Permits have been filed for a nine-story mixed-use building at 757 Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between Clarkson Avenue and Lenox Road, the lot is near the Parkside Avenue subway station, serviced by the Q train. New Empire Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Work is progressing on the renovation and expansion of The Frick Collection, an 88-year-old art museum at 1 East 70th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Annabelle Selldorf of Selldorf Architects with Beyer Blinder Belle as the architect of record, the $160 million project involves the construction of a seven-story extension that will increase the historic institution’s footprint by 18,000 square feet to 197,000 square feet, as well as the renovation of the existing structure that will improve its infrastructure and accessibility. Sciame Construction is the general contractor for the undertaking, which broke ground in May 2021 after gaining approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The Frick Collection is bound by East 71st Street to the north, East 70th Street to the south, and Fifth Avenue and Central Park to the west.
Construction is now complete at 122 Fifth Avenue, where Bromley Companies has invested more than $100 million to renovate the 11-story office building. Led by STUDIOS Architecture, the building now offers 300,000 square feet of modern office space, a rooftop terrace and pavilion, and a collection of amenity spaces.
Permits have been filed for a four-story school building for PS 82 at 6303 14th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Located between 63rd Street and 64th Street, the lot is steps from the New Utrecht Avenue subway station, serviced by the D and N trains. NYC School Construction Authority is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction wrapped up last month on architecture firm FORMA’s first multi-residential project in New York City. Located at 163 Roebling Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, work on the 4,800-square-foot property consisted of a gut renovation and a vertical residential addition. Saffrock Investments LLC is the developer with construction by SAMA Construction and structural engineering by Murray Engineering.
