
February 11, 2025
As executive vice president of F&T Group, Helen Lee is working to help reshape the future of Flushing, Queens. Lee has been a visionary behind a number of developments. They include Queens Crossing, a multilevel mall; Flushing Commons, a two-building, mixed-use condominium; and 1 Fulton Square, a 330,000-square-foot development at the center of Flushing’s culinary scene. Lee is leading the creation of Tangram, a 1.2 million-square-foot, mixed-use condominium development that is almost finished. Meanwhile, F&T Group has recently embarked on its most ambitious project to date, the Special Flushing Waterfront District, a 13-building, mixed-use development, for which Lee and adjacent neighbors have received approval. The project will bring to life the longunderused Flushing Creek waterfront.

2021 Power of Diversity: Asian 100 – Richard Siu (City and State New York)
Asian Americans are gaining political power in New York. In 2018, John Liu and Kevin Thomas became the first Asian Americans elected to the state Senate.

Sanrio's popular pop-up store in Flushing's Tangram saw long queues at its opening.
