Extell Construction LLC pulled a DOB permit on October 5 for a new 13-story building at 87-79 Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens, and the filing tells you exactly what's coming: 99 apartments, commercial space on the cellar, ground, third and fourth floors, and parking split across the ground and second levels.
The DOB lists no owner name on this filing, but Extell Construction LLC is named as the general contractor, and the agency's own estimate for the job is $10,206,450. That figure is one data point among many a GC uses to scope a job — it's the filer's own number, not a verified contract value — but it's a useful marker for a building of this size on a commercial corridor in southeast Queens.
Merrick Boulevard is a mixed retail-and-transit strip, not a neighborhood known for ground-up towers, so a 13-story mixed-use building with nearly 100 units is a meaningful injection of density. The ground-and-second-floor parking plan suggests the site is dealing with Queens' usual tension between car storage requirements and commercial frontage — worth watching for any BSA or DOT curb-cut filings that follow.
For contractors, this is a live, permitted job with a GC already attached. If you're chasing subcontract work in southeast Queens — structural, MEP, facade, or interior fit-out on a 99-unit residential tower — Extell's team is the one to reach, and the project is far enough along that bid packages for later trades are likely already in motion or coming soon.
The permit is public record via the city's DOB system; there's no separate project website or leasing page yet, which is typical at this stage. Watch for a sign posted at the site and for any additional permits (plumbing, mechanical, sprinkler) that typically follow a new-building foundation permit by a few weeks — those filings are usually where the subcontractor list starts to show up.