Upper East Side

Developer Acquires Vacant Property At 34 East 62nd Street, Upper East Side

4:00 pm on August 20, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Rye, NY-based Woodbine Company has purchased the development site at 34 East 62nd Street, on the Upper East Side, for $11.9 million from Russian developer Janna Bullock. Back in 2007, she filed permits for a five-story townhouse, but plans stalled out. The vacant property has 8,000 square feet of development rights, but can be expanded by 6,000 square feet with the purchase of additional air rights. No new building applications have been filed.

Extell To Expand Assemblage With 350 East 86th Street Purchase, Upper East Side

10:00 am on August 19, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Extell Development is in contract to purchase the single-story grocery store at 350 East 86th Street, on the Upper East Side, for $100 million, Crain’s reports. The developer also owns neighboring sites, and can build a 20-story, 230,000 square-foot condominium building, with 200 units and retail space. The acquisition is expected to close next year, also when Gristedes’ lease expires. Extell’s plans have yet to be disclosed, and assemblage could be expanded with further acquisitions.

Six-Story, Six-Unit Residential Building Filed At 316 East 81st Street, Upper East Side

6:30 am on August 17, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The head of the Midtown-based law firm King & Spalding has filed applications for a six-story, six-unit residential building at 316 East 81st Street, on the Upper East Side, in Yorkville. The building will measure 11,660 square feet in total, and units will likely be condominiums, averaging 1,943 square feet apiece. Issac & Stern is designing, and an old three-story townhouse must first be demolished; the building was purchased in 2012 for $3.2 million.

Icon Realty Planning Mixed-Use Building At 1538 2nd Avenue, Upper East Side

6:30 am on August 12, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Last year, YIMBY brought you news of Icon Realty’s planned 14-story, 12-unit mixed-use building at 1562 2nd Avenue, on the Upper East Side, and now the developer is planning another luxury residential and retail building at 1538-1546 2nd Avenue, a block to the south, between 80th and 81st Streets. According to the New York Post, demolition is underway to remove existing tenement buildings. Although applications are not on file for 1538 2nd Avenue, construction is expected to start in early 2016, or around the same time as their project at 1562 2nd Avenue.

Bedrock Tests Underway At 200 Amsterdam Avenue, Lincoln Square

6:00 am on August 7, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Bedrock exploration is now taking place at 200 Amsterdam Avenue, near 70th Street in Lincoln Square, according to West Side Rag. Earlier this year, the site — which has 388,000 square feet of development rights — was placed on the market with an asking price of more than $400 million. It’s unknown who exactly is behind the tests, as a developer and architect have not been disclosed. Demolition permits for the existing structure have not yet been filed.

29-Story Senior Residential Facility Planned At 1802 2nd Avenue, Yorkville

10:00 am on July 28, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Merchants Hospitality and Maplewood Senior Living are co-developing a 29-story, 213,000 square-foot residential facility for seniors at the corner of 2nd Avenue and East 93rd Street, in northern Yorkville. According to the New York Post, the four- and five-story tenement buildings spanning the lots 1802-1810 2nd Avenue and 303-305 East 93rd Street were acquired for a total $111 million over the course of two years. The buildings are expected to be demolished.

1143 5th Avenue in July 2014, photo by Christopher Bride for PropertyShark

Permits Filed: Five-Story Extension for 1143 5th Avenue, Upper East Side

6:00 pm on July 27, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The French government sold an eight-story brick townhouse at 1143 5th Avenue in the Upper East Side for the tidy sum of $36.4 million last November, and last week, the new owners filed applications to expand the building by five stories.

Brearley School Planning 10-Story Academic Building At 70 East End Avenue, Upper East Side

6:30 am on July 22, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The Brearley School, a private all-girls prep school on the Upper East Side, is planning an expansion at 70-74 East End Avenue. Three five-story tenement buildings are set to be razed to make-way for an eight- to ten-story academic building measuring 75,000 to 85,000 square feet, according to Bloomberg Business. The school is currently in the process of receiving financing, and construction is expected to start in early 2017.

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DDG Breaks Ground on 180 East 88th Street

7:30 am on July 10, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Tribeca-based developer DDG has just started construction on 180 East 88th Street, set to become the tallest tower above 72nd Street, when it tops out at 521 feet.

Five-Story Townhouse At 184 East 64th Street To Be Expanded To Six Stories, Five Residences

2:00 pm on June 30, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Michael D’Alessio, of Michael Paul Enterprises, has filed applications to horizontally and vertically expand (by one story) the five-story building at 184 East 64th Street on the Upper East Side. The planned six-story structure will have five residential units spread across 10,740 square feet of space, for an average unit of 2,150 square feet. The existing building is currently fit for three units, and Vail Associates is the applicant of record.

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