Although it’s still raw, the 30th floor of the building (pictured here) will feature a tenants-only lounge and roof deck with Manhattan views. In addition, Linc LIC will include amenities such as a basketball court, squash court, a double-height health club, a game room, a screening room and a coffee lounge. As for the individual apartments, more than half of the units (about 66%) will include washer/dryers and balconies. Studios will start at $1,750; one-bedrooms at $2,450; two-bedrooms at $3,350; and three-bedrooms at $4,150. It is slated for completion in spring 2013.

Switching to another vantage point, Elghanayan brought us to a different part of the floor with views of Long Island City and Lower Manhattan. If you look closely, you can see the latest outdoor exhibit at the P.S. 1 MoMa, Wendy by HWKN, the 2012 winner of the Young Architects Program in New York.

The building is also in close proximity to Gotham Center, a 3.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development just outside the Queensboro Plaza subway station. Recently, Tishman Speyer sold Two Gotham Center to Toronto-based REIT H&R REIT for $416 million, making it one of the largest office trades in the borough's history. Tenants here include the New York City Department of Health and CUNY Law School.