Foundations underway for Queens’ tallest skyscraper in Long Island City

Foundations are taking shape at 27-48 Jackson Ave., site of a 69-story residential skyscraper in Long Island City’s Court Square district, according to various media outlets.

Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Building Orchard, the 811-foot-tall tower will claim the title of tallest building in Queens and yield 635,000 square feet with 818 residential units, 11,700 square feet of retail space and a two-story parking garage in the podium. Triton Construction Company is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 43-01 Queens Street and occupies a full city block along Jackson Avenue between Queens and Orchard Streets.

In December, excavators were starting to descend below street level as demolition work finished on the cellar of the last remaining occupant. Progress has occurred since then, and crews already have formed a large portion of the reinforced concrete foundation slab, walls and subterranean structure. A mobile