Hero, a Silverback Development project, is transforming a five-story office building into a mixed-use space with 3,600 square feet of retail topped by 109 apartments. The 18-story addition topped out in the summer of 2018 at just over 300 feet. Amenities will include private dining areas, a rooftop terrace, and an outdoor pool. The building, designed by Woods Bagot, has studios to two-bedroom apartments ranging from $660,000 to $1.325 million. Move-ins are expected to begin soon, and full completion is expected this spring.

A massive residential tower, deemed Sven, is rising behind Long Island City’s landmarked clock tower. The Durst Organization purchased the site in December 2016, and is currently building a 710-foot skyscraper designed by Handel Architects. The building will have 958 rentals, of which about 300 will be affordable, with interiors designed by Selldorf Architects. It’s expected to be completed in early 2022.

The Rabsky Group and ODA New York are transforming a parking lot into an 18-story mixed-use building with 196 apartments. The rental building, now called Bevel, topped out in March 2018, and is expected to be completed around March 2020. It will have studios to two-bedroom units ranging from $2,400/month to $4,200/month. Perhaps most notably, the tower features two botanical gardens for residents, which are visible to passersby.

A plan to build two towers at 27-01 and 26-31 Jackson Avenue, which has been in the works since April 2018, has slowly been set into motion. After going through the city’s ULURP process, the Real Deal reported in April 2019 that developers Fetner Properties and Lions Group filed plans to build one of the structures, a 27-story tower at 27-01 Jackson Avenue with 139 units (some which will be affordable) and retail space. According to city records those plans were recently disapproved. Plans for the second tower, at 26-32 Jackson Avenue, haven’t been filed yet, but according to the Real Deal, it will be a 49-story tower with 249 market rate apartments and 112 affordable ones.

A six-story tower designed by Z Architecture is rising at 21-59 44th Drive. City records show that the development will have 20 residential units and 2,672 square feet of retail space. According to Yimby, which reported on new renderings in July 2019, the building is also expected to have recreation spaces and storage facilities.

Inspired by the architecture of Buenos Aires, this eight-story condo, which has a focus on outdoor space, will have 85 studio- to one-bedroom apartments. Sales launched in 2018, with condos asking from mid-$500,000s to $3 million. The project is being developed by SK Development, CB Developers, and Ironstate, and co-designed by Argentinian firm Dieguez Fridman Arquitectos & Asociados and Beyer Blinder Belle. Sales and marketing are being handled by Modern Spaces, and construction is expected to fully wrap by the end of 2020. According to the developers, 80 percent fo the project has been sold.

Plans to convert Long Island City’s old Paragon Paint Factory into a series of three SHoP Architects-designed buildings that will rise eight, 14, and 28 stories, have been in the works since 2015. The project, which would bring a total of 296 apartments to the neighborhood, was proposed by Simon Baron Development (which bought the site in 2013) alongside Quadrum Global and CRE Development. Rather than razing the factory, developers said in 2015 they would incorporate it into the base of one of the towers. No recent permits have been filed with the city, but the developer’s website says the construction site is being remediated for future development.

GDC Properties is reshaping a portion of the block between 45th Road, 11th Street, and 46th Avenue, into 38 two-family townhouses designed by Newman Design that are marketed as catering to young families. Each of the four-story homes will be divided into two rentals with lower level duplexes that offers finished basements and private backyards; the upper duplexes will include a penthouse level with a roof deck and Astroturf faux-lawn. The majority of the apartments are three-bedrooms and range from 1,900 to 2,300 square feet. Rent is expected to run around $7,000/month. Leasing, which Modern Spaces is handling, is expected to launch in the spring of 2020, according to the developers.

In April 2016, developer Circle F Capital announced plans to bring a relatively small condo building to Long Island City, across from the 5 Pointz site. The 11-story building will have 70 condos, all with private outdoor spaces, and interiors designed by Andres Escobar. The Serhant Team at Nest Seekers will be handling sales. Plans also call for three retail spaces on the ground floor. Construction began in August 2017 and is expected to wrap up the winter of 2020.

This one-story brick building was demolished for a four-story, 12-apartment building deemed Greystone, at the behest of Rising Developers Group. The building’s amenities will include bike storage, a gym, and a rooftop. Units available right now on the project’s website range from $895,000 to $1.985 million. Douglas Elliman is handling sales.

The second phase of the Hunter’s Point South megaproject is well underway, with some projects completed and several others making swift progress. Back in June 2018, a 5.5-acre park park debuted in the neighborhood’s waterfront. In March 2019, Gotham and RiseBoro Community Partnership Inc. filed plans with the city to build two towers at the intersection of 57th Avenue and 2nd Street; and in April 2019, TF Cornerstone broke ground on its two rental towers that will sit near Center Boulevard and 49th Street. TF Cornerstone’s development will also include a large, publicly accessible park and a K-8 school.

In March 2017, NG Architects filed plans with the city’s Department of Buildings to bring 10 new apartments to this Hunters Point site. YIMBY first reported on the new five-story building, developed by FSA Capital, which will also include 11,328 square feet of retail. According to city records, the building received a permit in August 2019 and is currently under construction.

This project near the Long Island City LIRR stop will include two five-story buildings that will sit side by side at 5-18 and 5-20 51st Avenue. Plans were filed in the summer of 2015, but the DOB didn’t approve them until early 2017. Both buildings are being designed by Isaac & Stern Architects and will come with three apartments each. According to city records, they’re still under construction.

Skyline Tower, the tallest skyscraper in Queens, topped out in October 2019 at 778 feet. Designed by Hill West Architects with interiors by Whitehall Interiors, the 67-story tower will have 802 studio to four-bedroom apartments with “unparalleled” skyline views and all of the typical luxury amenities like a fitness center, pool, and communal terrace. Apartments range from $640,000 to $2.365 million, and sales are handled by Modern Spaces. Move-ins are expected to begin at the end of 2020. The building—developed by Risland Holdings LLC, FSA Capital, and United Construction & Development Group—broke a record for having the highest projected sellout in Queens at $1.067 billion.

A new development at 47-27 5th Street, deemed 8 on 5th, is expected to launch sales this year. It will have nine one- to two-bedroom apartments, designed by JWC Architect. Modern Spaces will handle the project’s sales.

Two towers, part of the Hunters Point South megaproject’s second phase, at the intersection of 57th Avenue and 2nd Street, have recently begun construction. Back in March 2019, developers Gotham and RiseBoro Community Partnership Inc. filed permits to build a 57-story tower at 1-15 57th Avenue with 689 apartments; and a 33-story structure at 57-28 2nd Street with 443 residential units. Both towers were designed by Handel Architects.