Robert De Niro backs $400M ‘vertical village’ in Queens

Starchitecture meet star energy. Scandinavian architect du jour Bjarke Ingels has been tapped by a improvement group that features Robert De Niro, his son actual property dealer Raphael De Niro, movie producer Jane Rosenthal and “immersive studio developer” Wildflower for a brand new $400 million venture in Astoria. The huge 650,000-square-foot facility, dubbed Wildflower Studios, will…