{"id":408,"date":"2022-10-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fame.media\/en\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2022-07-22T11:21:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T11:21:05","slug":"de-niro-wildflower-supposedly-buying-astoria-site-for-film-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fame.media\/en\/blog\/movies\/de-niro-wildflower-supposedly-buying-astoria-site-for-film-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"De Niro, Wildflower Supposedly Buying Astoria Site for Film Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A development firm linked to the actor Robert De Niro may soon take over an Astoria site owned by Steinway to build the city&#8217;s latest state-of-the-art film studio.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/fame.media\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dl.beatsnoop.com-kuNZxw62z3-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fame.media\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dl.beatsnoop.com-kuNZxw62z3-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fame.media\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dl.beatsnoop.com-kuNZxw62z3-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fame.media\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dl.beatsnoop.com-kuNZxw62z3-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fame.media\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dl.beatsnoop.com-kuNZxw62z3-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fame.media\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dl.beatsnoop.com-kuNZxw62z3-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wildflower Ltd., a New York-based company, is under contract to purchase a 5.3-acre site at 87 19th Ave. for $73 million, the Commercial Observer reported first.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site, which is being sold by the piano manufacturer <em>Steinway &amp; Sons<\/em>, may be developed into a 600,000-square-foot campus for content creation, including film, VR, and gaming, a spokesman for Wildflower confirmed to Crain&#8217;s.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm, led by Matt Dicker and Adam Gordon, has partnered with De Niro, his business partner, and film producer Jane Rosenthal and his son Raphael De Niro. 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