Rego Park Center

Queens, NY

This new development is one of the first attempts to bring “big-box retail” to an urban infill location with ground level orientation and a mix of uses. Planned for Rego Park, Queens, the goals of this retail and residential complex are to provide more public space for the neighborhood as well as augment the retail opportunities on Junction Boulevard. The mixed use nature of the development helps to revitalize this portion of Junction Boulevard, transforming it from an empty lot into a mixed-use Main Street.

The complex consists of a residential tower totaling 300,000 sf that surround a central public plaza. A pedestrian promenade links the retail with surrounding residential streets. The three floors of retail, 694,000 sf total, will supplement the existing malls in the area, forming a true shopping destination in this area of Queens.

Visual interest of the area will be improved by removing cars from street level. The residents will have an underground parking garage and the shoppers will have 5 above- grade parking levels with a pedestrian/vehicular bridge linking to the adjacent shopping mall.