Long Island City real estate update; the usual suspects

Murano Condo, Borden Ave, Long Island City

The luminescent Murano’s colorful lobby lights are still putting on a show on Borden Ave, but now they have to compete with the picturesque reflections of blue clouds and sky on the condo’s super-glassy facade. Of course, we’re holding our breath for the still-to-come moat-like “urban lake”, and the impending infamous lightclock.

10-17 Jackson Condo, Vernon Blvd & Jackson Ave, Long Island City

10-17 Jackson’s developers are still polishing off the details down on Vernon/Jackson. There’s a lot going on there – silvery-white tiles, aluminum screens, tons of windows and vertical lines, balconies sticking out everywhere, the “prow” on top.. Yeah. Still no word about whether they’ll go rental or condo, and we’re also wondering about the ground floor retail that has supposedly already filed for a liquor license.

Linea, 44th Drive between 21st & 23rd Streets, Long Island City

The Linea, which was once a big gray box, is now.. A big purple-ish/burgundy box. The straightforward brick facade is set off by the color – it stands out even more when the sun hits it – and windows are being added day by day. No word on ground floor retail or anything else on this pretty much mysterious building. It’s just another one of those surviving developments that is continuously being worked on.

Piano Factory Condos & East River Tower, Hallets Cove, LIC/Astoria

And now back to our near-Astorian neighbors over in Hallets Cove. After we did a little real estate update on the area, Curbed reported that the “king of the Astoria skyline,” the East River Tower, recently had its prices chopped – but only by about 10% according to StreetEasy. Coincidentally, the active listings for the nearby Piano Factory Loft Condos have also disappeared from StreetEasy. Hmm..