The Willoughby Celebrates Grand Opening at 196 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on June 12, 2022 By Michael Young

YIMBY attended the ribbon cutting ceremony marking the grand opening of The Willoughby, a 34-story mixed-use tower at 196 Willoughby Street on Long Island University‘s Downtown Brooklyn campus. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by RXR Realty, the 445-foot-tall structure yields 476 residential units ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, as well as new academic and office spaces, an adjacent athletic field to the east, and parking for 564 vehicles directly below. Hunter Roberts Construction Group served as the general contractor for the Brooklyn project, which is bound by Willoughby Street to the north, Ashland Place to the east, DeKalb Avenue to the south, and Flatbush Avenue Extension to the west. The building dedicates 30 percent of units as rent stabilized apartments for middle-income households.

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Aerial Rendering of proposed alterations and rooftop pavilion at 122 Fifth Avenue - Studios Architecture

122 Fifth Avenue’s Expansion Tops Out in Union Square, Manhattan

7:30 am on June 12, 2022 By Michael Young

YIMBY attended a topping-out ceremony for 122 Fifth Avenue, a 11-story commercial building expansion in Union Square. Designed by STUDIOS Architecture and developed by Bromley Companies, the 300,000-square-foot project involves the erection of a one-story steel-framed addition above the parapet of the landmarked building, as well as the construction of a reinforced concrete annex that will expand the property’s T-shaped footprint along West 17th Street. Microsoft has signed on as the anchor tenant for the office space, and athleisure company Allbirds will occupy the retail space. Omnibuld is the general contractor for the Midtown, Manhattan property.

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Rendering of the new Colonial II - Beacon Communities

Beacon Communities Reveals Renovation, Sustainability Project at Colonial II Senior Apartments in Rome, New York

7:00 am on June 12, 2022 By Sebastian Morris

Colonial II Apartments at 310 Cottage Street in Rome, New York, will soon be one of the most sustainable public housing buildings in the state. A renovation project led by Beacon Communities, current owners of the 99-unit property, includes a host of high-tech sustainability upgrades that will drastically reduce building carbon emissions and achieve net-zero energy use.

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Rendering of One Madison Avenue Expansion. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox

One Madison Avenue’s Concrete Core Begins Ascent in Flatiron District, Manhattan

8:00 am on June 11, 2022 By Michael Young

Construction is set to begin on the new floors at One Madison Avenue, a 27-story office tower expansion in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox for SL Green, the project involves the gut renovation of the existing eight-story building and structural addition above its roof level, bringing the structure up to 1.4 million square feet of Class A office space. The National Pension Service of Korea and Hines are also part of the development team and acquired $1.25 billion in construction financing for the property, which occupies a full block bound by East 23rd and 24th Streets and Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South.

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