Affordable Housing Contractor Queens

We bring 3,000+ units of NYCHA experience to Queens.

Occupied-building renovation

Major renovations with residents in place.

Perennial Empire has renovated more than 3,000 occupied apartments across NYCHA developments in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx since 2017. We mobilize to Queens from our Harlem headquarters with the same 90+ W2 crew, the same seven in-house trades, and every certification NYCHA procurement requires.

  • Occupied-unit gut and finish renovations
  • Kitchen, bath, and full-unit turnover
  • Section 3 hiring and compliance reporting
  • Prevailing wage payroll and third-party monitor experience
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Perennial Empire by the numbers

$50M+

In renovations

Occupied NYCHA renovations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx since 2017. This is the completed track record we bring to Queens affordable housing work.

90+
W2 employees All in-house, 7 active trades
Section 3
Certified Hiring and reporting handled in-house
100s
Units renovated Occupied-building renovation specialists

Harlem-based, working across all five boroughs.

How we work in occupied buildings

Renovation Without Displacement: Built for Queens NYCHA Stock

Queens NYCHA developments like Queensbridge, Ravenswood, Astoria, and Pomonok are exactly the large, occupied, in-place environments our methodology was built for. The methodology below is the same one we proved across 3,000+ occupied units in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.

  1. Pre-Construction Resident Coordination

    Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in North America, and developments like Ravenswood, Astoria, and Woodside carry hundreds of occupied units each. Coordinating access at that scale is a scheduling problem before it is a construction problem. Perennial Empire's pre-construction team works directly with the required NYCHA resident monitor and building management to set unit-level access windows, and bakes an alternate-unit sequence into the job plan before mobilization so a single locked door does not kill the day's production.

  2. Seven In-House Trades, Zero Subcontractor Gaps

    Perennial Empire self-performs painting, carpentry, drywall, ceramic tile, door installation, general construction, and glazing with named in-house crews. Across a borough as large as Queens, where developments are spread from Long Island City to South Jamaica and staging space inside occupied buildings is tight, the ability to sequence our own trades without waiting on outside subs is what keeps a multi-building program on schedule. We do not sub out our core scopes on PACT work.

  3. Phased Unit Cycling

    Our field supervisors phase unit work in cycling rotations so no single floor or building wing loses access to building services simultaneously. This approach was proven across more than 3,000 occupied units in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including 400+ occupied kitchen renovations. It protects resident quality of life and keeps DOB-reportable incidents at minimum, and it transfers directly to Queens NYCHA stock.

  4. Third-Party Labor Monitor Experience

    NYCHA PACT contracts in Queens require third-party labor monitoring. Perennial Empire has operated under this oversight structure across completed PACT projects in three boroughs. Our payroll compliance, Section 3 reporting, and prevailing wage documentation are structured for monitor review from project kickoff, not assembled after a notice of deficiency.

  5. NYC DOB and NYCHA Approvals Already in Hand

    Perennial Empire is an approved NYCHA vendor and licensed general contractor with active standing in the NYCHA vendor portal, configured prevailing wage payroll integration, and current contractor-grade COIs on file. For Queens procurement, those three items determine whether subcontractor onboarding takes two weeks or two months. Active status at bid review keeps the compliance clock off the project's critical path on day one.

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The track record we bring to Queens

1,300+

occupied units, Brooklyn, complete

PACT Brooklyn Bundle

Perennial Empire completed the PACT Brooklyn Bundle, more than 1,300 occupied apartments across Brooklyn NYCHA developments, with occupied unit painting, corridor work, amenity-space renovations, and plaster work, all performed while residents stayed in their homes. It is the kind of closed, multi-building occupied job a Queens procurement team can reference when evaluating our in-place methodology.

Role
Subcontractor
Program
NYCHA PACT
Borough
Brooklyn
Units
1,300+
Status
Complete
  • Section 3 Certified
  • Licensed General Contractor
  • NYCHA Approved Vendor
  • Prevailing Wage Compliant
  • Third-Party Labor Monitor Experienced
  • Fully Bonded
  • Fully Insured
  • NYC DOB Compliant

Frequently Asked Questions: PACT Contractor in Queens

Has Perennial Empire completed PACT work in Queens?

Our completed PACT renovations to date are concentrated in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, totaling more than 3,000 occupied units across those three boroughs. We are a NYCHA-approved vendor based in Harlem and we mobilize across all five boroughs. Queens NYCHA developments such as Queensbridge, Ravenswood, Astoria, and Pomonok are the same large, occupied in-place environments our methodology was built for, and we can mobilize to a Queens site without regional lead time.

Is Perennial Empire a NYCHA-approved vendor able to bid Queens PACT projects?

Yes. Perennial Empire is an approved NYCHA vendor and a licensed general contractor with active standing in the NYCHA vendor portal. Our approvals include prevailing wage compliance documentation, Section 3 certification, and third-party labor monitor experience, all of which apply borough-wide. Queens procurement teams can request our prequalification package through the contact page.

How does Perennial Empire manage renovation work in buildings where residents remain in place?

Perennial Empire operates exclusively in occupied residential buildings. Our methodology cycles units in phases so no floor loses building services simultaneously, resident households receive direct contact information for our site team before work begins, and our field supervisors coordinate daily schedules with building management. This approach was proven across more than 3,000 occupied units in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including 400+ occupied kitchen renovations.

What trades does Perennial Empire self-perform on Queens projects?

Perennial Empire self-performs seven trades with in-house W2 crews: painting, carpentry, drywall, ceramic tile, door installation, general construction, and glazing. We do not broker these scopes to subcontractors on core PACT work, which is what keeps a multi-building program on schedule.

Where is Perennial Empire based, and how quickly can you mobilize in Queens?

Perennial Empire's headquarters is in Harlem at 8 W 126th St, Floor 3, New York, NY 10027. Our crew and field supervision are based in NYC, which means mobilization to any Queens NYCHA PACT site does not involve travel logistics or regional lead times.

Queens PACT Contractor

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Perennial Empire is a NYCHA-approved vendor with 3,000+ completed occupied units across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. We are actively pursuing Queens PACT work and mobilize from Harlem without regional lead time. Send us a project brief or request our prequalification package and our operations team will respond within one business day.

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