2016

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed at 69-12 Woodside Avenue, Elmhurst

10:00 am on December 16, 2016 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Woodside-based LLC has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit mixed-use building at 69-12 Woodside Avenue in Elmhurst. The project will measure 16,672 square feet, including 2,849 square feet of medical offices on the ground floor. The residential units in the rest of the building should average 890 square feet apiece. There will also be seven off-street parking spaces, six of which will be housed in an underground garage. Hui Zeng’s Bayside-based ABC Engineering is the applicant of record. The 50-foot-wide, 6,099-square-foot lot is occupied by a two-story townhouse. Demolition permits were filed in March.

Ground Broken for Two-Towered, 439-Unit Mixed-Use Project at 22 Napperhan Street, Yonkers

8:00 am on December 16, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for Larkin Plaza, the two-towered, 439-unit mixed-use development planned at 22 Nepperhan Street in downtown Yonkers. The rental complex will consist of a 25-story, 280-unit building on the corner of Nepperhan Street and Warburton Avenue, as well as a 17-story, 159-unit structure fronting Main Street. A two-story commercial building, with 35,000 square feet of retail space, will also front a long stretch of Nepperhan Street, Westfair reported. A three-story, 539-car parking garage is also planned. RXR Realty is the developer. Foundation work is imminent, with completion anticipated for 2018.

Proposed rear of 210 East 62nd Street, with shutters closed

Landmarks Approves Scaled-Down Single-Family Conversion of 210 East 62nd Street, Upper East Side

7:30 am on December 16, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

In September, an undeniably flashy proposal to modify an Upper East Side rowhouse went before the Landmarks Preservation Commission. It was not well-received. Last Tuesday, a scaled-down version won over the commissioners and work can now proceed at 210 East 62nd Street.

87-12 58th Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed for Five-Story Apartment Building, 87-12 58th Avenue, Elmhurst

7:00 am on December 16, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The growing Latino and Asian immigrant population in Elmhurst is fueling a construction boom in the central Queens neighborhood. The latest evidence: an application for a new apartment building at 87-12 58th Avenue, near the Woodhaven Boulevard stop on the M and R trains.

Six-Story, 29-Unit Condominium Project Gets Underway at 61 Newkirk Street, Jersey City

6:30 am on December 16, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Construction is reportedly getting underway on the six-story, 29-unit residential building under development at 61 Newkirk Street, in the Journal Square section of Jersey City. The condominium project will measure roughly 34,000 square feet. Titanium Realty Group and Old City Investment Partners are the developers. Kushner Studios is behind the architecture. The project was recently granted a five-year tax abatement, Jersey Digs reported. A construction timeline has not been disclosed.

2016

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