Skyline Tower

23-15 44th Drive | also 3 Court Square | Long Island City | built 2021

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 2015

    Citigroup drops plans for a third office tower here and puts the lot up for sale

    Citigroup had held this site since the 1980s, when it built One Court Square and Two Court Square, and once planned a third office tower here. By 2015 the bank decided it did not need the space and hired JLL to market the land. Several months later it sold the parcel for $143 million to Chris Xu, a developer based in Flushing.

    “Citi hired JLL to market the site and several months later sold the parcel to Flushing, Queens-based developer Chris Xu for $143 million.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2016

    February

    Permits call for a 963-foot tower, but the FAA caps it at 762 feet because of LaGuardia flights

    Permits filed in February 2016 called for a 79-story tower reaching 963 feet. The Federal Aviation Administration ruled that, given Long Island City's closeness to LaGuardia Airport, anything above 762 feet would endanger landing planes, so the project was scaled back to that height.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2019

    A construction wall collapses in a rainstorm and floods the Court Square subway station

    In 2019, while Skyline Tower was going up, a plywood construction wall gave way after a rainstorm and sent water pouring into the Court Square subway station. The flood nearly carried one rider onto the tracks, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority pointed to the tower's developers.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2019

    October

    Skyline Tower tops out at 762 feet and passes One Court Square as the tallest building in Queens

    The condominium tower, first called Court Square City View Tower, topped out in October 2019 at 762 feet, overtaking One Court Square for the title of tallest in Queens. It holds 802 condos on 68 floors, priced from $500,000 to $4 million for buyers seeking more space at lower cost than in Manhattan. It was also the tallest on Long Island until the Brooklyn Tower topped out in October 2021.

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2022

    July

    Ninety Skyline Tower buyers accuse the sales team of overstating the building's success

    In July 2022, ninety condo buyers complained to the New York Attorney General that the tower's success had been inflated. They cited year-end statements showing 42 percent occupancy, against the 60 percent the sales agent had claimed; the brokerage replied that its figure counted units under contract. Owners also reported flooding, structural defects, unfinished work and slow repairs.

    “…ninety buyers of units within Skyline Tower filed a complaint with the New York Attorney General that the building's success had been exaggerated…”

    Source: Wikipedia

Further reading

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All 61 buildings with stories in Long Island City