Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 1730 Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Empire Boulevard and Bedford Avenue, the corner lot is a couple blocks from the Sterling Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Jack Gold of Seventh Street Development Group, under the 1730 Bedford Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Work has begun on the re-cladding of PENN 2, a 31-story commercial building at Two Penn Plaza in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by MdeAS Architects and developed by Vornado Realty Trust, the project involves the replacement of the 53-year-old structure’s dark façade with a much lighter glass enclosure. The 412-foot-tall, 1.61-million-square-foot tower was originally designed by Charles Luckman Associates and stands along Seventh Avenue between West 31st and 33rd Streets, immediately to the east of Madison Square Garden. PENN 2 is one of several buildings in the Penn Station revitalization plan, which YIMBY covered in an article last week.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Lois, an eight-story mixed-use building at 350 Clarkson Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by The Hudson Companies, the structure yields 250 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 52 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $58,149 to $192,400.
Permits have been filed for two eight-story mixed-use buildings at 2767-2777 Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Located between Miller Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue, the adjacent lots are one block south of the Van Siclen Avenue subway station, serviced by the J and Z trains. Michael Rosenberg of Urbane Management Team Inc is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The new glass curtain wall continues to rise up the sides of 660 Fifth Avenue, a 39-story commercial building in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Brookfield Properties, the project involves interior renovations and the complete re-cladding of the 1957 office tower originally designed by Carson & Lundin. The 1.25 million-square-foot property is located along Fifth Avenue between West 52nd and 53rd Streets and was formerly addressed as 666 Fifth Avenue.
