# NEW YORK | LOW-RISE / GENERAL Development News + Construction **URL:** \ **Category:** New York\ **Created:** [June 13, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165 "2014-06-13T20:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/510 "2022-07-10T03:28:30Z")
Woah… the development of Jamaica, Queens is happening at a rapid pace. Can it be the next Downtown Brooklyn?.. maybe in a few years?.. > **[BRP Cos. Secures $378M Construction Loan for Queens Development](https://www.multihousingnews.com/brp-cos-secures-378m-construction-loan-for-queens-development/)** > > Basis Investment Group has joined as a partner on the 715,000-square-foot project. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/8/68cfd5f6a1e007bbb2cc9ceae90c3723eb2aa274.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/1/61dd451bc2016df8ee6f37a3f3e478cd4be83900.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/511 "2022-07-10T19:36:41Z")
The “River Park” development in Cobble Hill, BK is an interesting development that has gone under the radar for quite a while. _Just realized there’s a thread for this project, but interesting to revive this development nonetheless._ [NEW YORK | River Park Brooklyn (LICH Redevelopment) | 475 + 256 + 182 FT | 28 + 19 + 15 FLOORS - #20 by YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-park-brooklyn-lich-redevelopment-475-256-182-ft-28-19-15-floors/3938/20) **The masterplan:** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/f/3fed7f5e7ad336941862dd1f7610cf44a164b768.jpeg) **The former, more generic, masterplan:** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/e/8ef4265af319fad16a1140d16d7f34bb4affabbb.jpeg) **339 Hicks, 28 stories, 2 River Park, which is the tallest tower** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/f/3fed7f5e7ad336941862dd1f7610cf44a164b768.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/4/b4071948f1a3481539b7aeef80d3bb5a7a61daf4.jpeg) **1 River Park** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/9/091b9261bd4ad72fc5df089c463588be3fe267f0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Skyalign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/skyalign/32/128133_2.png) [@Skyalign](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Skyalign)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/512 "2022-07-10T21:33:14Z")
Wow this is moving quickly. I was up there in May and they were just getting started. ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/513 "2022-07-11T02:23:27Z")
News from Harlem… a 10-story state-of-the-art laboratory will be built @ 40 W 137th St [NYCEDC and DOHMH Break Ground On State-Of-The-Art New York City Public Health Laboratory | NYCEDC](https://edc.nyc/press-release/nycedc-and-dohmh-break-ground-state-art-new-york-city-public-health-laboratory) ![NYC_Public_Health_Laboratory_4 image|690x388](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/b/9bd038b0806403d52b7a6a76d9152c8cbb64ea01.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/d/8d4d97549275ec6cc521dd038299cfb420609c2b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/514 "2022-07-12T20:38:41Z")
> **[City Council Approves Edgemere Rezoning](https://therealdeal.com/2022/07/15/city-council-approves-edgemere-rezoning-plan/)** > > The Edgemere rezoning plan could add more than 1,200 housing units to the Queens neighborhood while improving coastal resiliency. ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/515 "2022-07-17T04:14:33Z")
Now someone please tell me why this is only seven stories? Like what? This is such an optimal and prominent location. I’m mad, lol. Could easily be maybe 20 stories. You know what, maybe even 40. [https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/the-life-sciences-sector-blossoms-nyc-see-12-upcoming-projects-metro-becomes-largest-market-country/56101](https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/the-life-sciences-sector-blossoms-nyc-see-12-upcoming-projects-metro-becomes-largest-market-country/56101) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/4/042317dcad24cd30bcb53a6487050da54bfaf4a4.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/3/533bf8b92a1836103342d3482ef85342837f110f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/516 "2022-07-17T04:27:15Z")
There’s a bunch of lowrise junk in that particular area that probably have no air rights. ---
**Author:** ![Shane\_Keena](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/shane_keena/32/77791_2.png) [@Shane\_Keena](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Shane_Keena)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/517 "2022-07-17T04:40:08Z")
See, New York City needs to vastly bulk up its Life Sciences industry when it comes to laboratory and office space. Chicago the same, and Los Angeles as well. NYC should be Number One in the nation outright, and Chicago and Los Angles should follow. Take the initiative, New York. ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/518 "2022-07-17T05:07:09Z")
Well, take a look at how NIMBY’s completely obliterated the two tower Lenox Hill expansion plan. It’ll be a rough road towards initiation as everything is controlled by community NIMBYism. I would’ve loved seeing these high rises on my daily walks. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/4/64fc74610155fcb9503bf81dc83e0480f996ad2f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Shane\_Keena](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/shane_keena/32/77791_2.png) [@Shane\_Keena](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Shane_Keena)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/519 "2022-07-17T05:29:13Z")
Why do towers generate such controversy in Manhattan of all places? Drives me up a freaking wall! ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/520 "2022-07-17T11:21:07Z")
Isn’t Lennox still working on a plan? ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/521 "2022-07-17T16:15:22Z")
Yes but it has been scaled down to something flimsy and lackluster. ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/522 "2022-07-17T16:25:34Z")
Has a new design been released? ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/523 "2022-07-18T00:05:49Z")
No, but there’s a massing diagram showing how bulky and boring it’ll look. Current massing ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/c/ac5d7c82abbe11b049ae4a4ef49d709cbe4b34c7.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/3/e305152cc4b106dc52f8c0bfc18e88129d22b1cc.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/524 "2022-07-18T00:50:01Z")
**“Utopia Living, Pomonok-Flushing, Queens”** Early renderings show 42 and 50-story towers sharing a four-story podium. Each tower would be the tallest in the borough outside of Long Island City, with the taller north tower reaching at least 572 feet. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/3/f324cee9df257f64c886a742c09f7bd68697d98c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/525 "2022-07-18T00:56:30Z")
Hey that’s really close to Newarks new tallest! Good to see big things being built in Queens. ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/526 "2022-07-18T01:00:24Z")
Unfortunately this project went dark ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/527 "2022-07-18T01:01:16Z")
Interesting. When was the last update? ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/528 "2022-07-18T01:03:03Z")
CityRealty (which regurgitates old development news all the time) gave a 2021 update but the last solid information was 2019! ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/529 "2022-07-18T14:51:19Z")
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