Articles by Nikolai Fedak

New Rendering Appears for 823 Eleventh Avenue, Midtown West

7:30 am on September 22, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

As the 57th Street boom’s western bookend at 606 West 57th Street nears completion, another new tower around the corner is getting ready to break ground. Demolition has yet to begin on the site’s existing occupant, but Curbed featured the first full rendering for the project, which is being designed by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza. Dubbed 823 Eleventh Avenue, it will rise 35 floors and 440 feet to its rooftop, with 80 condominiums within. Sumaida+Khurana is the site’s developer, having acquired the existing building at 611 West 56th Street for $55 million last year, and completion is expected by 2019.

Reveal for 131-11 Fowler Avenue, Flushing, Queens

7:00 am on September 22, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Back in March of 2016, YIMBY reported on new building applications for 131-09 Fowler Avenue, in Flushing, Queens. Today, we have the reveal for the project, which has also been redubbed 131-11 Fowler Avenue.

Permits Filed for 51-Story Parking Garage Redevelopment at 9 Hoyt Street in Downtown Brooklyn

6:30 am on September 22, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Downtown Brooklyn’s Macy’s parking garage redevelopment is finally moving forward, and applications filed with the Department of Buildings show that the new tower will rise 664 feet and 51 floors to its rooftop. The existing structure will be reduced down to one floor, then rebuilt into the tower. There will be a 150-car garage in the cellar, 99,652 square feet of retail between the cellar and first floors, and then 586,141 square feet of residential space up above, to be divided amongst 476 condominiums. Tishman Speyer is developing, and Hill West Architects are behind the plans, which were first spotted by Brownstoner.

25 Kent Avenue, rendering via Heritage Equity Partners

25 Kent Begins Rising, Williamsburg

6:00 am on September 22, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

It was only last summer that the latest major addition to Williamsburg’s nascent office development boom had received a special permit from the City. Now, construction on 25 Kent Avenue is well underway, with the latest from 5B Films showing the first floor beginning to rise.

Previous renderings of 282 Grand Street - Peterson Rich Office/Darcstudio

282 Grand Street Revealed, Lower East Side

8:00 am on September 21, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

A few low-slung buildings on the borderlands of Chinatown and the Lower East Side are going to meet the wrecking ball for an attractive new rental development. Building applications have been filed for 282 Grand Street, between Eldridge and Allen Streets on the Lower East Side, which is being designed by Peterson Rich Office.

Updated Look at 535 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg

7:30 am on September 21, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Permits were filed for 535 Lorimer Street back in December of 2014, and YIMBY posted the first renderings for the project in August of 2015. Foundation work had begun when we last checked in as of March 2016, and today, we have an updated look at what the building will soon look like, as it approaches completion.

Reveal for 26-Story Hotel Coming to 525 Eighth Avenue, Midtown

7:00 am on September 21, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

A White Castle that has now been demolished will not be the worst thing to have ever occupied 525 Eighth Avenue, which YIMBY reported on back in October of 2016, when permits were filed for a 24-story hotel designed by Gene Kaufman Architects. Revised plans approved in August show a slight increase in the height, to 26 floors, and today, we have the reveal for what the project will look like.

Moxy Nomad Rising at 105 West 28th Street, Chelsea

6:30 am on September 21, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

West 28th Street has been one of the hottest streets in Chelsea’s ongoing development boom for several years. With several buildings by Gene Kaufman already completed along the stretch, the former Flower District is about to see yet another new hotel open, this time, at 105 West 28th Street. The latest photos by JC_Heights show the tower has now passed the halfway point to its 35-story and 410-foot pinnacle.

Permits Filed for 164 Canal Street West, Mott Haven, The Bronx

6:00 am on September 21, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

A desolate lot in The Bronx’s Mott Haven neighborhood is about to sprout a seven story mixed-use structure. Applications filed with the DOB show the new building will have 30,796 square feet of total construction area, within which, there will be 7,493 square feet of space for a community facility in the form of an ambulatory diagnostic center on floors two and three. There will also be 18,136 square feet of commercial space, to be divided between 73 hotel rooms, which will average under 250 square feet apiece. Michael Kang Architect, PC, is designing, and Manny Chadha of Vertu Hospitality LLC is the developer.

Demolition Complete for Supertall 262 Fifth Avenue, Midtown South

8:00 am on September 20, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

As construction begins to make headway on new residential towers at 15 East 30th Street and 277 Fifth Avenue, just to the south, an actual supertall is in the works at 262 Fifth Avenue. Applications for the site were filed back in September of 2016, before it got a slight height boost to 1,001 feet. Now, demolition is complete on the site’s old occupant.

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