Articles by Rebecca Baird-Remba

Morris Adjmi-Designed Condos Planned at 34 East 13th Street

7:30 am on June 22, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Earlier this month, developer Ranger Properties paid $22,000,000 for two buildings at the corner of University Place and East 13th Street, in the heart of the Village near Union Square. Then EV Grieve reported that longtime stalwart University Place Gourmet had shuttered, along with a Chinese laundry around the corner on 13th Street. Now plans have been filed to construct a seven-story apartment building on the site at 34 East 13th Street, and Adjmi Architects is designing.

Permits Filed: 626 Bergen Avenue, La Central Supportive Housing, Melrose

7:00 am on June 22, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

At the very end of Bloomberg’s term as mayor, the city unveiled plans to transform a vacant city-owned tract in the Melrose neighborhood of the South Bronx into a million-square-foot affordable housing complex known as La Central. Now a new building application has been filed for the first part of the project, a nine-story supportive housing development at 626 Bergen Avenue.

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How Does Landmarking Affect Property Values and Development?

7:30 pm on June 19, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The half-century-old Landmarks law has played a valuable role in protecting the historic fabric of New York City’s neighborhoods, but it also limits the production of housing—particularly affordable housing—in neighborhoods with large historic districts.

Revealed: More Interiors for 550 Vanderbilt Avenue, Pacific Park

8:00 am on June 19, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The first condos hit the market last week at 550 Vanderbilt Avenue in the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park development, and YIMBY has a few attractive renderings of the building’s amenity spaces and lobby.

New Look: 482 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood Conversion and Expansion

7:30 am on June 19, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Over a year ago, WyckoffHeights.org got the first look at this unusual expansion for a two-story warehouse at 482 Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood. Now YIMBY has new renderings for the project, a planned enlargement into a four-story apartment building.

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Construction Update: 34-46 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City

7:00 am on June 19, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Alma Realty’s gigantic 17-story, two-tower development is growing along the Long Island City waterfront at 34-46 Vernon Boulevard.

Work Begins on 38 Sixth Avenue, Pacific Park’s Second Affordable Building

4:45 pm on June 18, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Work has officially kicked off at 38 Sixth Avenue, where Greenland Forest City Partners will construct their fourth building in the Pacific Park megaproject.

Revealed: 1325 Herkimer Street, Bed-Stuy

7:30 am on June 18, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

As development in Brooklyn pushes further east, apartment buildings are slowly filling the sleepy triangular piece of Bed Stuy known as Ocean Hill, near Broadway Junction in East New York. A tipster has sent YIMBY a rendering for one such development, a 32-unit building at 1325 Herkimer Street.

Permits Filed: 253 Tompkins Avenue, Bed-Stuy

7:00 am on June 18, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The Bedford-Nostrand G train stop is ground zero for new construction in Bed Stuy, and yesterday, plans were filed to construct a six-story building a few blocks to the east at 253 Tompkins Avenue, across the street from Herbert Von King Park.

23-Unit Market Rate Project Planned at 110 Thatford Avenue, Brownsville

5:00 pm on June 17, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Market-rate construction isn’t hard to find in eastern Crown Heights and Ocean Hill, but it’s still pretty unusual a few blocks south in Brownsville, where the neighborhood’s reputation tends to scare off investors.

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