New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission have announced the designation of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Park in Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, as an individual landmark. Opened in 1935, the park is the only existing non-sectarian cemetery founded by and for New York City’s Black community.
Eight West, a newly launched affiliate company of The Hakimian Organization, recently announced the completion of SOLA, a new mixed-use project located at 72-01 Queens Boulevard in Woodside, Queens. The project was designed by Aufgang Architects and officially opened in June.
EOS Hospitality has assumed management of The William Vale Hotel, a 23-story hotel at 111 North 12th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The 183-key property opened in 2016 and features 7,300 square feet of indoor event space, including a 4,100-square-foot ballroom. The William Vale is EOS’s first property in the New York City market.
Construction has broken ground on 1 Webb Avenue, a five-story residential building in Harrison, Westchester County. Designed by Minno & Wasko and developed by The NRP Group, a vertically integrated developer, builder, and manager of multifamily housing, and RPW Group, a local owner-operator, the project will yield 200 units in studio to two-bedroom layouts, with five percent reserved for residents earning 80 percent of the area median income. The development is taking shape on a 10-acre site, with five acres set aside as open space.
Three new retail leases were recently signed at Jasper, a 13-story mixed-use building at 2-33 50th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The new tenants, whose leases total approximately 7,600 square feet, will bring commitments to more than 64 percent of the building’s 33,000 square feet of retail space. The project was designed by S9 Architecture and is on track to complete construction in the first quarter of 2025.
