Long-time industrial owner seeks zoning change to build 381 units in Flushing

The long-time property owner Kingsland Group LLC, led by Liang Shou Chen, submitted a Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) application April 22, 2026, to upzone several tax lots in order to create a two-tower, mixed-use development with a total of 381 units in Flushing, Queens. As many as 115 units would be permanently affordable, the application says.

The two towers would rise on either side of Bud Place, between 36th Avenue on the north and 36th Road on the south. One on the western side with an approximate address of 36-12 Bud Place is Site One (Block 4968, Lots 21-24, 33 & 35). On the eastern side with an approximate address of 36-09 Bud Place is Site Two (Block 4969, Lots 1, 4 & 6).

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The applicant is seeking a series of major land use actions to facilitate the Bud Place Rezoning, a project designed to bridge the gap between the bustling Downtown Flushing commercial core and the newly established Special Flushing Waterfront District, according to the filing.

Chen bought one of the nine development tax lots, 36-12 Bud Place, in December 2003, for $3 million. The other eight properties show various owners.

The development blueprint centers on two 10-story buildings situated on opposite sides of Bud Place, which currently serves as a dividing line for a collection of low-rise warehouses, lumber storage yards, and vacant lots.

Site One is planned as an 181,713-square-foot building featuring 214 dwelling units and 30,106 square feet of commercial space. Directly across the street, Site Two is set to house 167 dwelling units and 20,499 square feet of ground-floor retail within a 141,783-square-foot envelope.

Both towers will rise to a height of 115 feet, a scale the applicant argues is contextually appropriate given the 14-story towers already dotting the skyline to the south and east.

To realize this plan, Kingsland Group is requesting a zoning map amendment to change the current M1-1 light manufacturing designation to a C4-4A regional commercial district. This change would affect three tax blocks bounded by College Point Boulevard, 36th Avenue, 36th Road, and Prince Street.

In addition, the application includes a zoning text amendment to map Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) areas under Options 1 and 2. This would mandate that a significant portion of the residential floor area be reserved for permanently affordable housing, with the developer anticipating the delivery of between 96 and 115 affordable units depending on the final option selected during the discretionary review process.

Beyond the added density, the Bud Place project emphasizes the public realm in an area historically dominated by industrial legacy warehouses that inhibit foot traffic. The plan includes a 3,000-square-foot publicly accessible pocket park at the intersection of 36th Avenue and Prince Street, alongside approximately 25,000 square feet of private outdoor space for residents.

The neighborhood

In Flushing, The bulk, or 45 percent of the 37.7 million square feet of commercial built space are elevator buildings, with specialty buildings next occupying 20 percent of the space. In sales, Flushing has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $741.2 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 3rd highest in Queens. For development, Flushing has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 4th highest in Queens. It had 2.9 million square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 8 percent of the neighborhood’s built space.

The block

There are no active new building construction projects on this tax block.

The surrounding

Within a 400-foot radius of 133-33 36 Road, PincusCo identified seven commercial real estate items of interests occurred over the past 24 months. Of those seven items, one was for major renovation including a certificate of occupancy change. It was a permit application filed on November 14, 2025 for the $274,300 renovation of 8,154-square-foot residential (R-2) building with six residential units at 36-45 Prince Street. One of those seven items was a sale which Ravinder Chopra and Yuvraj Chopra bought the 12,841-square-foot, one-unit hotel (H3) on 133-43 37th Avenue and one other property for $14.5 million from Nicholas Ryan Huang on February 10, 2026. Of those seven items, five were loans above $5 million totaling $101.5 million. The most recent of the five was Still Around LLC in which borrowed $6.5 million from Preferred Bank secured by the 10,750-square-foot, one-unit industrial (E9) on 36-25 College Point Blvd and one other property on April 7, 2026.

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