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Cord Meyer Development Company celebrating 120th anniversary
Cord Meyer Development Company celebrating 120th anniversary

Mar. 27, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

As Cord Meyer Development Company celebrates its 12oth anniversary, its impact on Queens cannot be overstated. Built on decades of accomplishment, the company remains firmly focused on the future, here in Bayside and beyond.

Cord Meyer Development was officially incorporated in 1904 but its roots trace back to the Cord Meyer family in the mid-to-late 1800s. At the time, they were operating a sugar refinery and fertilizer farm and factory. While Queens was comprised mainly of farmland at the time, pockets of development were forming. Cord Meyer recognized the growth opportunity and acquired more property across Queens, including farmland in what is now Elmhurst from Lord & Taylor department store founder Samuel Lord.

Thanks to Cord Meyer Development, that neighborhood started to grow, with businesses and homes being built. Cord Meyer subdivided property into lots, aligned the street grid, funded the extension of a trolley into Elmhurst, and brought water to the area through Cord Meyer’s Citizen’s Water Company.

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Mets owners award more than $116M to LaGuardia Community College to establish Cohen Career Collective on LIC campus

The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation has awarded a grant of $116.2 million to LaGuardia Community College to create a new state-of-the-art workforce training center at its Long Island City campus.

The 160,000-square-foot Cohen Career Collective facility will ensure economic mobility for New Yorkers while providing skilled workers for local employers. Construction of the facility is anticipated to be completed by January 2029.

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