Murano Condo development rendering, Borden Ave @ 5th St, LIC

Spring brings a whole new color palette to winter’s dreary canvas, and our little Long Island City is getting a generous blast of Technicolor at the waterfront. A condo development formerly known as ‘The Prism’, and now officially dubbed ‘The Murano’, is clearly trying to distinguish themselves from the herd by featuring a ‘lightclock’, which will emit colored light out of a break in the middle of the building. The fun doesn’t stop there, as the light will change color on the hour, every hour. Yeah.

Marketed by The Developers Group, this 81 unit condo building with a curtain wall, is now online.

There’s really not much else to report with this. As a buyer’s beware »

Hunters Point South as it is today, Long Island City. — photo credit

“The City Council approved the Hunters Point South project today, which will turn a 30-acre waterfront site in Long Island City, Queens into a neighborhood filled with affordable housing, by a vote of 45 to 0. Hunters Point South will be the largest affordable housing development in the city since Starrett City opened in 1974. The project will include »

Prism Condos, Borden Ave, LIC

Broker blogger Andrew Fine has the scoop on the building quietly (haha) going up next to One Hunters Point on Borden Ave, between Vernon & 5th St. Facing the LIRR Railyard.

“”The Prism” (working name for now), an 81 unit condo building, will rise 125 feet on Borden Avenue between 5th Street and Vernon. This no ordinary condo comes with a 24 hour color light clock. As you can see from the rendering »