SEE: Plans Revealed For 'Halletts North' Development In Astoria

ASTORIA, QUEENS — An industrial site on Astoria's Halletts Point peninsula could make way for a 1,400-apartment complex bordered by a public waterfront promenade, according to new renderings shared with Patch.

The site at 26th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets is expected to enter the city's formal review process later this year, after its owner spent $16 million to remove contaminated soil and other hazardous materials left over from the site's past as Astoria Steel.

Designed by STUDIO V Architecture and Ken Smith Workshop, the Halletts North complex would include 300 affordable apartments for families earning at least $30,000 a year and an on-site job incubator to support local small businesses and provide job training and placement, in partnership with the nonprofit Urban Upbound.

“For too long, this site polluted the community’s air, water and soil while keeping its families from accessing and enjoying the waterfront," said Jim Hedden, a representative of the development team. "We look forward to connecting our Halletts Point neighbors with this stretch of waterfront and creating new economic, educational and environmental opportunities.”

Developer Boris Aronov bought the waterfront site for $26.5 million in 2014, according to The Real Deal.

Building the proposed complex would require the city's approval of several zoning changes.

A public meeting that would lay the groundwork for entering that multi-phase process, known as the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP, is scheduled for the afternoon of March 22.

If the project makes it through the review process, construction would likely begin in the second half of 2022, according to the development team.