Architecture

790 Allerton Avenue

Permits Filed for 790 Allerton Avenue, Allerton, Bronx

Building applications have been filed for a mixed-use structure at 790 Allerton Avenue, in The Bronx’s Allerton neighborhood. The project will include approximately 16,500 square feet of retail space, which will be divided between eight different storefronts, fronting onto both Allerton and Barnes Avenues. The residential component’s entry will be located on Barnes Avenue, and will total 34,650 square feet, to be divided between 54 apartments, with an average unit size of 640 square feet highly indicative of rentals. Fernando Geremia of Fred Geremia Architects & Planning is designing, and Louis Vele of 790 Allerton LLC is listed as the site’s developer.


Schroeders Avenue

HPD Files for Five New Buildings on Schroeders Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn

The push to revitalize East New York continues apace at the Department of Buildings, and new building applications have been filed for five new structures on Schroeders Avenue, on the southeastern edge of the neighborhood. The addresses included in the filings are 389, 392, 400, 402, and 504 Schroeders Avenue, spanning both sides of the street. Each building will rise four floors and contain eight units, for 40 apartments in total, and the total construction area of each project will be about 8,000 square feet, for generously-sized apartments of about 1,000 square feet apiece. Michael Gelfand of MHG Architects, P.C. is listed as the architect, and in a rarity for New York City, the buildings will rise on land that was previously undeveloped.


1441 South Avenue

Permits Filed For CetraRuddy-Designed Office Building at 1441 South Avenue, Bloomfield, Staten Island

Staten Island rarely sees major new developments, and when it does, they normally appear on the island’s northeastern shorefront, in and around the St. George ferry terminal. But now, in the borough’s Bloomfield neighborhood on the far western side of the island, new job applications have been filed for an office building that will span just shy of 325,000 square feet, with a design by CetraRuddy Architects.

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40 10th Avenue

Excavation Making Headway for “Solar Carve” Building at 40 Tenth Avenue, Meatpacking District

YIMBY last reported on 40 Tenth Avenue when new building applications were filed for the site, in November of 2015. Now, with demolition of an old three-story warehouse complete, construction on the office project is finally getting underway. The progress on excavation has been substantial, and piling and caissons are also beginning to appear. Jeanne Gang Architects is behind the design, and the latest photos come from YIMBY Forum user JC_Heights.

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