Lower East Side

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Permits Filed: 91 Attorney Street, Lower East Side

5:00 pm on August 5, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Most streets in the Lower East Side are crammed with 15-foot-wide tenement buildings dating as far back as the 1880s, but the one-block stretch of Attorney Street between Delancey and Rivington Streets was once more industrial, lined on the west side with an old brick factory converted to apartments, a 15-year-old residential building, and a series of crumbling brick garages. Now developer Morris Platt is going to fill a hole where one of those garages was demolished, at 91 Attorney Street, with an eight-story apartment building.

Two-Story Retail Building Planned At 159 Ludlow Street, Lower East Side

11:00 am on August 3, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Hesky Haim, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a two-story, 2,125 square-foot commercial building at 159 Ludlow Street, on the Lower East Side. Both floors, in addition to a cellar level, will be designated for retail, and the building will stand 96 feet tall, boasting incredible ceiling heights. Wayne Norbeck’s DXA Studio is the applicant of record.

287 East Houston Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 11-Story Condo Building at 287 East Houston Street

11:48 am on July 28, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

An 11-story condo development will replace a low-slung building at 287 East Houston Street, between Suffolk and Clinton Streets in the Lower East Side. New building applications were filed today to erect a 28-unit building on the lot wedged between two five-story tenements.

28-Story Mixed-Use Project Now Five Stories Up At 215 Chrystie Street, Lower East Side

6:00 am on July 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The planned 28-story, 370-key hotel & 11-unit condo tower at 215 Chrystie Street has risen quickly this summer, and now stands five stories tall, per the latest photo from Tectonic. Located on the Lower East Side, Herzog & de Meuron designed the building, which is being developed by Ian Schrager and Witkoff. Curbed also reported on the project’s progress yesterday, and completion is currently expected in 2016.

Residential & Retail Project Planned At 154 Rivington Street, Lower East Side

11:00 am on July 14, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The four tenement buildings spanning 148-154 Rivington Street, on the Lower East Side, are set to be redeveloped into a residential property, according to Curbed. The existing buildings, formerly Streit’s Matzo Factory, total roughly 50,000 square feet, and were picked up earlier this year for $30.5 million by Cogswell Realty.

Extell’s 250 South Street Will Total 68 Floors & 1.1 Million Square Feet

6:30 am on July 14, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In May, YIMBY revealed partial renderings of Extell’s planned residential tower at 250 South Street, and at the time, DOB filings indicated it was to stand 56 stories, spanning 939,850 square feet. Now, according to DNAinfo, permits show a tower closer to the initially proposed building, standing 68 stories and 800 feet tall, and measuring 1,105,386 square feet. The project now includes 802 residential units, and 25,516 square feet of retail space on the ground floor.

13-Story, 78-Unit Residential Building Wraps Up At 331 East Houston Street, Lower East Side

3:00 pm on July 10, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Construction has wrapped up at 331 East Houston Street, on the Lower East Side, where Halpern Real Estate Ventures has built a 13-story, 78-unit residential building, per EV Grieve. The building measures 57,560 square feet, which means units average 740 square feet, and 16 apartments are set aside as affordable. SBJ Group designed the building, and occupancy is likely planned in the next few weeks once the remaining scaffolding is deconstructed.

Site Of Stalled 12-Story Building At 208 Delancey Street Hits Market, Lower East Side

12:30 pm on July 9, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Yan Po Zhu, the developer of a planned 12-story, 69-unit mixed-use building at 208 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side, is selling the construction site — currently four stories up in steel framing — for $35.5 million. According to Bowery Boogie, the 67,300 square-foot building is being designed by Michael Kang, and an 8,350 square-foot community facility is expected to occupy the ground floor. Construction stalled out roughly a year ago.

Four-Story Mixed-Use Building To Be Expanded To Six Stories At 149 Rivington Street, Lower East Side

11:00 am on July 1, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Silvershore Properties has acquired the four-story mixed-use building at 149 Rivington Street, on the Lower East Side, for $2.8 million. The firm plans to overhaul and expand the building, according to Bowery Boogie. Two stories will be added on top, and two duplex apartments and retail units will be carved out of the existing structure. Permits have yet to be filed with the DOB.

Renderings For 10-Story, Nine-Unit Condo Building At 165 Chrystie Street, Lower East Side

6:00 am on June 30, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In early 2014, YIMBY brought you news of plans for a 10-story, nine-unit condominium building at 165 Chrystie Street, on the Lower East Side, and now Curbed has the first renderings. The 17,170 square-foot building will have full-floor units averaging 1,910 square feet. DRK Chrystie LLC is developing and ODA Architecture is designing the project. The existing three-story building must first be removed; demolition permit were filed in December 2014.

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