Exterior Cladding Imminent At Recently Topped-Out, 16-Story Residential Building At 41-21 28th Street, Long Island City

7:00 am on November 22, 2016 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

The 16-story apartment building at 41-21 28th Street, rising half a block north of Queens Plaza, appears ready to receive exterior cladding, as indicated by scaffolds that wrap the structure. The building had risen three stories when we last provided an update in April. After rising at a pace of two-and-a-half floors per month, it was topped-out in September. The project is developed by All Year Management and designed by architect Karl Fischer.

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5108 Fourth Avenue

Revealed: Eight-Story, 49-Unit Library-Residential Project Proposed At 5108 Fourth Avenue, Sunset Park

6:30 am on November 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A rendering has been revealed of the proposed eight-story, 49-unit mixed-use project at 5108 Fourth Avenue, located on the corner of 51st Street in Sunset Park. The rendering comes as the project was recently approved by Community Board 7 as part of the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), Brooklyn Daily reported. If all approvals are granted, the new building would feature Brooklyn Public Library’s new Sunset Park branch, measuring 21,000 square feet. There would be 49 affordable rental residential units on the floors above, ranging from studios to three-bedrooms.

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227 Grand Street

Construction Wraps On Seven-Story, 23-Unit Mixed-Use Project At 227 Grand Street, Chinatown

6:00 am on November 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Construction appears to have been completed on the seven-story, 23-unit mixed-use project at 227 Grand Street, located on the corner of Elizabeth Street in Chinatown. The project is a redevelopment of three existing commercial structures that stood two or three stories in height. The expanded structure contains 6,929 square feet of commercial space, consisting of retail on the ground and second floors, in addition to office space also on the second floor. The residential units, across floors three through seven, should average 574 square feet apiece, indicative of rentals.

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573 Classon Avenue

Four-Story, Four-Unit Residential Building Planned At 573 Classon Avenue, Clinton Hill

1:00 pm on November 21, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A Brooklyn-based property owner has filed applications for a four-story, four-unit residential project at 573 Classon Avenue, in southern Clinton Hill. The new building will measure 4,488 square feet and its full-floor residential units should average 892 square feet apiece. Based on size, the apartments could either be rentals or condominiums. Pirooz Soltanizadeh’s Jamaica-based Royal Engineering is the applicant of record. The 22-foot-wide, 1,792-square-foot lot is vacant. The Franklin Avenue-Fulton Street stop on the C train and Franklin Avenue Shuttle is around the block.

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