The Aston
Owner Cord Meyer Development Company
General Contractor Gilbane Construction
Location 108-11 Queens Blvd Forest Hills, NY
Services Curtain Wall / Storefront / Canopies
Cost $12,000,000.00
Year Completed 2014
Project Description
This distinctive blue and metallic building was originally conceived as a masonry and punch-window installation, but AIC worked tirelessly with the design team to create a unique curtainwall façade, which twists and turns around the permimter of the building to meet the building's geometry which parallels Queens Boulevard below. 17 Stories of Unitized Curtainwall, with large awning style windows and a podium wrapped with Metal Panels. AIC also completed the specialty facade for the buildings retail tenant, CVS, including a custom colored sign band.