Construction is now above street level at 58 West 39th Street, aka H Hotel W39, in Midtown. Designed by Peter F. Poon Architect and developed by Wei Hong Hu of H Hotel LLC, the 29-story structure is rising from a narrow plot below Bryant Park between Fifth and Sixth Avenue.
Community meetings organized by The City of Hoboken and a local developer will determine the outcome of a major rezoning initiative known as the Public Works Garage Site Redevelopment Plan. The initiative was launched in 2006 to replace a partially derelict municipal parking garage and surrounding parcels with a mix of residential, retail, and publicly accessible area.
Construction has reached the final floors of 368 Third Avenue in the Manhattan neighborhood of Kips Bay. The 388-foot-tall reinforced concrete structure has risen rapidly since mid-June, when excavation was still underway. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Minrav Development, the 35-story, 145,000-square-foot building will house 100 apartments for an average of 1,100 square feet apiece.
The New Rochelle Planning Board is expected to review proposals from a local developer to construct a new 28-story building in Downtown New Rochelle. Located at 525 Main Street, the site is formed by an assemblage of five lots to create a 22,000-square-foot unified parcel.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 401 Chester Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Located between Livonia Avenue and Riverdale Avenue, the lot is one block from the Rockaway Avenue subway station, serviced by the 3 train. Dunn Development Corp., listed as the owner behind the applications, is also responsible for the Bergen Saratoga Apartments, an 80-unit affordable and supportive housing building in the same neighborhood.
