New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced plans to bring a + POOL, a filtered floating pool, to a section of the East River near Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The pool, which will be located off of Pier 35’s dock, is part of a broader effort to expand swimming access across the city.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Arabella, a nine-story residential building at 4720 3rd Avenue in Belmont, The Bronx. Designed by Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by Vertical Community Development and Sioni Group, the structure yields 165 residences as well as a 60,500-square-foot retail portion designed by Marin Architects. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 60 units for residents at 80 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $80,572 to $250,380.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 25-86 31st Street in Astoria, Queens. Located between Newtown Avenue and Astoria Boulevard, the lot is near the 30th Avenue subway station, serviced by the N and W trains. Zhou Xu of Astoria 1 Plaza LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
YIMBY spotted a new rendering for 813-815 Broadway, an upcoming 11-story mixed-use residential building on the eastern border of Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Designed by Issac & Stern Architects and developed by Magnum Real Estate Group, the future project will yield a total of 20 condominium units in one- to three-bedroom layouts, as well as 2,389 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Ryan Serhant of SERHANT will be in charge of sales and marketing for the home, which will include three exclusive penthouse units.
Demolition work is finished at 289 Hudson Street, the site of a forthcoming six-story residential building in Hudson Square, Manhattan. Designed by SRA Architecture + Engineering and developed by Ponte Equities under the BNC289 LLC, the upcoming 73-foot-tall structure is planned to span 14,829 square feet and yield 15 rental units with an average scope of 688 square feet. There will also be 1,710 square feet of commercial space and a cellar level. The property is located at the corner of Hudson and Spring Streets, directly across from the recently completed New York headquarters for Disney at Four Hudson Square.
