Horace Mann School Plans a New Pool and Science Building in Fieldston, Bronx
The tony, private Horace Mann School in the upper Bronx has filed plans with the Department of Buildings to expand their campus with a new pool and science center.
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Two Single-Story, 4,320-Square-Foot Retail Buildings Coming to 1806 Seward Avenue, Classon Point
Bronx-based K.O. Construction Corp. has filed applications for two single-story, 4,320-square-foot commercial-retail buildings at 654 Beach Avenue and 1806 Seward Avenue, in the East Bronx’s Classon Point section. Both would rise 18 feet in height and would contain “retail stores,” according to the Schedule A. Kenneth A. Koons’s Bronx-based architectural firm is the architect of record. They would rise on a vacant 8,984-square-foot property on the corner of Seward and Beach avenues, which would be subdivided into two tax lots. The site is located roughly a mile south of the St. Lawrence Avenue stop on the 6 train.
Construction Completed on 12-Story, 154-Unit Affordable-Supportive Building, 1191 Boston Road, Morrisania
Construction has been completed and occupancy is underway at the 12-story, 154-unit affordable-supporting housing project at 1191 Boston Road, in the Bronx’s Morrisania section. Photos of the new building can be seen in a Curbed NY report. Dubbed Boston Road, the building encompasses 94,000 square feet and rises 119 feet above street level. It’s variety of affordable and supportive apartments, which are rentals, should average 315 square feet apiece. They are being leased at below-market rates to formerly homeless people, seniors, Medicaid users, and those living with HIV/AIDS. Amenities include a fitness center, a roof terrace, a garden, a computer lab, and storage for eight bikes. Breaking Ground is the developer and Alexander Gorlin Architects is behind the architecture.
City Seeks Affordable Mixed-Use Building for 65 East 149th Street, Lower Concourse
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) have launched a request for expressions of interest (RFEI) for the 158,000-square-foot development site at 65 East 149th Street, located in the South Bronx’s Lower Concourse section. The hope is for a development team to propose a mixed-use building with an assortment of affordable residential units, commercial space, and community facilities, DNAinfo reported. In addition, there will have to be public open space, which will hopefully be in the form of a waterfront esplanade (the site fronts the Harlem River). Infrastructure upgrades are also part of the project. The vacant site is located five blocks from the 149th Street-Grand Concourse stop on the 2 and 5 trains. Responses are due by October 11.
Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Filed at 1462 Southern Boulevard, Longwood
Queens-based Southern Plaza Corp. has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 1462 Southern Boulevard, in the West Bronx’s Longwood section. The structure will measure 5,300 square feet and its residential units should average 662.5 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be two apartments on each floor. Russell A. Dance’s South Ozone Park-based RLD3 Engineering is the applicant of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,075-square-foot property is currently vacant. It’s predecessor, a three-story structure was demolished back in 2005 by the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The Freeman Street stop on the 2 and 5 trains is two blocks to the south.
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