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321 Wythe Avenue

Residential Development Planned At 321 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg

3:00 pm on September 23, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Watermark Capital Group is now leasing the property at 321 Wythe Avenue, in western Williamsburg, from Saints Peter and Paul Church for $2.1 million per year, DNAinfo reports. The developer plans to raze the single-story church to make way for a residential project, which will include 2,500 square feet of community space. The property spans through to South 2nd Street. The developer has not yet filed applications with the DOB, but collaboration with the church is mandatory within a year of getting construction plans approved.

263 East 9th Street

Three-Story, Six-Unit Residential Building Coming To 263 East 9th Street, Kensington

12:00 pm on September 23, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Kensington-based Homes R Beautiful Re LLC has filed applications for a three-story, six-unit residential building at 263 East 9th Street, in northern Kensington, six blocks from the Q train’s stop at Beverly Road. The building will measure a total 4,977 square feet, and units will average 830 square feet apiece. Borough Park-based Bricolage Designs is the architect, and a two-story house must first be demolished.

59 Quincy Street

Four-Story, Six-Unit Residential Project Planned At 59 Quincy Street, Bed-Stuy

11:00 am on September 23, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Great Neck-based Omri Bar-Mashiah has filed applications for a four-story, six-unit residential building at 59 Quincy Street, in western Bedford-Stuyvesant, four blocks south of the G train’s stop at Classon Avenue. The building will measure just 3,976 square feet, which works out to units averaging a rental-sized 663 square feet each. Long Island-based Shahriar Afshari is the applicant of record, and the site’s old three-family townhouse was demolished by HPD in 1993.

Proposed Adaptive Reuse Of Crown Heights Landmark at 1375 Dean Street Doesn’t Pass Muster With LPC

7:00 am on September 23, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

A Crown Heights landmark is still in danger of falling apart and a proposal to save it met with concern, but not approval, from the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday. The landmark in question is the George B. and Susan Elkins House at 1375 Dean Street. The current owner wants to convert the single-family structure to a four-family home, add glass enclosures on the sides, add skylights, change the attic, excavate in the cellar to give a higher ceiling height, and put on a glassy rear addition. It was the glass enclosures that really didn’t sit well with the commissioners.

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