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BOA to DRI: Community Case Studies

• f Successful Revitalization

Jamaica, Queens

June 13, 2018

Timeline

• 2004 - Initial Grant Application to BOA

Program with NYS Department of State, however conflicted with timing of city’s rezoning plans

• September 10, 2007 - Jamaica Plan

adopted by NYC Council

• 2007-2010 - Nomination Study

○ Creation of four distinct “Brownfield Sub-Zones” ○ Identification of Station Area sub- zone as having most attractive market conditions for priority redevelopment.

• 2011-2015 - Implementation Strategy
• April 9, 2015 - Formal designation of

Jamaica Brownfield Opportunity Area

DOWNTOWN JAMAICA, pre-2007 THE JAMAICA PLAN - Adopted September 10, 2007

• Marketing Consultant performed “Consumer

Preferences Survey” mailed to 5,000 households, e-mailed to York College students, and offered

• nline. We asked respondents to tell us what

is most important to improve in downtown

• Jamaica. Their top selections included:

■ 86% of all respondents want to clean up the perception of downtown Jamaica.

• Creation of CTIP - “Committee to

Improve Perception” with representatives from city agencies, local stakeholders, elected officials.

■

82% want to see more full service restaurants.

• Hiring of restaurant consultant

■

77% want the downtown to be more walkable and pedestrian-friendly, and 73% want more retail stores.

• Development of marketing plan

Downtown Jamaica - Jamaica Station Area

HILTON GARDEN INN

• Developer: Able Management
• 27 story hotel, 221 guest rooms
• 125,000 SF
• Full service restaurant, rooftop bar,

gym, meeting rooms

• Construction to begin in late 2018,

estimated completion by 2020

MARRIOTT COURTYARD / FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES

• Developer: United Construction and

Development Group Corp.

• 15 story hotel, 338 guest rooms, 46

underground parking spaces ○ 224 room Courtyard (Floors 2-10) and 114 room Fairfield (Floors 11- 15)

• 203,800 SF
• Topped out and currently in

construction, estimated completion by 2019.

THE CROSSING AT JAMAICA STATION

• Developer: BRP Companies
• Two towers at 26 and 14 stories each,

669 mixed-income units, 187 parking spaces, 35,000 SF retail

• Expected LEED Silver Certification
• 737,000 SF
• BRP Companies closed on the property

in 2015.

• Currently in construction, estimated

completion by 2020.

5/4/2018

5/10/2018

6/5/2018

• Developer: Artimus and Phoenix Realty

Group - 52 year ground lease

• Proposed 24 stories, 522 mixed-income

units, 114 space parking garage, 16,000 sf ground floor retail

• 550,000 sf
• Amenities include dog washroom,

screening room, package room, two fitness centers, two childrens playrooms, two lounges, library, computer room, 5th floor outdoor terrace, tenant rooftop terrace.

• Currently in pre-construction,

estimated completion by 2020

“SITE 1B”: 147-07 94TH AVENUE

OTHER RELEVANT PROJECTS

ALVISTA TOWERS

• Adjacent to Site 2
• Developer: Artimus
• 26 stories, 380 mixed-income units, 105

ground floor parking spaces

• 300,000 sf
• Lounge, business center, children’s

playroom, fitness center, outdoor recreation space, rooftop terrace

• Completed in 2018, first tenants moved

in June 2018

HAMPTON INN AND SUITES

• Developer: Ampiera Group
• Sutphin Blvd side: 6 stories, ground

floor retail, office above

• 147th Pl side: 19 story hotel, 181 guest
• rooms. Restaurant, bar, fitness center,

meeting space, and outdoor terrace. 37 cellar level parking spaces

• 206,000 sf
• Currently in construction, estimated

completion by 2020.

SUTPHIN BOULEVARD UNDERPASS

• $12.7 million project began in 2009,

transforming loading dock area into pedestrian-friendly location with lighting over street and sidewalk, upgrades to LIRR infrastructure.

• “Shops at Station Plaza” - 5,600 SF of

retail, including Resorts World Casino bus waiting area. Dunkin Donuts and sandwich shop currently in construction.

JAMAICA SELECTED AS NYC RECIPIENT of DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE In August 2016, Governor Cuomo announced that Jamaica was selected as the winner of the $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative in New York City. Over the next year, a local planning committee, composed of residents and civic leaders, was established in order to guide the community engagement process. Several transformative projects were recommended to provide a holistic approach to the revitalization effort in Downtown Jamaica. The seven projects selected for funding were announced by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in July 2017. The committee identified three primary goals for DRI investment:

• 1. Expand career opportunities and strengthen career pathways
• 2. Activate Downtown through programming and marketing
• 3. Connect major centers of activity

Station Area BOA

The selected projects were awarded: 1. Greater Jamaica Development Corporation Co- Working Space 2. Bring High-Speed Broadband to Downtown Jamaica 3. Conversion of Archer Archways- 159th Street into a Public Space 4. Downtown Jamaica Gateway Improvements 5. Fund for Dining Options Downtown 6. Prime Skills Entrepreneurship Fund 7. Career Pre at Edison High School

JAMAICA DRI