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Jun 10, 2023

GAMCO Provides All Fenestration for New Hotel

GAMCO Corporation’s expansive product line of glass, window, door, and metal products is on full display at a new Long Island City (Queens), NY high-rise hotel nearing completion.For the 20-story

GAMCO Corporation’s expansive product line of glass, window, door, and metal products is on full display at a new Long Island City (Queens), NY high-rise hotel nearing completion.For the 20-story hotel located at 52-09 31st Place, Long Island City, adjacent to the Long Island Expressway (LIE), GAMCO supplied a total of over 19,000-ft 2 of high-efficiency glazed commercial windows, curtain wall, storefront, balcony doors, commercial entrance doors, and metal louvers. At 210 feet tall, the new building soars above its neighbors and is readily visible from vehicles transiting the I-495 LIE, near the Queens Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan.

“The Long Island City hotel project illustrates GAMCO’s complete product line and demonstrates to architects, builders, and developers our ability to be the single source supplier for all their fenestration needs,” said Melora Chang, Vice President.

Used extensively on the building’s north, south, and west façade were GAMCO’s W250C fixed and casement commercial windows. Arranged in combined units, the installation of the 15,473-ft 2 of windows was facilitated using GAMCO head and sill receptor systems. The W250C is a strong, dependable window with a 2-½” thermally broken frame profile and a 1” glazing pocket; the casement style also features 4-bar hinges and multi-point locks.

GAMCO used AGC Energy Select 28 low-E dual-pane insulated glass units (IGUs) for the windows. AGC’s Energy Select (ES) 28 is a premium low-E glass product offering maximum performance and designed to meet stringent energy codes, while providing a neutral, blue visual aesthetic. The IGUs were field glazed in the window frames at the job site.

Facilitating individual guest room HVAC needs, GAMCO supplied over 1,500-ft 2 of window-integrated aluminum PTAC louvers. Sourced by GAMCO, the model AEL-42 louvers were manufactured by Reliable of Geneva, AL. As with the IGUs, the louvers were field glazed at the job site in the window frames.

GAMCO also supplied 13 BD325 aluminum outswing balcony doors to provide access to the 10th and 18th floor roof terrace spaces. The GAMCO BD325 balcony door features a 3-¼” frame profile, ⅛” wall thickness aluminum extrusions, and advanced polyamide strut thermal-break. Further enhancing the door’s performance is a multi-point locking system and a 1” glazing pocket for insulated glass units.

For the ground floor entrances and retail spaces, a variety of GAMCO’s other outstanding aluminum fenestration products were specified. On the building’s north main entrance side, 1,440-ft 2 of GAMCO’s new CW250P thermally enhanced curtain wall system is being installed. The 2-½” x 5-½” back member curtain wall framing features a structural polyamide thermal-break pressure bar, which dramatically improves energy efficiency.

Rounding out the building’s ground floor glass façade components were 475-ft 2 of GAMCO’s FG 451-T thermally broken storefront framing, as well as 2 double and 2 single D350 medium stile commercial entrance doors. The FG 451-T has a 2” x 4-½” frame cross-section and accepts 1” IGUs. The medium stile D350 doors for the project feature 3-½” top and side rails and optional 10” bottom rails.

Project partners for the 52-09 31 st Place building include general contractor Triborough Construction Services of Flushing, NY, ARC Architecture and Design Studio of Forest Hills, NY, and fenestration installer RL Aluminum Panel and Glass, of Whitestone, NY. The hotel owner is Queens Plaza South, LLC of Syosset, NY, and developer is DLC Development Corporation, of Flushing, NY.

The new 133,800-ft 2 201-room hotel is planned to be part of the Holiday Inn Express chain. Near the SilverCup Studios East complex, upper floors of the hotel will have great unobstructed views of Manhattan. The new hotel also offers a top-floor rooftop deck, gym, off-street parking, and conference and dining facilities. Ground floor retail space is also planned.