Permits have been filed for a 17-story mixed-use building at 54 Crown Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Located on the corner of Franklin Avenue and Crown Street, the lot is about five blocks from the Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum subway station, serviced by the 2 and 3 trains. Carmel Partners is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 750 East 134th Street in Port Morris, the Bronx. Located on the corner of Willow Avenue and East 134th Street, the lot is about five blocks from the Cypress Avenue subway station, serviced by the 6 train. Altmark Group is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The Pendry Hotel at 4 Manhattan West is rising fast in Midtown West. The 21-story development will offer 164 guest rooms and a selection of condominiums on the tower’s upper floors. Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and developed by Brookfield Properties, the building features a distinctive wavy façade on the northern and southern elevations, which is now visible in the reinforced concrete structure. The glass curtain wall will be installed later this year.
The future NoMad site of the Ritz Carlton Hotel at 1185 Broadway is making progress. The first several high-ceiling floors for the podium have been created. Construction workers reached the fourth floor and the start of the main hotel portion of the reinforced concrete structure should soon follow. This is going to be a $500 million Midtown skyscraper, which is located at the northern intersection of Broadway and West 28th Street. It is designed by Rafael Vinoly, while Marriott, Ritz Carlton Hotels, and Flag Luxury Properties are the three developers. The interiors are being designed by Yabu Pushelberg. The Ritz Carlton will top out at 40 stories tall and reach 580 feet above street level.
The long-planned redevelopment and vertical expansion of Harlem’s Historic Victoria Theatre at 233 West 125th Street is one step closer to completion with both residential and hotel components officially topped out. Designed by Aufgang Architects and developed by Exact Capital Group and Lam Group, the expanded property includes a new 26-story, 210-key Marriott Renaissance Hotel and an adjacent 27-story, 191-unit apartment tower.
