Development Milestones

DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES BUILDING JAMAICA CENTER
2005 Mid-Block Garage	2004 Yorkside Towers
2003 AirTrain	2002 Multiplex Cinema
2002 Family Court	2000 U.S. Food and Drug Administration
1997 Civil Court	1994 Jamaica Business Resource Center
1992 Jamaica Market	1990 The Firehouse
1989 Federal Office Building	1989 New Subway
1986 York College	1974 Jamaica Arts Center (JCAL)

Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, Certificate of Incorporation executed
Regional Plan Association publishes report, Jamaica Center
New 720-car private garage completed
Ground broken for Archer Avenue subway
New York Telephone's Queens headquarters building completed
Jamaica named All American City by National Municipal League
650-car municipal garage completed
City acquires site for Civil Court
Jamaica Arts Center opens in landmark building
York College opens first structure on permanent campus
Farmers Market Jamaica begins open-air operation
165th Street Mall completed
Jamaica Avenue El demolished
GJDC establishes downtown Housing Action Group for apartment improvements
Macy's closes Jamaica store
Long Island Press closes
Special assessment district, City's first, for 165th Street Mall begins operation
New 500-car municipal garage completed
GJDC establishes Local Development Company to assist local business expansion
Jamaica Center Improvement Association, begins operation
Construction begins on York College academic complex
GJDC acquires and rehabilitates office building
Gertz store closes
Construction begins on building for U.S. Social Security Administration Regional Center
Steuben Foods completes research facility in Honeywell Farms complex
New wing and parking garage for Mary Immaculate Hospital is completed
Major thoroughfares improved
Parsons Boulevard widened and 89th Avenue reconstructed
Jamaica Green is completed; landmark former church building is protected
Jamaica Avenue reconstruction completed
Gertz Building reopens as office space; 1500 State agency workers move in
New stores on 165th Street Mall are opened after fire
York College Academic Complex opens on permanent campus
Jamaica industrial area designated In-Place Industrial Park
Restoration of King Manor begins
Jamaica designated an Economic Development Zone
Archer Avenue Subway and new bus terminal begin service
Federal Building opens with major public art and amenities; eventually will house 3,000 SSA employees
GJDC renovates old firehouse vacant since 1961
Wertheimer's replaces Mays department store; conversion to office/retail complex begins
York College's Auditorium and Theatre are completed
GJDC opens Jamaica Market as small business incubator, town center and permanent home for Farmer's Market
Congress approves Jamaica as site for U.S. Food and Drug Administration Regional Headquarters/laboratory
Conversion begins of old Montgomery Ward building as NYPD crime lab
Financing of JFK Airport Light Rail System (LRS) approved by Port Authority
Cultural Collaborative Jamaica established
Construction of Civil Court begins
GJDC acquires, renovates vacant apartment building
Jamaica Business Resource Center opens
FDA selects York campus as site for new office/lab facility
City designates developer for new Site 1 commercial complex
City selects Site 4 for planned new Queens Family Court
GJDC acquires municipal garage in City privatization initiative
Project to recycle vacant church as performing arts center begins
York's campus master plan is revised for commercial/student center mixed-use project
180th Street Industrial BID is established
Expansion of Queens Borough Central Library is completed
Port Authority receives bids for construction of Airport LRS; design for Jamaica connection begins
Project to expand Jamaica Market begins
Concept for overall downtown parking system is developed
Renovation of industrial building for NYC "Help Center" begins
Civil Court construction completed
Construction of AirTrain begins
Civil Court opens
U.S. Food and Drug Administration's NE Regional Laboratory, Headquarters and District Office completed
One Jamaica Center and Queens Family Courthouse groundbreaking
Construction begins on One Jamaica Center Theatre project
Construction begins on Queens Family Courthouse
Former First Reformed Church renovation groundbreaking/New Jamaica Performing Arts & Conference Center
One Jamaica Center Multiplex Cinema opens
Queens Family Courthouse completed
Construction begins on Yorkside Towers
AirTrain Terminal completed
Yorkside Towers completed
Mid-Block Garage groundbreaking

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