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Reveal For Seven-Story Medical Office Building At 101 Pennsylvania Avenue, East New York

6:00 am on February 25, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In February of 2015, YIMBY reported on applications for a seven-story, 159,050 square-foot medical office building at 101 Pennsylvania Avenue, in northern East New York, located within walking distance of subway stops on the A, C, J, Z, and L trains, as well as the East New York station on the Long Island Rail Road. Later that year, the site’s old four-story commercial building, the Former East New York Savings Bank, was demolished. Now, Brownstoner has renderings of the new building and foundation work is currently underway on it. The project will boast 116,522 square feet of medical office space as well as 153 parking spots. Parking will take up the second through fourth floors, and medical office space will occupy the ground level and fifth through seventh floors. Array Architects is behind the design and Jonas Rudofsky, doing business as an anonymous LLC, is listed as partner to the property owner.

Three-Story, 10,000-Square-Foot Yeshiva Planned At 147-22 73rd Avenue, Kew Gardens Hills

4:00 pm on February 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Congregation Yeshiva Tiferet Torah, headed by Nerya Aminov, has filed applications for a new three-story, 10,379-square-foot educational facility at 147-22 73rd Avenue, in Kew Gardens Hills, located midway between Flushing and Jamaica in Queens. The new school will feature a gym in the sub-cellar, a library and lecture offices in the cellar, classrooms and teachers’ offices on the ground and second floors, and a study hall on the third floor. The project would be built on an 80-foot-wide vacant lot, once home to a two-story house that was demolished in 2003. Joe Lieberman’s Queens-based Abris Design Studio Corp. is the architect of record.

Two Four-Story, Three-Unit Residential Buildings Coming To 96 Coffey Street, Red Hook

3:00 pm on February 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based St. Andrea Realty Corp., headed by Aldo Frustacci, has filed applications for two four-story, three-unit residential buildings at 96-98 Coffey Street, in Red Hook, located six blocks from the Upper Bay waterfront. The individual buildings will measure 4,335 and 4,559 square feet each and it appears both will structures will be raised, as their ground-floors will not contain residential space. On the floors above, the full-floor apartments will average 941 square feet across the entire development. Leonard Colchamiro’s Brooklyn-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 41-foot-wide site is currently vacant.

10-Story Hotel & Condominium Pierhouse Development Wraps Up Construction, Brooklyn Heights

2:00 pm on February 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

It was in November of 2014 that YIMBY last brought you a construction update on the mixed-use development at 60-130 Furman Street, dubbed Pierhouse at Brooklyn Bridge Park, in northern Brooklyn Heights. At the time, most the the structure was poured and by the spring of 2015, façade installation had started. Later that year, Toll Brothers City Living and Starwood Capital Group were finally able to top out the buildings after a lawsuit against the project was thrown out. The latest photos by Tectonic (h/t Curbed) now show that façade installation has completed and construction is wrapping up. The northernmost building, at 60 Furman Street, is a 10-story, 192-unit hotel dubbed 1 Hotel. South of the hotel is a 10-story condominium building at 90 Furman, and below that is a four-story condominium complex at 130 Furman. There will be a total of 106 condominium units and they will come in a variety of configurations ranging from one- to five-bedrooms. Marvel Architects is behind the design and occupancy can be expected later this year.

Six-Story, Six-Unit Condominium Project Tops Out At 64 East 1st Street, East Village

1:00 pm on February 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In April of 2014, YIMBY reported on applications for a six-story, six-unit residential building at 64 East 1st Street, in the East Village, and construction began began on the project in August of 2015. EV Grieve now reports the structure has topped out. It now stands 60 feet above street level and measures a total 14,884 square feet. Each floor will contain a single condominium, except the ground-floor unit will have to share the floor with the residential lobby, and the sixth-floor unit will actually be a duplex apartment featuring a seventh-floor penthouse and private terrace. On average, the units will measure 2,183 square feet apiece. Dubbed 64 East, GF55 Partners is the designing the project and MGM Property Group is developing it. Completion can probably be expected later this year.

Seven-Story, 43,250-Square-Foot Multi-Use Commercial Project Filed At 1932 Coney Island Avenue, Midwood

11:00 am on February 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Alex Finkelshteyn, doing business as anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a seven-story, 43,250-square-foot multi-use commercial building at 1932 Coney Island Avenue, in Midwood, located on the corner of Avenue P. The ground floor will contain 4,920 square feet of retail space and the rest of the building will have 33,410 square feet of community facility space, which could operate in the form of medical offices or facilities, non-profit offices, educational or day-care uses, or religious organizations. The exact use is not specified in permits, but the new building will have valet parking for 38 automobiles. Robert Palermo’s Brooklyn-based Corporate Design of America is the architect of record. Demolition permits were filed this past January to remove an existing gas station.

Schematics Posted Of Eight-Story, 12-Unit Mixed-Use Project At 42-44 Crescent Street, Long Island City

10:00 am on February 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In July of 2014, YIMBY reported on applications for an eight-story, 12-unit mixed-use building at 42-44 Crescent Street, in Long Island City’s Queens Plaza section. Now, The Court Square Blog reports schematics have been posted of the project on site. Maspeth-based Angelo Ng + Anthony Ng Architects Studio is designing, although no official renderings have been released yet. The new building will encompass 15,338 square feet and will include 2,060 square feet of commercial space on the ground-floor for a restaurant. Residential units will begin on the second floor and should average 951 square feet apiece, which means either rentals or condos could be in the works. Flushing-based Andy Ho is the property owner and doing business under an anonymous LLC. The site’s old two-story building was demolished late last year and excavation appears imminent. Completion is expected in 2017.

Renderings Revealed For 12-Story Mixed-Use Proposal At 107-18 70th Road, Forest Hills

6:30 am on February 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

News broke earlier this month that a developer is looking to build a 12-story mixed-use building at 107-18 70th Road, in Forest Hills, and renderings of the project have since surfaced. According to DNAinfo, the new building is being designed by Morali Architects. As previously reported, the 120-foot-tall structure would require a variance from the city as zoning currently only allows for new developments of up to 80 feet. The developer, who remains anonymous, is planning to transfer air rights to the site, which is currently occupied by a strip of single-story restaurants, known as “Restaurant Row.” The project would have ground-floor retail space with new restaurants and residential units on the upper floors. A tentative completion date is being pegged at 2019.

Lighthouse Point, rendering via Triangle Equities

Developers Land Financing, Tenant For Lighthouse Point’s First Phase In St. George, Staten Island

6:00 am on February 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In the summer of 2015, YIMBY brought you new renderings of the Lighthouse Point mixed-use development, in St. George, located immeadiately south of the St. George Terminal on Staten Island. Construction kicked off on the project’s first phase later that year – a 12-story, 116-unit mixed-use building that fronts Bay Street. Its developers – Triangle Equities and Lubert-Adler – have now secured a total $81.7 million in financing from multiple sources. In addition, Commercial Observer reports Regus signed a lease to take 30,000 square feet of the mixed-use building’s 65,000 square feet of commercial space. The remaining 35,000 square feet could be leased as office or retail space, and construction on the first phase is expected to wrap up in 2017. The rest of the project includes repurposing four historic structures and other artifacts, and building a 12-story, 175-key hotel with 15,000 square feet of event space and an additional 23,000 square feet of multi-use commercial space. Garrison Architects is designing.

Three-Story, Three-Unit Residential Project Planned At 656 Warwick Street, East New York

4:00 pm on February 23, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Julio Salinas, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a three-story, three-unit residential building at 656 Warwick Street, in central East New York, located a stone’s throw away from the New Lots Avenue stop on the 3 train. The new structure will measure 3,278 square feet in total and the full-floor units will average a family-sized 1,093 square feet apiece. The ground-floor unit will feature an indoor garage and recreational space in the cellar. Michael Sbeglia’s Brooklyn-based Design Concept Architects is the architect of record. The 20-foot-wide lot is currently being used as a parking lot.

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