The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1001 Bushwick Avenue, a six-story residential building in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed by BEAM Architects and developed by Joel Berkowitz, the structure yields 24 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 11 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $93,909 to $187,330.
Ground recently broke on a new animal care center in Baychester, The Bronx. The $92 million ground-up development will yield 50,000 square feet and house admissions, adoptions, medical services, and boarding for 70 dogs, 140 cats, 30 rabbits, and 20 animals of other species. The new animal center is part of the City’s goal to maintain a full-service animal shelter in each borough. The City’s Animal Care Centers are a non-profit organization that serve as the city’s open-admissions animal-shelter system contracted and overseen by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and operated by Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC).
This week CORE Real Estate held a groundbreaking ceremony for 429 Second Avenue, a 12-story residential building in Kips Bay, Manhattan. Designed by DXA Studio with amenity spaces by Paris Forino and developed by New Empire Corp., the 150-foot-tall development will yield 44,571 square feet with 59 condos units. The property is located between East 24th and 25th Streets.
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 1039 42nd Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Located between 10th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway, the lot is two blocks from the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station, serviced by the D train. Joel Friedman is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Leasing has officially launched for 121 West 125th Street, a new mixed-use development that will house National Urban League’s new headquarters and New York City’s first civil rights museum, and 90,000 square feet of office space. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Taconic Partners, L+M Development Partners, BRP Companies, and The Prusik Group, the block-through structure is located in the heart of Manhattan’s Harlem neighborhood. Newmark’s Chris Mongeluzo is the exclusive realtor for the office space, which includes the entire fifth and sixth floors with private outdoor space and a separate office lobby.
