Long Island City Partnership

Awards, networking at LIC Partnership breakfast
Awards, networking at LIC Partnership breakfast
Business Samuel Lieberman 6/27/2012 at 12:36PM

The Long Island City Partnership hosted its annual Business Improvement District (BID) meeting last week, and over breakfast, attendees networked and discussed the betterment of the flourishing neighborhood. Keynote speaker George Fertitta, CEO of NYC & Company Inc., stated the importance of New York’s hospitality industry, calling New York the nation’s premier port of entry. [...]

Delivered: FedEx to move to L.I.C.
Delivered: FedEx to move to L.I.C.
News Michael Pantelidis 3/07/2012 at 1:40PM

FedEx has found new “ground” in Long Island City. The shipping giant is planning to close its current Maspeth facility and open a new, 14,000-square-foot FedEx Ground distribution center on Borden Avenue in L.I.C. The center, expected to be completed in the spring of 2013, will cost roughly $56 million — including land, construction and [...]