Old building to be knocked down for Rockrose Tower, Courthouse Sq, LIC
Walking around Courthouse Square this morning with a fellow LIC real estate obsessive, liQcity learned that this beautiful old building (along with the gigantic, adjacent parking lot behind it) at the corner of 44th Rd and Crescent St, right next to the United Nations Federal Credit Union, is being torn down to make way for a 42 story, 704 unit Rockrose rental building. Nice that it’s rentals - wish the price was as nice. Super lux apartments with fancy trimmings (expect any less?) - studios start at $2100/mo.
They’ll be knocking this building down and breaking ground in the spring. Supposedly there is one guy left living there, whose days are obviously numbered.
Incidentally, Rockrose also owns the triangular development site across the street as well. If anyone knows what’s going there, feel free to send us the scoop.
- A shot of the UN building construction in Spring 2006 [liQcity Flickr]
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