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[chris08876]

Permits Filed For 32-Story Tower At 61-10 Junction Boulevard In Rego Park, Queens

Permits have been filed for a 32-story mixed-use residential tower at 61-10 Junction Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens. Located near the intersection of Junction Boulevard and Long Island Expressway, the interior lot is within walking distance of the 63rd Drive-Rego Park subway station, serviced by the E, M, and R trains. Barry Langer of Vornado Realty Trust is listed as the owner behind the applications.

The proposed 330-foot-tall development will yield 540790 square feet, with 478,366 square feet designated for residential space, 61,035 square feet for commercial space, and 1,389 square feet for community facility space. The building will have 573 residences, most likely rentals based on the average unit scope of 835 square feet. The concrete-based structure will also have a 30-foot-long rear yard, four berths, and 686 enclosed parking spaces.

SLCE Architects is listed as the architect of record.

Demolition permits have not been filed yet for the parking lot on the site. An estimated completion date has not been announced.

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[Busy Bee]

Love outer Queens highrises. The borough should see dozens of these.

[NYguy]

https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/05...s-dev-site-for-70m-15-off-initial-price/

Vornado sells Queens dev site for $70M — 15% off initial price
Chris Xu buys Rego Park property






MAY 25, 2023
By Rich Bockmann

Vornado sold its Rego Park development site for a sizable discount as the REIT unloads assets in an inhospitable sales market.

The Steve Roth-led company sold the site at 93-30 93rd Street in Rego Park for about $70 million to Queens developer Chris Jiashu Xu, sources told The Real Deal. Traded NY first reported news of the sale.

Xu, the founder of United Construction and Development Group, is the developer of the tallest building in Queens, the 67-story Skyline Tower in Long Island City. He could be planning another condominium project on the Rego Park site, as developers have all but stopped building rental housing on sites that do not qualify for 421a.

His newest purchase is next to Vornado’s Rego Center shopping mall and across the street from the 312-unit Alexander apartment building the company developed in 2015. It holds about 670,000 square feet of development rights.

[NYguy]

Probably 1 or 2 apartment towers mixed with some retail. Some context of the area...

[Crawford]

If they combined all that space in a single tower, Rego Park could get a massive apartment spire.

I'm hoping he goes really tall, like with his project in LIC. I don't believe there are height limits, and the views would be incredible. I have a friend in a highrise in Forest Hills, not too far from here, and the views of Manhattan are amazing.

[NYguy]

Even building just as of right, a single tower there would be huge. It wouldn't take a lot of height to stand out. Then factor in it would probably be built above a parking podium as well.

His newest purchase is next to Vornado’s Rego Center shopping mall and across the street from the 312-unit Alexander apartment building the company developed in 2015. It holds about 670,000 square feet of development rights.

[Busy Bee]

I don't want to see significant height this far out. Not only that I don't think the FAA would even permit it this close to LGA. Aside from that a likely height limit, I dont see why any developer would cram all the developable space into a single tower on a large site like this. LIC makes sense to go tall, here a cluster of 20-25-30 floor towers is better. I'd take the latter anyday at a site like this.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

I don't want to see significant height this far out. Not only that I don't think the FAA would even permit it this close to LGA. Aside from that a likely height limit, I dont see why any developer would cram all the developable space into a single tower on a large site like this. LIC makes sense to go tall, here a cluster of 20-25-30 floor towers is better. I'd take the latter anyday at a site like this.

Even two towers on this site could produce 400 ft or so, more than enough to stand out. Here's a proposal much closer to LaGuardia that's around that height...
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9290649


It's an irregularly shaped lot, and would likely contain a significant amount of retail on site, with open floorplates. I see at most, two towers given the configuration. It's next to a park, so that could factor in the plans.

[NYguy]

3 towers…

When complete, the buildings will contain up to 706 apartments, an unspecified collection of amenity spaces, 200,000 square feet of commercial space, and 806 parking spaces. Each building will also feature a reflective glass curtain wall, glass enclosed balconies, and a simple concrete cornice.

https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/06/renderi...-30-93rd-street-in-rego-park-queens.html

[NYguy]

https://www.pincusco.com/united-construc...00-units-in-two-tower-rego-park-project/

United Construction & Development files plans for more than 600 units in two-tower Rego Park project





August 8, 2025

[NYguy]

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estat...ns-two-mixed-use-towers-rego-park-queens

Rego Park to get two-tower, 630-unit residential development


JULIANNE CUBA
August 11, 2025

The developer behind the current tallest building in Queens is planning a pair of mixed-use towers in Rego Park, records show.

Chris (Jia Shu) Xu, founder and president of United Construction & Development, based in Corona, filed permits with the Department of Buildings last week to erect one 22-story building and an adjacent 28-story property, with a total of 630 dwelling units between them, at 61-06 Junction Blvd., records show.

The proposed buildings would rise on what's currently a vacant lot, spanning about 139,000 square feet, between Horace Harding Expressway and 62nd Drive. United Construction purchased the lot, which has an alternate address listed as 93-30 93rd St., two years ago for $71.1 million from Vornado Realty Trust, according to a deed from that time. The area is already zoned to allow for high-density residential buildings, records show.

Indeed, the two adjacent towers, whose lobbies would likely connect, would contain a total of 660,029 square feet, including 70,468 square feet of commercial space, 475,925 square feet of residential space and 113,636 square feet of space for a community facility, records show.

[Busy Bee]

Kinda what I think we expected. Hopefully the architecture and materials are good. I sure hope that interior "park" (what's the story here?) won't be surrounded by blank walls... Surely not...