More condo buyer promotions in Long Island City; random linkage

Floating dock for the LIC Boathouse, Anable Basin, Long Island City

Long Island City developments continue to offer buyer promotions. The latest is Toll’s Brothers 5SL, who has announced a “Limited-Time Presidents’ Week Special”: Upgrade & Customize Your 5SL Condominium for $1.

In a reversal of the usual, an industrial factory building in Long Island City is being converted into a film production studio. Interesting news considering the latest scoop on television production in NYC, but nice to see light industry being maintained instead of just another blind condo conversion.

• 5SL jumps on the buyer gimmicks bandwagon [Press Release]

• LIC factory being converted into a movie studio [Daily News]

• Major beer distributor leaving LIC for greener pastures…Red Hook [Daily News]

• LIC office market sluggish…you don’t say [Real Deal]

• City can recover from financial crisis, LICBDC told [Queens Gazette]

• Hour Children in LIC [Queens Chronicle]

• Silvercup & Kauffman studios sweating the tax cut [YourNabe]

• Queens Gazette originated out of Dutch Kills [Queens Gazette]

• LIC business creates green roofs for the city [Daily News]

• What’s middle income in NYC? [Daily News]

• Filming in the streets of Queens [YourNabe]

• LIC inspires Urban Warrior fashion collection of former Project Runway finalist [Newsday]