Developer George Kaufman, Also Head of Kaufman Astoria Studios, Dies
George Kaufman, the chairman of both generational property owner Kaufman Organization and production studio Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, died on Tuesday. He was 89 and less than a month away from...
View ArticleNew York’s Film Studios Are Ready for Their Closeup
As Hal Rosenbluth tells it, it was the 59th Street Bridge that was the problem. It was the 1980s and, after years of neglect, Kaufman Astoria Studios had been restored to its former glory as a filming...
View ArticleKaufman Astoria Studios Builds New Soundstages and Office Space
When Kaufman Astoria Studios decided to expand its landmarked 1920s campus in western Queens, it wanted to build something that could serve as a sound stage and office space, even for companies that...
View ArticleFilm Studios Stage a Coronavirus Comeback
Picture this. After a long and lonely day of social distancing, you plop down on the couch to unwind with your favorite television show. But, on screen, a curious thing has happened. The steamy love...
View ArticleKaufman, Silverstein and Bedrock Unveil $2B Mixed-Use Development in Astoria
A five-block stretch of Astoria, Queens, filled with parking lots and one-story factory buildings, is being eyed for redevelopment into a 2.7-million-square-foot mixed-use project. Developers Kaufman...
View ArticleSunday Summary: Let’s Try That Again
“What’s done cannot be undone,” declared a resigned, guilt-addled Lady Macbeth late in the Scottish play (a.k.a. “Macbeth”) as she hurtled into a final spasm of spot-treating madness. If only David...
View ArticleBrooklyn and Queens Developers Consider a Pandemic Market
Employees may be nervous about coming back to the office, but the Brooklyn and Queens commercial real estate markets will rebound despite the pandemic, outer-borough developers and brokers argued...
View ArticleApple TV+ Soundstage to Open at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens
Apple will open a soundstage for its streaming service, Apple TV+, at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens. The tech giant signed a lease for 90,000 square feet in the recently built, six-story building...
View ArticleSunday Summary: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like REBNY
The chill of the January air reminds the New York real estate-trained mind of one thing: the New York Hilton Hotel, and the Real Estate Board of New York’s annual gala. Alas, the pandemic put it on ice...
View ArticleKaufman Astoria Studios Bidders Vie for Prime Queens Site
At least two bidders have started to try to buy Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens as studio spaces see a boom in demand during the coronavirus pandemic. Hudson Pacific Properties is vying against a...
View ArticleHackman and Square Mile Buy Kaufman Astoria Studios
Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management have acquired Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens after vying against Hudson Pacific Properties for the property. While the two buyers did not...
View ArticleSunday Summary: Channeling Our Inner-Inigo Montoya
Remember in the movie “The Princess Bride” when the evil Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) fails in his repeated attempts to kill the Man in Black, a.k.a., Dread Pirate Roberts, a.k.a., Westley (Cary Elwes) and...
View ArticleInnovation QNS Development Gets Nod From City Planning Commission
The New York City Planning Commission approved plans for a 2.7 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Astoria, Queens, dubbed Innovation QNS, even after the project was shot down by the borough...
View ArticleKey Council Subcommittee Approves a More Affordable Innovation QNS
The New York City Council’s zoning subcommittee unanimously greenlit Innovation QNS Thursday morning, pushing Queens’ largest new development in decades through the final piece of the land use process...
View ArticleCity Council Approves Astoria Megaproject Innovation QNS
The New York City Council has overwhelmingly approved a controversial rezoning for a project that will reshape Astoria, Queens, bringing 3,200 apartments, retail and new public open space to an...
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