The Durst Organization has broken ground on Halletts Point project in Queens. The $1.5 billion development will incorporate more than 2,400 rental apartments, including five waterfront multifamily high-rise residential buildings, plus two new multifamily residential buildings on the Astoria Houses campus. Twenty percent of the units in the project will be earmarked for affordable housing. The community will also feature 65,000 square feet of retail and community facility space, provide job training for residents and include a supermarket, as well as a K-8 public school. The development’s first phase will open in 2018 and include 405 residential units. Dattner Architects is doing the design of the overall project which is slated for completion in the next five years.
