupying 0 percent of the space. They are all located in Queens.

The surrounding

Within a 400-foot radius of 30-75 21 street, PincusCo identified three commercial real estate items of interests occurred over the past 24 months.
One of those three items was a sale which Witnick Real Estate Partners bought the 59,247-square-foot, 65-unit rental (D1) on 30-50 21st Street for $20.7 million from Fairstead on December 5, 2025.
Of those three items, two were loans above $5 million totaling $28.7 million. The most recent of the two was Witnick Real Estate Partners in which borrowed $14.5 million from Webster Bank secured by the 59,247-square-foot, 65-unit rental (D1) on 30-50 21st Street on December 10, 2025.

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