{"id":191035,"date":"2026-04-09T16:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191035\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:18:30","slug":"vaya-development-plans-285-unit-residential-building-in-queens-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191035\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaya Development Plans 285-Unit Residential Building in Queens \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/vaya-development\/\" title=\"Vaya Development\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vaya Development<\/a>, a new construction and preservation-focused development company, has filed plans to build a 285-unit, 290,561-square-foot residential building at 164-02 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plans were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings on April 6 and call for a 28-story mixed-use building on the property, which currently holds a two-story commercial building. PincusCo first reported <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pincusco.com\/vaya-development-files-plans-for-285-units-in-jamaica\/\">the filing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/04\/la-calif-downtown-investment-development-olympics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown L.A.\u2019s Rebound: A Marathon, Not a Sprint<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the project is approved, Vaya Development will work on the new development in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/comunilife\/\" title=\"Comunilife\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Comunilife<\/a>, an organization with a mission to provide housing to vulnerable communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project plans call for a mix of residential units and separate units that offer \u201csleeping accommodations\u201d provided by a nonprofit organization, likely Comunilife, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit \u2013 meaning it is exempt from federal income tax. There will also be\u00a0 amenities and a recreation space for residents on the 14th floor, as well as a rooftop space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan-based <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/stat-architecture\/\" title=\"Stat Architecture\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stat Architecture<\/a> is listed in the filing as the project\u2019s architect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spokespeople for Vaya Development, Stat Architecture and Comunlife did not immediately respond to Commercial Observer\u2019s requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Vaya Development \u2014 a 100 percent Latina and women-owned business \u2014 signed a $483.3 million construction and acquisition loan with Merchants Capital, the New York City Housing Authority and the NYC Housing Development Corporation on nine residential properties in Manhattan\u2019s Harlem neighborhood, PincusCo<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pincusco.com\/vaya-development-signs-483-3m-loan-with-merchants-nycha-hdc-for-pact-in-east-harlem\/\"> reported in January<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Schiavo can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/04\/vaya-development-residential-queens-164-02-jamaica-avenue\/mailto:aschiavo@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aschiavo@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vaya Development, a new construction and preservation-focused development company, has filed plans to build a 285-unit, 290,561-square-foot residential&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[76480,1527,2184,9,24,43047,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-191035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-164-02-jamaica-avenue","tag-construction","tag-development","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-department-of-buildings-channel","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}