Now apartments that can accommodate families are in demand, and buildings on the drawing board or under construction will have playrooms as amenities, along with gyms and rooftop spaces, area brokers say.
“We’re just seeing the infancy, no pun intended,” said David J. Maundrell, the president of brokerage firm aptsandlofts.com, which has many listings in the area. “By the time the child is ready for preschool, there will be many options for them, and they can grow and stay in the community for 10 years.”
Families living in Long Island City now laud the neighborhood’s new waterfront parks, its relative affordability and a congenial sense of community that, they say, makes the area feel like a suburban extension of New York Article source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/realestate/long-island-city-posting-families-stake-a-claim-to-long-island-city.html
