Rendering of 88 Throop Avenue - Courtesy of Marvel Architects

Throop Corners Wraps Up Construction at 88 Throop Avenue in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn

8:00 am on September 8, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is wrapping up on Throop Corners, a nine-story all-affordable residential building at 88 Throop Avenue in the Broadway Triangle section of South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Marvel and developed and built by Mega Contracting in a joint collaboration with St. Nicks Alliance, RiseBoro Community Partnership, Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation-Los Sures, and Unified Neighborhood Partners, the structure will yield 140 affordable housing units in studio to four-bedroom layouts along with a 6,400-square-foot workforce development center operated by St. Nicks Alliance on the ground floor. The building stands on a 27,000-square-foot property bound by Throop Avenue to the northeast, Gerry Street to the northwest, and Bartlett Street to the southeast.

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Construction Nears Completion on 89 Throop Avenue in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn

7:30 am on September 8, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is drawing to a close on 89 Throop Avenue, a five-story mixed-use residential and religious building in the Broadway Triangle section of South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by S. Wieder Architect and developed by Chaim Deutsch, the 55-foot-tall structure will span 30,344 square feet and yield 24 rental units with an average scope of 870 square feet, as well as 9,444 square feet of community facility space, a cellar level, 12 open parking spaces, and 12 enclosed parking spaces. The property is located at the intersection of Bartlett Street and Throop Avenue and was formerly occupied by two low-rise commercial buildings.

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Ribbon cutting ceremony, via nyc.gov

New York City Opens 24 New School Buildings For The 2024-2025 School Year

7:00 am on September 8, 2024 By Max Gillespie

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Public Schools Chancellor David Banks, and School Construction Authority president and CEO Nina Kubota have announced the opening of 24 new school buildings across the city for the 2024-2025 school year. This K-12 expansion is the largest by seat count by the SCA since 2003, with 11,010 additional seats. The newly adopted 2025-2029 capital plan also provides funding for another 33,417 seats.
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All-Affordable Housing Building Tops Out at 63 Stockholm Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn

8:00 am on September 7, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction has topped out on 63 Stockholm Street, a four-story all-affordable residential building in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed by STAT Architecture and developed by RiseBoro Community Partnership and St. Nicks Alliance under the Bushwick Alliance LLC, the 20,111-square-foot structure will yield 20 rental units, a cellar level with bike storage, and a rooftop covered with a photovoltaic canopy. The $10 million project is located on a formerly vacant interior lot between Central and Evergreen Avenues.

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Rendering of 1 Java Street, courtesy of Marvel Designs

1 Java Street Two-Tower Development Tops out in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

7:30 am on September 7, 2024 By Max Gillespie

Lendlease and its joint venture partner Aware Super, one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, recently celebrated the topping out of 1 Java Street, a two-tower residential development in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by Marvel, the 37- and 20-story structures will yield a combined 834 rental units, with 30 percent designated as affordable housing. The property is bound by India Street to the north, Java Street to the south, West Street to the east, and the East River to the west.

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