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<\/p>\nHousing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Dina Levy announced that a long-empty lot in Hunter\u2019s Point South, Queens will be transformed into The Orion, a mixed-use development that will create nearly 1,000 new homes across three buildings, with two-thirds to be affordable to extremely low to moderate-income households.<\/p>\n
This is the latest step in the evolution of Hunter\u2019s Point South, a previously industrial 30-acre area along the East River waterfront. After a failed bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, the City launched a plan for development of this waterfront as a mixed-use, mixed-income community. As part of a multiagency effort, the area has transformed into a new community with over 3,000 new homes, commercial retail stores, community facilities such as the Queens Landing Boathouse and Environmental Center, and three new schools; an award-winning waterfront park; and infrastructure and roadway improvements.<\/p>\n
The City is designating the site to a development team consisting of Slate Property Group, The Hudson Companies, and Volunteers of America. Marvel Architects will serve as the project\u2019s architecture and design firm, and local nonprofit Commonpoint Queens will lease and operate a daycare, workforce development center, and a community pool.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith our city in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis, The Orion and its more than 650 income-restricted units out of nearly 1,000 total homes is exactly the kind of investment we need in neighborhoods like Long Island City, where the cost of living continues to rise,\u201d said Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. \u201cWe must leave no stone unturned as we seek to increase our city\u2019s housing supply, and I am thrilled that this long-vacant lot will be turned into beautiful new homes for hundreds of Queens families. Thank you to all our public and private partners in getting this plan off the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHousing costs are one of the driving factors of New York City\u2019s affordability crisis,\u201d said State Senator Kristen Gonzalez. \u201c43% of renters are classified as rent burdened, and in 2025, average rents increased 4.7%, well above the rate of inflation. Our city desperately needs additional housing, specifically we need affordable, safe and dignified housing. I commend Mayor Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Bozorg, and HPD Commissioner Levy for their focus on affordable housing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am thrilled to see that after sitting vacant for years, this site will be transformed into the affordable housing that Queens families actually need,\u201d said Assemblymember Claire Valdez. \u201cPairing 658 affordable homes with childcare and job training is exactly the kind of meaningful investment our communities deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n
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