The development is going up on the site of a former meatpackingplant on Sutphin Boulevard. It will also be next to the AirTrainshuttle at the Jamaica train station, which transports travelers toJohn F. Kennedy International Airport.

Techno Mart Queens is part of an "airport village" that they areenvisioning, says Carlisle Towery, president of the Greater JamaicaDevelopment Corp. The center is expected by local officials toemploy about 3,000 people.

The developers, through a venture called JFK Associates, areKingsbridge-Jamaica Co., HRH AC Development Group, and PrimeConstruction Co. Kingsbridge-Jamaica is led by Paul Travis andJames Levin, developers who built the River Plaza shopping centerin the Bronx. HRH AC is a partnership between area-based HRHConstruction and Acreciti Development Group. Prime Construction isbased in Korea.

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