The Doe Fund Breaks Ground on Transitional Housing at 510 Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

7:00 am on October 14, 2023 By Vanessa Londono

This week The Doe Fund broke ground on a six-story transitional housing development at 510 Gates Avenue in Brooklyn. Located in Bedford Stuyvesant next to the organization’s first transitional residence, which opened in 1990, the residential building will provide men experiencing homelessness with 200 beds and with the opportunity to join The Doe Fund’s award-winning Ready Willing & Able reentry program. The 44,658-square-foot 510 Gates is designed by Urban Architectural Initiatives and developed by Bolivar Builders and Round Square Development.

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Affordable House Lottery Launches for 97-01 55th Avenue in Corona, Queens

6:30 am on October 14, 2023 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 97-01 55th Avenue, a four-story residential building in Corona, Queens. Designed by Zheng & Associates and developed by Fengzhu Wang, the structure yields eight residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are three units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $75,669 to $198,250.

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Glass Cladding Begins On The Italic At 26-32 Jackson Avenue In Long Island City, Queens

8:00 am on October 13, 2023 By Michael Young

Construction is quickly progressing on 26-32 Jackson Avenue, aka The Italic, a 49-story residential skyscraper rising in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by American Lions, a joint venture between Fetner Properties and NY Lions Group, the ground-up 526-foot-tall structure will yield 384,043 square feet with 19,923 square feet of commercial space and 363 rental units ranging from studios to three-bedroom layouts with 109 units allocated towards affordable housing. Hunter Roberts Construction Group is the general contractor for the property, which is bound by Dutch Kills Street and an elevated roadway of the Queensboro Bridge to the northeast and Purves Street to the southwest.

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Construction Tops Out at 159 Boerum Street in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

7:00 am on October 13, 2023 By Vanessa Londono

This week crews poured the final floor on the 19-story new residential development at 159 Boerum Street in Brooklyn’s East Williamsburg neighborhood. Developed by Slate Property Group in partnership with Avenue Realty Capital and SD Builders and Construction LLC, the 216-foot-tall structure will yield 116,000 square feet and 162 units when complete with 49 apartments designated as affordable housing.

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