Permits Filed for Mixed-Use Commercial Building at 23-20 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens

7:00 am on March 16, 2019 By Michael Young

Permits have been filed for a nine-story, mixed-use commercial building at 23-20 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The new structure will dedicate 65,000 square feet of newly built space toward residential units, a hotel, and dormitory spaces. The entire building itself is set to yield 82,851 square feet. It will be designed by KSQ Architects. William Dailey Building & Zoning is listed as the filing representative while the Vorea Group is owner of the property. The site is located at the corner of Jackson Avenue and Pearson Street and sits not too far from the Court Square subway station on the 7 train.

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Permits Filed for 1460 Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush Ditmas Park, Brooklyn

6:30 am on March 16, 2019 By Michael Young

Permits were recently filed for a new seven-story mixed-use building at 1460 Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Neil Myers of JFrankl Associates is listed as the applicant of record while Expediting 4U is listed as the filing representative. Guy Iber of Threefold is listed as the owner of the property. The site is located north of the Flatbush Avenue subway station that serves the 2 train, while the B and Q train can be found to the west at the Newkirk Plaza and Avenue H subway station.

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Hudson Yards’ Shops, Restaurants, and Thomas Heatherwick’s Iconic Sculpture Officially Open To The Public

8:00 am on March 15, 2019 By Michael Young

At noon today, New York’s newest neighborhood will ceremonially open for business. Hudson Yards‘ first public-facing attractions—the Shops & Restaurants and Thomas Heatherwick’s interactive sculpture Vessel—will welcome the crowds that have watched patiently from afar as the project’s soaring, glass-sheathed towers have transformed the skyline. Elkus Manfredi Architects is the designer of the seven-story retail center, of which Neiman Marcus is the anchor tenant. The city’s largest indoor shopping mall with more than 100 stores, it features 720,000 leasable square feet with nearly 85 percent of the space already occupied.

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Permits Filed For 459 61st Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

7:00 am on March 15, 2019 By Michael Young

Permits have been filed for a new four-story mixed-use residential building at 549 61st Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. City Building NY Architect P.C. is listed as the applicant of record and the filing representative. The new structure will be made with a steel frame and yield just over 5,400 square feet of newly built space. The property is located between Fourth Avenue and Fifth Avenue and is less than five minutes away from the N and R train at 59 Street Station. Leif Ericson Park is about a five-minute walk to the south beyond the elevated I-278 Belt Parkway.

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