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Six-Story, 44-Unit Residential Building Rising At 420 Tompkins Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

6:30 am on August 25, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Earlier this year, the two-story hardware store at 420 Tompkins Avenue, in southwestern Bedford-Stuyvesant, was demolished to make way for a six-story, 44-unit residential building, and now the steel-framed structure is a story above street level, per Brownstoner. Charles Mallea is designing, and the building will measure 29,908 square feet, featuring rental-sized units averaging 680 square feet. Bed-Stuy-based CS Management is developing, and completion is expected in the spring of 2016.

Developer Buys Out Large Stake In 550 Washington Street, Hudson Square

6:00 am on August 25, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In May of 2014, YIMBY brought you renderings of TEN Arquitectos’ conceptual plans for the St. Johns Terminal building at 550 Washington Street, in Hudson Square. At the time, multiple owners complicated the redevelopment of the 1.1-million square-foot structure, which has 280,000 square feet of air rights, but now Westbrook Partners has bought out Fortress Investment Group’s ownership stake for more than $200 million, according to Crain’s. Atlas Capital Group, who tried to acquire additional air rights from Pier 40 last year, will retain their minority stake. Plans include a new residential tower, which may be built ground-up or as a conversion/expansion, but city approval is required before construction can begin.

18-Story, 283-Key Hotel Building Filed At 149-03 Archer Avenue, Jamaica

4:30 pm on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Jamaica-based Pride Hospitality Group has filed applications for an 18-story, 283-unit hotel building at 149-03 Archer Avenue, in downtown Jamaica, located three blocks from the Jamaica LIRR station, JFK AirTrain and the E, J and Z subways at Sutphin Boulevard. The building will measuring 110,463 square feet, and hotel rooms will average 390 square feet. Jamaica-based Manish Savani is the architect of record, and an existing single-story auto-repair must first be demolished.

Five-Story Mixed-Use Commercial Building Planned At 150-15 Barclay Avenue, Murray Hill, Queens

3:00 pm on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Yong Lee, head of Flushing-based HWL Management, has filed applications for a five-story, 14,732 square-foot commercial building at 150-15 Barclay Avenue, in Murray Hill, Queens, located a block from the Murray Hill LIRR station. The first and second floors will contain 4,315 square feet of offices, and 14,732 square feet of health care facilities will take up the third through fifth floors. Flushing-based Kyu Myeon Lee is the architect of record, and an existing 2.5-story home must first be demolished.

Six-Story, 10-Unit Mixed-Use Building Coming To 1430 West 4th Street, Bensonhurst

2:00 pm on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Jenny Wu has filed applications for a six-story, 10-unit mixed-use building at 1430 West 4th Street, in eastern Bensonhurst, four blocks from the N train’s Bay Parkway stop. The building will measure 11,139 square feet in total, and will feature 2,394 square feet of health care facilities on the basement level. On the five floors above, residential units will average 875 square feet apiece. Zhen Yu Ye’s Bay Ridge-based Ye Development Inc. is the applicant of record. The site’s two-story predecessor was demolished in 2005.

Five-Story, 22-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed At 144-89 38th Avenue, Murray Hill, Queens

12:30 pm on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Pik Wan Cheng, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a five-story, 22-unit mixed-use building at 144-89 38th Avenue, in Murray Hill, four blocks from the LIRR station at 41st Avenue and 149th Street. The building will measure 20,384 square feet, and includes 5,550 square feet on the basement level for a children’s daycare. Residential units, averaging a rental-sized 675 square feet, will take up the first through fifth floors. Flushing-based Chang Hwa Tan is the architect of record, and permits were filed in July to remove a dilapidated two-story structure.

30-Unit Townhouse Development Coming To 149-39 78th Street, Lindenwood

11:00 am on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Whitestone-based Zankera Construction Inc. has filed applications for 10 three-story, multi-family residential buildings spanning 149-21 – 149-39 78th Street, in Lindenwood, directly east of Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills. The development will total 30 residential units — three per building — across 35,690 square feet of space, making for spacious average units of 1,190 square feet. Platonic Solids Architecture is designing, and the swath of land is currently vacant.

Development Site At 111 Washington Street Placed On The Market, Financial District

10:00 am on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Late last year, Pink Stone Capital filed applications for a 51-story, 429-unit mixed-use tower with 23,000 square feet of retail space at 111 Washington Street, in the Financial District, and now the developer has tasked Cushman & Wakefield to market the site. In early 2014, YIMBY reported that the assemblage has 362,300 square feet of development rights, and according to the Daily News, Pink Stone expects to sell it for more than $170 million. Handel Architects was the architect of record for the old plans.

19-Story, 86-Unit Residential Building Revealed At 146 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights

6:30 am on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Earlier this summer, YIMBY reported on applications for a 19-story, 86-unit residential building at 146 Pierrepont Street, in Brooklyn Heights, and now renderings of the project have been revealed, per the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The development site spans through the block to 189 Montague Street, and 6,232 square feet of ground-floor retail space will share both sides of the new building. Above, twenty percent of the 86 rental units (18) will be let at below-market rates. Jonathan Rose Companies is developing, and Marvel Architects is designing.

707-Unit Mixed-Use Development Planned At 60 South Broadway, White Plains

6:00 am on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

A branch of the Miami-based Lennar Corporation is proposing a twin-towered, 858,000 square-foot mixed-use development at 60 South Broadway, in White Plains, and according to Westfair, the plan has been sent to the Common Council after recently clearing the Planning Board. The base podium will contain amenity space and 95,000 square feet of retail, and above, two 24-story towers will have 707 rental units, 71 of which will be let at below-market rates. Perkins Eastman is designing, and construction is scheduled to begin in May 2016.

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