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Virgin Hotel, 1225 Broadway

Construction Begins on Virgin Hotel At 1225 Broadway, Midtown South

In August of 2014, YIMBY brought you the first glimpse of the 39-story, 465-key Virgin Hotel planned at 1225 Broadway, in Midtown South, and we revealed more renderings in January of this year. According to Commercial Observer, the developer has now broken ground on the 500,000 square-foot building, which will eventually contain 90,000 square feet of retail space. The hotel portion will measure 300,000 square feet, and 30,000 square feet will be designated as amenity space for guests. The Lam Group is the developer, while VOA Associates is the design architect, and completion is expected in 2018.


Rivertowns Square

Developers Team Up For 138-Key Hotel At Riverside Square Project, Dobbs Ferry

Last summer, a developer was brought in to build the 202-unit residential portion of Rivertowns Square, a mixed-use project in Westchester’s Dobbs Ferry, and now the lead developer, Saber Dobbs Ferry LLC, is bringing in Maryland-based Baywood Hotels Inc. to construct and manage a 138-key, 83,000 square-foot Hilton Garden Inn, per Westfair. The hotel will be located at 35 Livingstone Avenue, atop a two-story retail podium, formerly the site of a research facility. The head developer secured a $42 million loan earlier this month, and completion is expected in 2016.


70 Bushwick Avenue

Six-Story, 20-Unit Residential Project Filed At 70 Bushwick Avenue, Williamsburg

Joel John, doing business as Bushwick Powers, LLC, has filed applications for a six-story, 20-unit residential building at 70 Bushwick Avenue, in eastern Williamsburg, a block away from the Grand Street stop on the L train. The building will measure 13,657 square feet, and units will average a rental-sized 683 square feet apiece. Queens Village-based Julien Flander is the architect of record. The L-shaped assemblage will require the demolition of a single-story warehouse on the corner lot and a two-story house at 215 Powers Street.


45 Park Place

Reveal For 43-Story, 667-Foot-Tall Condo Tower At 45 Park Place, Tribeca

In the first half of 2014, YIMBY reported on building applications for a nearly 600-foot-tall luxury residential tower at 45 Park Place, in Tribeca, and later that year, we revealed preliminary renderings of the project. Now, Bloomberg Business has the latest news on the tower, as well as an update on the design. The building will have 43 actual stories and will top out 667 feet above street level, up from the 39-story and 597-foot figures reported earlier. The latest filings call for 50 condominiums, and at least 15 will reportedly be full-floor units measuring 3,200 to 3,700 square feet. The 134,304 square-foot building will also incorporate 1,089 square feet of ground-floor retail.


133 Kruser Street

Three Stories, Six Units Coming To 133 Kruser Street, New Dorp, Staten Island

Staten Island-based Blue Star Group has filed applications for three detached multi-family residential buildings at 133-141 Kruser Street, in Staten Island’s south shore neighborhood of New Dorp. Located just five blocks from the Grant City SIRR station, each three-story building will house two units for a total of six apartments. The development will total 8,808 square feet, which means units will average a spacious 1,468 square feet apiece. Richard Moss’s Moss & Sayad Architects is the applicant of record, and an existing single-story house must first be demolished.


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