Permits have been filed for a 13-story mixed-use building at 226 Grove Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Located between Wilson and Knickerbocker Avenues, the lot is four blocks from the Knickerbocker Avenue subway station, serviced by the M train. New York City Housing Authority is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use building at 132-51 41st Road in Flushing, Queens. Located between College Point Boulevard and Frame Place, the lot is three blocks south of the Flushing-Main Street subway station, serviced by the 7 train. The Flushing Main Street stop on the Long Island Rail Road is also steps away. Kuo Ching Hsu is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The industrial area along the South Bronx waterfront is about to sprout several high-rise residential towers, but development a couple blocks inland may bring another sign of impending gentrification: new artist studios. Plans were filed last week for a three-story commercial building at 740 East 137th Street in Port Morris.
Passive house construction is expensive, but condos built according to the energy-saving standard are becoming more common throughout New York City. Rentals, however, are still few and far between. Up in the Hamilton Heights section of Harlem, Synapse Development is working on the city’s first market-rate rental building designed to meet passive house requirements.
In July of 2014, YIMBY reported on applications for a seven-story, 34-unit residential building at 542 West 153rd Street, in Hamilton Heights, and now the project is under construction and four stories above street level, per Harlem+Bespoke. Synapse Development Group is developing the building, with the intention to achieve Passive House standards. Units will average 865 square feet, and East Village-based Chris Benedict is designing. Completion is currently expected in the spring of 2016.