Flushing Airport Redevelopment
Starr Whitehouse is thrilled to be on the winning team to transform Queens’ vacant Flushing Airport site into a new community featuring 3,000 units of affordable workforce housing overlooking a 60-acre nature preserve. Cirrus Workforce Housing, LCOR developers, and S9 Architects tapped Starr Whitehouse to develop a landscape design that connects the project to the College Point and Flushing communities, drawing people to experience the beauty and cooling effect of the site’s marshes and woodlands. Low-impact trails and boardwalks meander through the wetlands and lead visitors to a strategically placed recreational plateau created from the development’s excavated material.
Selected as the winning bid by NYC EDC, the proposal will create 1,300 construction jobs, 530 permanent positions, and $3.2 billion in economic impact over the next 30 years. Read more about the project award in: