Property owner Yidel Hirsch has filed applications for a four-story, 20-unit residential building spanning the lots of 193-197 Freeman Street, six blocks north of the Greenpoint Avenue stop on the G train. The building will measure 20,000 square feet, which means units will average 750 square feet each. Julien Flander is the applicant of record, and a single-story warehouse must first be demolished.
Amit Stern, head of LHUM Investments, has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building measuring 5,490 square feet at the vacant lot of 71 Cooper Street, in southern Bushwick. Located two blocks from the J and Z train’s Chauncey Street subway stop, units will average just 685 square feet, indicative of rentals. Woody Chen’s InFocus is the applicant of record.
Property owner Joseph Emergi has revived applications, originally filed in 2013, calling for a four-story, three-unit residential building at the vacant lot of 108 Jefferson Avenue, in southwestern Bedford-Stuyvesant, three blocks north of the Nostrand Avenue subway stop. The building will measure 3,830 square feet, which means units will average a condo-sized 1,280 square feet. Gerald Caliendo is designing.
Bical Development has filed applications for a three-story, 103,595 square-foot commercial building, dubbed Kristal Auto Mall, at the parking lot at 2859 Flatbush Avenue, in Mill Basin. The structure will house dealerships, a repair center and inventory storage/office space, according to the NYC EDC. The property was purchased from the City in 2013, and Redcom Design & Construction is the applicant of record.
Sterling Town Equities has acquired the two-story commercial building and adjacent vacant lot at 186-190 21st Street, off Fourth Avenue in South Slope, for $6 million. The new owners plan to demolish the existing structure to make way for a condominium development, according to Commercial Observer. The property boasts 20,034 square feet of building potential, and the purchase was made in cash.
