New rendrings of the Domino Sugar Refinery - PAU

PAU Studio Reveals Updates to Plans for Conversion of Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

7:30 am on August 14, 2019 By Sebastian Morris

When the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved the conversion of the 137-year-old Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the development quickly became one of the most talked about construction projects in Brooklyn. Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), the architects responsible for the visionary conversion, return this week to the LPC with changes for its previously approved design.

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115 East 55th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan

Permits Filed for 115 East 55th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan

7:00 am on August 14, 2019 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for an 18-story apartment building at 115 East 55th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. Located between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue, the lot is four blocks south of the Lexington Avenue-59th Street subway station, serviced by the N, R, and W trains. Also nearby is the Lexington Avenue-53 Street subway station, serviced by the E and M trains. Zeckendorf Development is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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Brooklyn Point’s Façade Reaches 720-Foot Tall Roof Parapet, in Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on August 13, 2019 By Michael Young

The 68-story, 720-foot-tall skyscraper Brooklyn Point is on pace for its 2020 debut as work on its façade is wrapping up in Downtown Brooklyn. The Extell development also known as 138 Willoughby Street is designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox with SLCE Architects as the architect of record, and is part of the third and final phase of the City Point complex. Closings for the 458 residential units, which range from studios to three-bedroom units, are expected to begin early next year with pricing starting at $850,000. AD 100 designer Katherine Newman is in charge of the interior design.

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Excavation Begins at 22 Chapel Street in Downtown Brooklyn

7:30 am on August 13, 2019 By Michael Young

Excavation work is getting started at 22 Chapel Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The ground-up, 20-story rental complex is designed by CetraRuddy and developed by Delshah Capital and OTL Enterprises. The superstructure will rise 211 feet high above Flatbush Avenue and sit between Chapel Street and Cathedral Place. A total of 133,181 square feet of residential space will be created and spread among 180 units.

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