Related, Sterling Equities, file plans for 221-unit building in Willets Point, 3rd project filed

Related Companies and Sterling Equities through the entity Queens Development Group, LLC, submitted a new building construction project for a 221-unit, 167,651 square-foot residential (R-2) building at 38-02 126th Lane in Willets Point, Queens. The plan was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings on February 5, 2024 under job number Q00995866. It calls for the construction of a 12-story building. The project is described in the filing as: construction of a new 12-story affordable housing building as per plans filed herewith.

The architect is S9 Architecture.

Related Companies, in partnership with Sterling Equities, submitted two new building plans at 126-43 39th Avenue and 126-55 39th Avenue with a total of 881 residential units as part of a long-planned master development in Willets Point, Queens.

The block

On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of six of the 35 commercial properties representing 109,200 square feet of the 246,205 square feet. The largest owner is LIRR, followed by Neil G. Soni and then NYC Department Of Housing Preservation And Development. On the tax block, there were three new building construction projects totaling 1,017,884 square feet. The largest is a 534-unit, 521,402 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Related Companies and filed by Frank Monterisi with plans filed November 3, 2022 and permitted November 8, 2023. The second largest is a 347-unit, 328,831 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Related Companies and filed by Frank Monterisi with plans filed November 3, 2022 and permitted November 13, 2023.

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