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91 Franklin Avenue

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Proposed at 91 Franklin Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

6:30 am on February 7, 2017 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 91 Franklin Avenue, located in northwestern Bedford-Stuyvesant. The project would measure 16,195 square feet and its residential units should average 1,567 square feet apiece, indicative of apartments with family-sized configurations. Boaz Golani’s Brooklyn-based BEAM Group is the architect of record. The 5,000-square-foot site is occupied by a three-story townhouse and a single-story garage. Demolition permits have not been filed at this time. The project will have to receive approval through the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) since the site is located in a manufacturing district.

5718 Second Avenue

NYU Langone Plans Its Fifth Regional Cancer Clinic at 5718 Second Avenue, Sunset Park

6:00 am on February 7, 2017 By Reid Wilson

NYU Langone Medical Center is planning an outpatient cancer clinic at 5718 Second Avenue, located between 57th and 58th streets in Sunset Park. The new facility will be a center for chemotherapy and radiation therapies, Crain’s reported. The existing two-story, 28,700-square-foot commercial building at the site will be gut-renovated to accommodate the clinic. The building will receive a new façade, as well, NYU Langone revealed to YIMBY, although the final design remains a work in progress. Building permits to renovate the structure have not been applied for at this time. The property was acquired in the spring of 2016 for $12.1 million.

280 St. Marks Avenue

Construction in Final Stages On Five-Story, 32-Unit Residential Project at 280 St. Marks Avenue, Prospect Heights

7:00 am on February 6, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Construction is well underway on the façade and interiors of the five-story, 32-unit residential project under development at 280 St. Marks Avenue, in Prospect Heights. The latest progress on the structure was seen on a hard-hat tour attended by Commercial Observer. The latest building permits have the new building measuring 72,338 square feet and rising 50 feet to its main roof.

An overhead rendering of the plans to redevelop the Bedford Union Armory, courtesy BFC Partners

Potential HUD Cuts Under Trump Threaten Bedford Union Armory Affordable Housing

5:30 pm on February 3, 2017 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Just over a year ago, city officials and Knicks player Carmelo Anthony stood in the cavernous Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights and announced plans to redevelop the historic structure into affordable housing, a recreation center, and condos. Last night, City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo revealed that the city wasn’t sure how much federal housing funding it would receive under the Trump administration, and that uncertainty was threatening negotiations over the city budget and affordable housing at the armory.

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1900 Benson Avenue

Three-Story, 21-Unit Residential Project Filed at 1900 Benson Avenue, Bath Beach

10:00 am on February 3, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based EM Development has filed applications for a three-story, 21-unit residential project at 1900 Benson Avenue, located on the corner of 19th Avenue in Bath Beach. The new building will measure 32,452 square feet and its residential units should average 1,163 square feet, indicative of condominiums. There will also be off-street parking for 14 cars. Brooklyn-based Design Studio Associates is the architect of record. The 15,687-square-foot assemblage consists of three lots, each of which is currently occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits have not been filed at this time.

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