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Article: Smokin' hot Long Island City roars back to life.
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- Real Estate Weekly
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- June 20, 2007
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Too late for that loft conversion in the Meat Packing District? Didn't move fast enough on that condo in Williamsburgh? Well, don't say you weren't warned this time, because Long Island City has arrived.
A combination of new condo construction, conversion of older industrial properties, and even the rumors of a Marriott has worked together to transform the Queen's neighborhood into the next residential hot spot.
Eric Benaim, a vice president of project marketing at Nest Seekers who runs a blog that covers Long Island City, hosts walking tours of the neighborhood every weekend. The blog, longislandcityny.com, covers the residential market in the area ...