Exterior Work Finishes on Verizon Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel, on Roosevelt Island

7:30 am on August 21, 2020 By Michael Young

The finishing touches are wrapping up on the Verizon Tech Executive Education Center and the adjoining Graduate Hotel at 22 North Loop Road on Roosevelt Island. Designed by Snøhetta, the 18-story hotel is managed by Graduate Hotels and will contain 224 rooms, while the four-story education center will feature a number of spaces for academic conferences, executive programs, seminars, and workshops. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is the master planner and Hudson Companies, Related Companies, and Brookfield are developing the entire Cornell Tech campus, which sits just south of the Queensboro Bridge’s central span.

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11-26 31st Drive and 31-61 Vernon Boulevard in Astoria, Queens

Permits Filed for 11-26 31st Drive and 31-61 Vernon Boulevard in Astoria, Queens

7:00 am on August 21, 2020 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for two eight-story residential buildings at 11-26 31st Drive and 31-61 Vernon Boulevard in Astoria, Queens. Located between 31st Drive and 11th Street, the interior lots are a 15-minute walk east to the Broadway subway station, serviced by the N and W trains. Meshulem Z. Twersky under the 31-61 Vernon Boulevard LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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1374 Blondell Avenue in Westchester Square, The Bronx

Permits Filed for 1374 Blondell Avenue in Westchester Square, The Bronx

6:30 am on August 21, 2020 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for a three-story mixed-use building at 1374 Blondell Avenue in Westchester Square, The Bronx. Located at the intersection of Ponton Avenue and Blondell Avenue, the interior lot is near the Westchester Square-East Tremont Avenue subway station, serviced by the 6 train. Foremost Real Estate under the 1400 Blondell LCC is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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Ten Questions With GID Development’s James Linsley on The Completion of Waterline Square

8:00 am on August 20, 2020 By Michael Young

Construction on Waterline Square, a three-tower residential complex from GID Development Group on the waterfront of Manhattan’s Upper West Side, is finally finished. The site is situated across from the Hudson River and Riverside Park South between West 59th Street, West 61st Street, and Freedom Place South. Each of the site’s towers comes from three separate architectural firms: One Waterline Square by Richard Meier & Partners with interiors by Champalimaud;  Two Waterline Square by Kohn Pedersen Fox with interiors by Yabu Pushelberg; and Three Waterline Square by Rafael Viñoly with interiors by Groves & Co. Hill West Architects served as the executive architect for the entire master plan.

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