Earlier this month, news broke that may force Mayor Bill de Blasio to deal with the second commercial real estate challenge left over from the Bloomberg years: Hudson Yards. The first challenge – SL Green’s request to…
Last December, DOB permits were filed for a new seven-story apartment building at 305 Union Avenue, between South First and Second Streets in Williamsburg. Now, YIMBY has the first renderings of the project, dubbed “EcoRise Union Avenue.” The 17-unit building will…
On one of the least desirable pieces of land in the city, a building will soon rise. At the intersection of the Cross-Bronx Expressway and the elevated structure carrying the 2/5 train, east of Crotona…
Another day, another new building permit filing in East Williamsburg. Today’s permit application comes for 246 Johnson Avenue, at the corner of Bushwick Place, near the Montrose L stop. There, developer Moshe Silberstein (operating under…
In the past, developers in Williamsburg have stuck to apartments, trying to cram as many studios and one- and two-bedrooms as possible into their zoning allotments, trying to capitalize on the influx of millennials seeking rental housing. But…
