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Four-Story, 10-Unit Residential Building Planned at 2250 Bassford Avenue, Belmont

10:00 am on June 20, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Yonkers, N.Y.-based Llesh Lulaj has filed applications for a four-story, 10-unit residential building at 2250 Bassford Avenue, in the West Bronx’s Belmont section. The structure will encompass 8,143 square feet and its residential units should average 714 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be two units on the ground floor, followed by three units each on the second and third floors, topped by two units across the fourth floor and an upper penthouse level. Fernando Geremia’s Pelham, N.Y.-based Fred Geremia Architect & Planners is the architect of record. The 2,603-square-foot plot is currently vacant. It’s located about an eighth of a mile from the 182nd-183rd Streets stop on the B/D trains.

12-Story Hotel-Medical-Retail Complex Now Under Construction at 36-18 Main Street, Flushing

6:30 am on June 20, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Foundation work is now underway on the site of a long-stalled-out hotel development at 36-18 Main Street, in Downtown Flushing. YIMBY can bring you news of the construction thanks to a photo posted to the YIMBY Forums by JC_Heights. Building permits for the project, which date back to 2004, detail plans for a two-tower, 12-story multi-use commercial complex that encompasses 290,195 square feet. Commercial-retail space will be located on the ground through forth floors in a common podium. One of the towers will contain a 148-key Hotel Indigo on the fifth through 11th floors. The other tower will feature medical offices on the fifth through 11th floors. The complex will also feature restaurants on the third and 12th floors. It will be served by a 345-car underground garage and have storage for 31 bikes. JWC Architect Engineer is the architect of record, while CMA Landmark Associates is developing. Completion is expected in 2018, per a Queens Courier update from 2014.

Reveal for Six-Story, Five-Unit Mixed-Use Redevelopment at 242 Elizabeth Street, NoLIta

6:00 am on June 20, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A rendering has been posted on the site of the planned six-story, five-unit mixed-use redevelopment at 242 Elizabeth Street, in NoLIta. The black-and-white rendering comes as Ervolino Group begins construction to expand the site’s existing single-story commercial building, Bowery Boogie reported. The latest buildings permits indicate the project will measure 7,667 square feet, with 1,795 square feet of commercial-retail space planned on the ground floor, which will be leased to City Gym. Each floor above will contain a single residential unit, although the top unit, a duplex penthouse, will also contain space on an upper penthouse level. The apartments should average 1,174 square feet apiece, and a Crain’s report from 2014 states that the apartments will be luxury rentals. Amenities include private residential storage units and bicycle storage. Nabil Ishac’s Midtown South-based Ishac Design Architects is the architect of record. Completion can probably be expected closer to 2017.

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Building Planned at 12 Lawton Street, Bushwick

3:00 pm on June 17, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based AdriCo LLC has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 12 Lawton Street, in western Bushwick. The structure will measure 5,753 square feet and its residential units should average 609 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. One unit will be located across the ground and cellar levels, followed by two units per floor on the second and third levels. Two more units will be located on the fourth floor, with one of them featuring space on an upper penthouse level. Robert Bianchini’s Forest Hills-based ARC Architecture + Design Studio is the architect of record. The 22-foot-wide, 2,010-square-foot lot is currently occupied by a two-story townhouse. Demolition permits have not been filed. The J train’s Kosciuszko Street stop is located three blocks away.

Two-Building, Four-Unit Residential Project Coming to 26-22 97th Street, East Elmhurst

2:00 pm on June 17, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Greenvale, N.Y.-based Jai Management has filed applications for two two-unit residential buildings at 26-22 – 26-26 97th Street, in East Elmhurst. One will stand two stories and measure 1,477 square feet, while the other will rise three stories and measure 1,672 square feet. Across both, there will be three full-floor apartments and a duplex. The units should average 787 square feet apiece, indicative of rentals. Queens-based Nasir J. Khanzada’s engineering company is the applicant of record. The development will rise on an irregular 6,918-square-foot vacant plot straddling 97th Street just south of Astoria Boulevard. LaGuardia Airport is six blocks away.

Construction Underway on Rockefeller University’s Kravis Research Building at 1228 York Avenue, Upper East Side

1:00 pm on June 17, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Rockefeller University’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation-David Rockefeller River Campus expansion is now being constructed above the FDR Drive between East 64th and 68th streets, at 1228 York Avenue on the Upper East Side. The expansion consists of a two-story academic building and two acres of green space, according to the New York Times. The new building, called the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Research Building, will encompass 152,641 square feet. It will feature laboratories, two amphitheaters, offices, conference rooms, a dining area, and outdoor terraces. The new structure will connect to the university’s existing buildings. Rafael Viñoly Architects is behind the design. Construction is being accomplished with the Chesapeake 1000, which is the “largest marine crane based on the East Coast.” Completion is expected in 2019.

Four-Story, Single-Family Townhouse Proposed at 34 East 62nd Street, Upper East Side

11:00 am on June 17, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Renderings have surfaced of a four-story, single-family townhouse planned at 34 East 62nd Street, in the Lenox Hill section of the Upper East Side. The plans come as the project was unanimously approved by Community Board 8’s landmarks committee earlier this year, DNAinfo reported. The townhouse will feature an elevator, a limestone façade, and a fifth-floor penthouse, and is being designed by Henry Jessup’s HS Jessup Architecture. The site can accommodate up to 8,030 square feet of residential space as-of-right. The Rye, N.Y.-based Woodbine Company, which acquired the vacant lot for $11.9 million in 2015, is the developer. It will eventually require approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission, as it sits within the Upper East Side Historic District. The LPC will is currently slated be presented the project on on June 28.

Jain Temple of New York Planning New Facility at 259-16 79th Avenue, Floral Park, Queens

10:00 am on June 17, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The Jain Temple of New York, based in New Hyde Park, has filed applications for a single-story, 11,621-square-foot temple at 259-16 79th Avenue, located on the corner of 79th Avenue in Floral Park, Queens. The 23-foot-tall religious facility will contain a house of worship and prayer areas, a dining area and kitchen, classrooms, and accessory office space, according to the permits. Rohit D. Misra’s Flatiron District-based Misra Group is the architect of record. The temple will rise on a 10,000-square-foot lot that’s currently occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits have not yet been filed.

Foundation Complete for 88-Story, 273-Unit Mixed-Use Tower at 125 Greenwich Street, Financial District

6:30 am on June 17, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Foundation work is now complete at 125 Greenwich Street, in the Financial District, the site of a planned 88-story, 273-unit mixed-use tower being developed by SHVO (headed by Michael Shvo), New Valley, and Bizzi & Partners Development. The concrete pit is now ready to make way for the tower portion, as seen in a photo by ILNY that was posted to the YIMBY Forums. The exact dimensions of building are not known, as the permits at the Buildings Department have yet to be amended, but we know it will rise 898 feet above street level (per Curbed NY) and will encompass roughly 450,000 square feet. There will be 20,000 square feet of retail space in its base and 16,000 square feet of residential amenities, including multiple terraces throughout the tower. The residential units will also be condominiums, ranging from studios to a triplex penthouse. Rafael Viñoly Architects is behind the design. Earlier this year, the developers were in the process of securing financing through various sources. Completion is expected in 2018.

Reveal for 900-Unit Mixed-Use Rheingold Brewery Redevelopment at 123 Melrose Street and 54 Noll Street, Bushwick

6:00 am on June 17, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Renderings have finally been revealed for All Year Management’s mixed-use development at 123 Melrose Street and 54 Noll Street, in western Bushwick, the site of the former Rheingold Brewery complex. The multi-block project, bound by Melrose and Stanwix streets and Evergreen and Flushing avenues, will feature 800 to 900 rental apartments and tens of thousands of square feet of retail space, according to Curbed NY. It’s being dubbed Bushwick II and will encompass around one million square feet. Roughly 20 percent of the apartments will rent a below-market rates through the affordable housing lottery. The developer acquired the plot for a combined $140.7 million over the past year. ODA New York is responsible for the design. New building permits have yet to reflect the latest plans. Two sprawling, single-story warehouse structures will have to be demolished.

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