30-25 Queens Boulevard / 29-10 Northern Boulevard
When it comes to open lots in Long Island City’s booming Court Square - Queensboro Plaza district, the question is not if they will be redeveloped, but when, how tall the future tower will rise, and what kind of occupants it will attract. One such site in development limbo is 30-25 Queens Boulevard at the eastern end of Queens Plaza, where current zoning allows for a mixed-use skyscraper measuring approximately 420,000 square feet.
New permit activity suggests that construction is set to resume. In 2019, just before the onset of the pandemic, Modern Spaces launched marketing to sell the vacant lot under a tentative name of QPX. The project is now being developed by LargaVista in a joint venture with Baron Property Group. While building permits were approved in 2021, work at the 25,177-square-foot site stalled after initial excavation and pile driving.
Rendering looking east down Queens Plaza North | NYC DOB approved zoning diagram depicting a tower 525 feet tall
QPX at 30-25 Queens Boulevard. Credit: Modern Spaces
Permits show the tower will rise 46 stories and reach 525 feet, making it one of the 15 tallest buildings in the neighborhood. According to LargaVista’s website, the development will include 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and 565 residential units (likely rentals), —169 of which will be designated affordable housing.
Renderings on the developer’s site match drawings approved by the city’s Department of Buildings. Designed by the prolific firm CetraRuddy, the tower appears sleek and sculptural, with a strong vertical rhythm that may help distinguish it within the increasingly crowded Long Island City skyline. While the design includes a reflective glass curtain wall, a look too common with many nearby towers, its copper-toned fins may provide some warmth and contrast.
The unit mix will comprise efficient studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments. In line with other large-scale LIC rental developments, the amenity package will be extensive: a basketball court, pickleball court, outdoor grills, fitness center, meditation studio, game room, co-working lounge, and a private rooftop pool 500 feet above ground.
Expected west-facing views from 30-25 Queens Boulevard.
The site is essentially parallel to Billionaires' Row in Manhattan
Despite the expanding skyline, 30-25 Queens Boulevard will retain uninterrupted views of the Queensboro Bridge due to its strategic location at the foot of Queens Plaza.
Occupancy was originally scheduled for June 2026, though an opening in 2027 or after appears more likely.
Occupancy was originally scheduled for June 2026, though an opening in 2027 or after appears more likely.
The site of 30-25 Queens Boulevard as of May 16, 2025 (CityRealty)
Before the ongoing construction boom, much of central Long Island City consisted of parking lots, dilapidated buildings, and other marginal commercial and industrial space. The LargaVista site, formerly home to a gas station, a commercial townhouse, and a vacant lot, was similarly underutilized despite sitting at one of Queens’ most critical junctions: where Jackson Avenue, Queens Boulevard, Northern Boulevard, and Queens Plaza converge at the base of the Queensboro Bridge. Even as shiny new towers began to rise all around in recent years, the fenced-in lot sat fallow (aside from a temporary parking lot), as owners evidently bided their time in anticipation of rising land values and for the effects of the pandemic to subside.
Long Island City. Credit: Modern Spaces
Dutch Kills Green, with the space for QPX in the center. Credit: Modern Spaces
For a better look at development possibilities, we ought to look at the site's neighbors. A decade ago, a formerly desolate parking lot at Queens Plaza’s eastern terminus has transformed into tree-lined Dutch Kills Green. Today the Green is ringed by the Aurora, an angled, 30-story glass-and-concrete slab with 132 rental units above a hotel, completed in 2016; the above-mentioned JACX office development; the freshly-minted skyscrapers at One, Two, and Three Jackson Park, three glass slabs with over 1,800 rental units enclose a private park; the 43-story,467-unit ALTA LIC rental next to the QPX site; and the 67-story, concave-glass Sven LIC behind the landmarked clock tower of the Bank of Manhattan.
Over the past several years, Long Island City has added thousands of new apartments, with many more on the way thanks to ongoing rezoning efforts. The neighborhood has also seen a sharp uptick in restaurants, bars, and shops—bringing new life and pedestrian energy to previously overlooked blocks.
This tower and future developments will capitalize on LIC’s key advantages of multiple subway lines, a 5- to 10-minute commute to Midtown, direct access to the Queensboro Bridge, and favorable zoning that allows for unusually tall and dense construction. LargaVista's project offers prime transit access as its directly adjacent to the Queens Plaza station (served by the E, M, and R trains) and just two blocks from the Queensboro Plaza station (served by the 7, N, and W lines).
The local bouquet of mixed-use buildings offers not only fodder for real estate discourse and speculation, but also the very tangible benefit of creating a vibrant, round-the-clock community where residents arrive as office workers file out, and hotel-staying visitors add further urban spice. Furthermore, the QPX site faces the massive Sunnyside Rail Yard, where city agencies envision capping with a deck and a new neighborhood several times larger in land area than Hudson Yards.
Conceptual renderings of the 30-25 Queens Boulevard, formerly known as QPX | Credit: Modern Spaces
QPX at 30-25 Queens Boulevard. Credit: Modern Spaces
View from QPX at 30-25 Queens Boulevard. Credit: Modern Spaces
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