BRP, Wharton Win Mixed-Income Development Rights With 70K SF Retail In Jamaica
A new joint venture has formed to develop a mixed-income housing property in Jamaica, Queens.
The Greater Jamaica Development Corp. selected BRP and Wharton Properties to build a 300-unit project at 90-02 168th St., currently a parking lot north of Jamaica Avenue. The buildings will total 500K SF, including 70K SF of retail, and are scheduled to break ground in the second half of 2018.
The property is one block north of another mixed-income development, a former NYPD parking garage that Omni is redeveloping into a 450K SF mixed-use building with over 350 affordable units at 92-33 168th St. That project is slated to complete in 2019. Both projects are happening east of the primary wave of development in Jamaica, centered around the AirTrain station.
Right by the station, BRP is developing an even larger mixed-income property to be called The Crossing at Jamaica Station, also scheduled to finish in 2019. With the 669 units planned there, BRP is adding nearly 1,000 apartments to one neighborhood over a period of just a few years.
