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Hollywood Studios are Taking Over New York
Design Dispatch
February 16, 2022
What’s Happening: Bjarke Ingels Group is building the world’s first vertical film studio for Robert De Niro, his son and real estate broker Raphael De Niro, film producer Jane Rosenthal, and Wildflower Development Group in Queens, the latest in an influx of film studios planting flags across the five boroughs.
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De Niro’s Wildflower Studios development gets DOB blessing
The Real Deal
February 8, 2022
Wildflower Studios recently received approval from the New York Department of Buildings to begin construction on the 775,000-square-foot project, CNN reported. The $600 million movie studio is backed by the Hollywood star, producer Jane Rosenthal and developer Wildflower.
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BIG’s Wildflower Studios Project in Queens Receives Construction Green Light
By Dima Stouhi
February 8, 2022
BIG’s Wildflower Production Studio has received its building permit from the Department of Buildings (DOB), indicating that the project’s construction will now commence. Once complete, the project is set to become the first vertical commercial film, television, and creative studio in the world.
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New York gives Robert De Niro-backed movie studio the green light
By Oscar Holland, CNN
February 8, 2022
A sprawling $600-million movie studio led by Hollywood star Robert De Niro has been given the go-ahead by New York planning authorities, according to the architects behind the complex.
More than two years since plans were first unveiled, construction work on the 775,000-square-foot Wildflower Studios can now begin after the project won approval from the New York’s Department of Buildings.
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bjarke ingels teams with robert de niro to design new york’s film village ‘wildflower studio’
By Design Boom
February 6, 2022
with its floating, vertical village dubbed ‘wildflower studios,’ bjarke ingels group / BIG presents a milestone for the film industry in new york city. led by robert de niro, the studios are currently under construction in queens. the project will become the first ground-up, purpose-built production soundstage in new york city, and will at once become the first vertical film studio in the world.
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Robert De Niro-led film studio wins key support to open in Queens
By Carl Campanile
July 2, 2021
A firm co-owned by actor Robert De Niro has won key community support to open a new $400 million film studio complex in Astoria, Queens.
Community Board 1 gave overwhelming approval for Wildflower Studios LTD to open on 19th Avenue near Luyster Creek as part of the city’s legally required land use review.
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Lights, Camera, Construction!
By C. J. Hughes
December 4, 2020
The long lists of shows displayed on streaming sites, which seem to grow exponentially by the day, serve to tell you what’s on. But in New York City, they also might reveal a bit about the future of your block.
Many of the studios that produced the television series, which have turned New York into a small-screen production hub, are now planning to open new facilities or expand what’s already here, some in parts of the city that have been unfamiliar with such large-scale investment.
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Robert De Niro’s Wildflower Studios closes on $72M Astoria site
By Mary Diduch
February 10, 2020
Wildflower Studios closed on its purchase of a 5.25-acre waterfront parcel in Queens for about $71.6 million from piano-maker Steinway.
It plans to start building foundations for a massive film production facility this summer, and the first movies are expected to be shot at the studio about two years later, said developer Adam Gordon, president of Wildflower LTD.
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How Bjarke Ingels Became Architecture’s Most Subversive Superstar
By Mark Elwood
September 24, 2019
When I meet Bjarke Ingels in his firm’s surprisingly nondescript red brick office building in Copenhagen, the architect radiates a Tigger-like energy, even though he’s just stepped off a plane from Mexico. There isn’t a hint of jet lag while he sits to talk—or at least tries to. Constantly shifting in his chair, Ingels seems to be straining against the urge to get up and pace the room, or maybe do some calisthenics. Yet that restlessness will be essential if he’s to complete the extraordinary slate of projects underway—so many, in fact, that his 14-year-old firm will double its overall output in the next 18 months.
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Robert De Niro’s New York Movie Studio Will Be Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group
By Jordi Lippe-Mcgraw
September 24, 2019
Robert De Niro hopes to bring a little more Hollywood to New York City with the construction of a new movie studio in Queens, and the Oscar-winning actor has enlisted famed Scandinavian architect Bjarke Ingels to make it happen.
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De Niro and Netflix Bet That New York Can Be a New Hollywood
By Matthew Haag
July 10, 2019
Steiner Studios opened along the Brooklyn waterfront in 2004 as the largest film studio outside Hollywood. Television and movie productions had fled New York City for cheaper locations, and the new studio was trying to ignite a turnaround.
Nearly 15 years later, the industry has exploded.