Shibber Khan’s Criterion Group buys additional stake in its LIC development site for $18M

Shibber Khan’s Criterion Group through the entity Sylhet Khan LLC paid Vadim Lubianitsky, as sole trustee of a Queens trust, $18.4 million for an interest in the development site at 31-08 Northern Boulevard, 31-16 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. The deal closed on November 5, 2019, and was recorded on November 14, 2019. The transaction consists of 5 parcels, including the tax class one-story, fireproof or semi-fireproof, garage (G2).
Khan filed plans with the Department of Buildings to build a large self-storage facility there. The last time the property sold was April 27, 2015, when the Criterion Group purchased it for $40,000,000.

Over the past five years, there have been 4 NYC Department of Buildings permit applications filed for this parcel valued at more than $20,000. There were 2 renovation/alteration projects (A2) applied for with a total estimated value of $85,000.There has been one new building permit application totaling 248,681 square feet. There has been one demolition project filed for the parcels over the past five years.
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