517 West 29th Street

Redevelopment Of Six-Story Warehouse At 517 West 29th Street Planned, Chelsea

10:00 am on October 28, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Six Sigma is in contract to purchase the six-story commercial building at 517-523 West 29th Street, in West Chelsea, for $54 million, and plans to redevelop the property. The existing building is being used as a self-storage facility and measures 55,000 square feet, although the site carries 19,000 square feet of unused development rights. The exact details on the redevelopment have not been disclosed, per The Real Deal.

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Plan to Remake West 29th Street Halted by Time, Lack of Quorum

8:00 am on October 28, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

There is a plan in the works that would drastically change West 29th Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue. It involves six buildings in total, including two individual landmarks, and includes one 64-story mixed-use tower. The plan, being developed by HFZ Capital and the Collegiate Churches of New York, was presented to the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday. Members of the public testified, but by the time that happened, it was about 6 p.m. and, not having a quorum, no action was taken and the matter was tabled.

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Landmarks Okays Extension for NoMad Hotel at 1164 Broadway

7:30 am on October 28, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

The NoMad Hotel at Broadway and West 28th Street is one step closer to getting a bit bigger. On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved an addition for the trendy hotel. That addition at 1164 Broadway will match the 147-foot height of the existing building at 1170 Broadway and is about the height of a planned hotel at 1162 Broadway.

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Details Hamper Approval Of New Home At 361 Macon Street, Bed-Stuy

7:00 am on October 28, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

A new four-story home is probably coming to the vacant lot at 361 Macon Street in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, but not quite yet. With some commissioners absent and those present unable to reach a consensus, the Landmarks Preservation Commission took “no action” on the proposed home in their session on Tuesday. Materials, construction, and inspiration for details were among the issues that hampered approval.

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41 Prospect Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 41 Prospect Street, Staten Island

6:30 am on October 28, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Staten Island may be New York City’s slowest-growing borough, but its two most accessible neighborhoods, Stapleton and St. George, are getting thousands of new apartments in the next few years. And now another development is about to join the residential boom in Stapleton. Applications were filed yesterday for a seven-story mixed-use building at 41 Prospect Street, on the corner of Bay Street.

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