Jasper Wu is looking to build bigger in Astoria, filing plans for a new development a few blocks from the failed Innovation QNS megaproject. Wu’s ZD Jasper Realty wants to rezone a 48,000-square-foot development site at 34-49 Steinway Street from commercial to mixed-use, according to an application filed with the city Planning Department. The rezoning would clear the way for a 17-story, 214-unit building with about a quarter of the units designated as affordable under the city’s Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. Wu’s proposed 171,000-square-foot building would include 21,000 square feet of retail space and about 5,000 square feet of community space, […]

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