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A new restaurant called Madame Jade is coming into the former Crabhouse site at 2-03 Borden Avenue in Long Island City. Or maybe it’s a new theme as [Read more…] about MADAME JADE BRINGING ASIAN FUSION TO EX CRABHOUSE IN LIC
ONE million square feet of office space is up for lease in the Citi Building in Court Square as Citigroup consolidates according to the New York Post. That’s a lot I think. In addition, YIMBY revealed that a 24-story spec ((as in speculative, as in being built on spec that they can fill it, as in they have no tenants currently lined up, as in it’s a total crapshoot, as in it must be getting built using OPM)) office building containing 400k sq. ft. is coming to Queens Plaza South. Ahh, 24 stories, that’s a lot easier to comprehend spacially – but I’m glad they also supplied a picture. As for the Citi building, a million square feet is roughly 2/3 of the tower. Yeah, a lot.
In order to attract commercial tenant(s), the owner of the Citi building plans on transforming the 5-story retail “atrium” to [Read more…] about NEW FOOD HALLS AND LOTS OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN LIC
THE red trim at 46-18 Vernon Boulevard reveals that the new restaurant coming to this corner will be called Dai Hachi. [Read more…] about DAI HACHI COMING TO VERNON BOULEVARD IN LIC
LIKE clockwork the Mets have reached the cellar of the NL East so summer is officially in full-swing. Thus summer hours have kicked in here at the newsroom and the interns are doing all the work. As The Editor, I [Read more…] about SUMMER SLUMP IN LIC
There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow,
There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow,
The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye,
An’ it looks like its climbin’ clear up to the sky
For the first couple of years of its existence, LICtalk would offer it’s financial predictions on every type of building in Long Island City in an annual post entitled “Real E-State of The Union 20–” Since the last one in 2015, one could extrapolate the projections and pretty much end up where things are currently. In light of some recent developments I’m going to cut to the chase and talk about what readers care most about: condos and rentals. Or maybe it’s condo or rental? [Read more…] about GLUT, TAXES, AND MASSIVE CONDO TOWER GETS GO AHEAD IN LIC