Robert Guo files plans for 91 units in Maspeth

Robert Guo submitted a new building construction project for a 91-unit, 91,404-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 70-20 Queens Boulevard in Maspeth, Queens. The plan was filed on May 18, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 145-foot-tall, fifteen-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q01389162. The project is described in the filing as: filing 15-story mixed-use building with commercial and community facilities. The applicant is the Registered Architect Angelo Ng of Angelo Ng + Anthony Ng Architects S.

The plans call for a car dealership on the first floor, a daycare and outdoor recreational space on the second floor, and apartments on floors two to 15.

Fei Guo purchased this parcel in 2022 for $5.9 million.

70-20 Queens Boulevard

The neighborhood

In Maspeth, The majority, or 73 percent of the 22.3 million square feet of commercial built space are industrial buildings, with specialty buildings next occupying 8 percent of the space. In sales, Maspeth has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $327.9 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 6th highest in Queens. For development, Maspeth has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 25th highest in Queens. It had 262,763 square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 1 percent of the neighborhood’s built space.

The block

On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of four of the nine commercial properties representing 7,258 square feet of the 16,868 square feet. The two identified owners are Fei Guo and Sh Chang Family Irrevocable Trust.
On the tax block, there were three new building construction projects totaling 213,774 square feet. The largest is a 74,449 square-foot educational (E) building submitted by Mount Sinai Properties and filed by Gadi Benhamo with plans filed May 15, 2019 and it has not been permitted yet. The second largest is a 71,042 square-foot educational (E) building submitted by Mount Sinai Properties and filed by Gadi Benhamo with plans filed February 26, 2020 and it has not been permitted yet.

The Owner

The PincusCo database currently indicates that Fei Guo owned at least five commercial properties with one residential unit in New York City with 38,432 square feet and a city-determined market value of $5 million. (Market value is typically about 50% of actual value.) The portfolio has $23.2 million in debt, borrowed from Cathay Bank. Within the portfolio, the bulk, or 49 percent of the 38,432 square feet of built space are O5 properties, with retail properties next occupying 31 percent of the space. They are all located in Queens.

The surrounding

Within a 400-foot radius of 70-20 queens boulevard, PincusCo identified one commercial real estate item of interests occurred over the past 24 months.
It was a loan which Ching Lam and Jia Xin Chen borrowed $5.3 million from Golden Bridge Funding secured by the 108,441-square-foot, 94-unit rental (D6) on 70-33 Queens Boulevard and one other property on March 18, 2025.

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