The affordable housing lottery has launched for 50 Varet Street, a seven-story mixed-use building in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Meshberg Group and developed by 45 Graham Ave LLC, the structure yields 35 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 $68,400 to $198,250.
Permits have been filed for a four-story mixed-use building at 129 McDonald Avenue in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. Located between Greenwood Avenue and Vanderbilt Street, the lot is near the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station, serviced by the F and G trains. Nechemia Weinberger of Soft Stone Development Group is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Exterior work is continuing on JPMorgan Chase‘s 1,388-foot supertall headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners with Adamson Associates as the architect of record and developed by Tishman Speyer, the topped-out 60-story skyscraper will yield 2.5 million square feet of office space with a capacity of 15,000 employees, and will become the tallest structure in New York completely powered by hydroelectric energy. AECOM Tishman is the general contractor for the project, which occupies a full city block bound by East 48th Street to the north, East 47th Street to the south, Park Avenue to the east, and Madison Avenue to the west.
Greenpoint Landing Associates and Park Tower Group, alongside city and elected officials, recently celebrated the grand opening of 35 Commercial Street, a 22-story affordable housing project in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The opening of the building marks a notable step in the Greenpoint Landing master plan by providing 374 permanently affordable housing units to the campus, including 57 reserved for formerly homeless individuals. The development was completed in partnership with Breaking Ground, a nonprofit social service organization, and is located at the corner of Commercial Street and Bell Slip near the Newton Creek waterfront.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Haru Apartments, a seven-story residential building at 138-25 Barclay Avenue in Flushing, Queens. Designed by ND Architecture and Design and developed by Watermark Capital Group, the structure yields 48 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 15 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $87,429 to $198,250.
