Renderings Revealed for Owls Head CSO Facility at 2 2nd Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn

Renderings have been revealed the proposed design and master plan for the Owls Head Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Facility at 2 2nd Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Selldorf Architects in collaboration with Hazen and Sawyer, Brown and Caldwell, and SCAPE Landscape Architecture for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, the facility is planned to yield a 24,750-square-foot head house to support a four-million-gallon underground tank, two acres of public waterfront, and the relocation and redesign of a salt shed for the New York City Department of Sanitation. The project, the second new facility of its type in the borough, would be built along the southern end of the Gowanus Canal on a narrow triangular peninsula, south of the CSO Red Hook site.

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Rendering of new Primark Location. Courtesy of Gensler

Primark Signs Lease For Flagship Store at 150 West 34th Street In Midtown, Manhattan

Ireland-based fashion retailer Primark recently signed a lease for a four-story flagship store at 150 West 34th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Gensler, the new store will comprise more 54,000 square feet of retail space and replace the current occupant Old Navy at the 78,000-square-foot building, which was built in 1900 and most recently renovated in 1998. The property is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

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Housing Lottery Launches for Union Channel at 240 3rd Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn

The affordable housing lottery has launched for Union Channel, a nine-story mixed-use building at 240 3rd Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Fogarty Finger and developed by Tavros Capital, the structure yields 224 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 58 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $31,989 to $167,700.

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New Renderings Revealed For 930 McCarter Highway in Newark, New Jersey

New renderings have recently been revealed for 930 McCarter Highway, a 25-story residential building under construction in Newark, New Jersey. Designed by MHS Architects and developed by Boraie Development, the 289-foot-tall structure will span 432,650 square feet and yield 265 market-rate rental units, 68 affordable units, 3,750 square feet of commercial and retail space, and a four-story parking garage capable of holding 240 vehicles. The development is rising on a 1.1-acre waterfront plot bound by the Passaic River to the east and the intersection of McCarter Highway and Center Street to the west.

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