June 2016

70 East End Avenue

KPMB Architects Designing Brearley School’s New 12-Story Academic Building at 70 East End Avenue, Upper East Side

1:00 pm on June 6, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Back in July of 2015, the Brearley School – a 700-student, all-girls prep school – announced plans for an eight- to 10-story academic building at 70-74 East End Avenue, located on the corner of East 83rd Street in the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side. New details have been revealed in a DNAinfo report. The latest plans, which have not yet been filed with the Buildings Department, call for a 12-story building with classrooms and labs, a gymnasium, an auditorium, a library, a lounge, and a playground for younger students. The site can accommodate a new building of up to 75,780 square feet. KPMB Architects will be responsible for the design. The three five-story tenement buildings, previously occupied by 15 rent-stabilized tenants, have been vacated and demolition permits were filed in April. Completion is expected before September of 2019. Brearley’s current 12-story building at 610 East 83rd Street would then receive extensive renovations.

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10-44 Jackson Avenue

Six-Story, 10-Unit Mixed-Use Building Tops Out at 10-44 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City

11:00 am on June 6, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Back in early 2013, new building applications were filed for a six-story, 10-unit mixed-use building at 10-44 Jackson Avenue, in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City. The site’s two-story predecessor was demolished in late 2014 and, now, construction on the project has topped out, according to the Court Square Blog. The project will measure 12,283 square feet and will feature 1,670 square feet of retail space across the ground and cellar levels. The units, which begin on the second floor, should average 686 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. It will be topped by an apartment that spans part of the sixth floor and an upper-level penthouse. Brooklyn-based property owner Tibi Zicherman is the developer, while Douglas Pulaski’s Bricolage Designs is the architect. Completion is expected later this year.

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195 North Broadway

Preliminary Plans Proposed for Two-Story, 350-Unit Mixed-Use Complex at 195 North Broadway, Hicksville

10:00 am on June 6, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Last year, Midtown-based Seritage Growth Properties (the real estate investment trust, or REIT, of Sears Holdings Inc.) acquired, for an unspecified amount, the 26.4-acre property at 195 North Broadway, in the hamlet of Hicksville, located in Nassau County, Long Island. Now, the REIT has proposed preliminary plans to build a 350-unit mixed-use complex on the site, according to Long Island Business News. They call for a two-story complex also containing retail space that includes a supermarket and shops, as well as a promenade. The property is currently occupied by a 156,000-square-foot Sears department store, a Sears auto center, a Chipotle restaurant, and a TD Bank. Everything would be demolished except for the TD Bank and Chipotle, which are located in separate small structures along North Broadway. The plans are at least a year-plus from getting underway, but the developer has already begun meeting with the Hicksville Community Council. The site is located seven blocks from the neighborhood’s Long Island Rail Road station.

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138-140 West 11th Street

Three-Story, 11-Unit Residential Building at 138-140 West 11th Street to Get Single-Family Conversion, Greenwich Village

9:30 am on June 6, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Back in September of 2014, real estate investors Enrique Alonso and Katherine Pozycki-Alonso acquired, for $19.2 million, the three-story, 11-unit residential building at 138-140 West 11th Street, in Greenwich Village. Now, an unknown buyer has acquired the 12,000-square-foot property for $31 million and is planning to transform it into a single-family mansion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The structure, which previously contained two rent-stabilized apartments, is being delivered vacant. Extensive renovations to the interior are expected. The 5,450-square-foot lot currently contains 16,240 square feet of residential air rights, so an expansion is also possible. Any exterior alterations to the property must be approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, as the townhouses sit within the Greenwich Village Historic District.

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