Construction on a major mixed-use development in Flushing has recently reached a significant milestone.
Construction on Union Center, a 16-story mixed-use building at 37-16 Union St. in Flushing, has reached street level. This transformative development, which will combine office, retail, and community spaces, is making steady progress, with the superstructure expected to begin rising in the coming weeks.
The building will be 189 feet tall and cover 207,239 square feet when completed. Class A office space will comprise 133,000 square feet, and retail will account for another 5,000 square feet on the ground floor. There will also be community facility space, a 48-foot-long rear yard, and 142 enclosed valet parking spaces across three cellar levels.
The construction workers are pouring the ground-floor slab for the structure. Broad sections of exposed steel rebar are waiting to be encased. Additionally, an excavator is almost done unearthing the site’s last sections within the fenced-in building blueprint. Based on this progress, the superstructure should begin to rise in the coming weeks.
According to the building’s renderings, the building will rise from a multi-story podium covered in gray metal paneling and floor-to-ceiling glass. The setback will feature a landscaped terrace. The building will rise with a sleek glass curtain wall featuring an inward taper on the last four stories. On the 16th floor, the top level will have a roof terrace for office tenants at the northeast corner. Expansive retail frontage will be found on the ground floor, along with a garage entrance at the northern end along Union Street.
Raymond Chan Architect designed Union Center, while the real estate agency Lions Group NYC developed it. Interior design of the building is being headed by Paris Forino, Inc. Marketing and leasing for spaces in the future building are being handled by B Square Realty and the Barbie Li Real Estate Team. Construction of Union Center is expected to be completed in the winter of 2025.
The property, located on an interior lot facing the intersection of Union Street and 38th Avenue, is owned by ZL Macedonia LLC. Prior to the beginning of construction work, 37-16 Union St. had a low-rise structure that housed the Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church. That structure was demolished in 2021.
