1009 Hancock Street

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Planned at 1009 Hancock Street, Bushwick

6:00 am on August 17, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Robert Bichoupan, doing business as an anonymous Great Neck, N.Y.-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 1009 Hancock Street, in eastern Bushwick. It will measure 8,454 square feet and its residential units should average 822 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be two apartments per floor, followed by a roof terrace up on top. Whitestone-based Platonic Solids Architecture is the architect of record. The 30-foot-wide, 3,000-square-foot property is currently occupied by a two-and-a-half-story townhouse. Demolition permits were filed last month. The Halsey Street stop on the J train is located at the end of the block.

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4650 Broadway, rendering via DCP/Acadia Sherman Ave LLC

City Council Votes Down Rezoning for 15-Story Inwood Apartment Building at 4650 Broadway

4:55 pm on August 16, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

After two weeks of haphazard fits and starts and a confrontational protest with tenant activists, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez and the City Council Land Use Committee unanimously disapproved a plan to rezone the corner of Broadway and Sherman avenues, which would have paved the way for the construction of a 15-story apartment building known as Sherman Plaza.

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39 New York Avenue

Four-Story, 155-Unit Residential Building Proposed at 39 New York Avenue, Jersey City

3:30 pm on August 16, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The Hoboken Brownstone Company is proposing to build a four-story, 155-unit residential building at 39 New York Avenue, in the Jersey City area known as The Heights. A rendering of the project — being designed by Matawan, N.J.-based Chester, Ploussas, Lisowsky Partnership — has been revealed by Jersey Digs. The residential units will be rental apartments and a parking garage will be located in the cellar. Plans for the building are expected to go before the Jersey City Planning Board in the fall, although community meetings are already ongoing. No variances are required at this time, but an environmental remediation is currently underway at the site and is expected to wrap up in early 2017. The developer and government officials have also discussed plans to turn the adjacent county-owned property along New York Avenue into a public park. The 2nd Street stop on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail is located three blocks away.

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350 West 40th Street

35-Story, 612-Key DoubleTree Hotel Rises to 17th Floor at 350 West 40th Street, Garment District

2:00 pm on August 16, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Work is now underway on the 17th floor of the 35-story, 612-key DoubleTree by Hilton hotel under development at 350 West 40th Street, in the Garment District of Midtown. The developer — Sam Chang’s Great Neck, N.Y.-based McSam Hotel Group — also secured a $215 million mortgage to refinance existing debt and fund construction, Commercial Observer reported. The latest building permits, which YIMBY first reported on in early 2014, indicate the 328-foot-tall project will measure 199,664 square feet. The hotel rooms should average a budget-sized 290 square feet apiece. Guest amenities include a fitness center, storage for 18 bikes, a restaurant on the ground floor, and a rooftop lounge & bar. Gene Kaufman’s SoHo-based architectural firm is behind the design. Completion is expected later this year.

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