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Moshe Safdie Designing 60-Story Mixed-Use Tower At 8 West 30th Street, NoMad

6:00 am on September 18, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Early last year, YIMBY reported on the demolition of the 10-story Bancroft building at 3 West 29th Street, in NoMad, and now the New York Post has revealed what HFZ Capital has planned for the development assemblage. A 64-story, 800-foot-tall mixed-use tower is planned on the 30th Street side, where a 12-story commercial building has yet to be demolished at 8-16 West 30th Street. The neighboring Marble Collegiate Church is also in on the project, and will operate offices in the skyscraper’s limestone-clad base. A small plaza is also rendered on the 29th Street side, immediately adjacent to the church. Moshe Safdie is designing, and the project reportedly requires approval from the LPC.

City Orders Demolition Of Five Tenement Buildings At 485 Ninth Avenue, Midtown West

10:00 am on September 17, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The city has order an emergency demolition for five severely dilapidating tenement buildings located at 485-491 and 497 9th Avenue, according to DNAinfo. Reportedly, the buildings are protected from demolition, but the property owner David Israeli removed portions of the…

Seven-Story Expansion Of Treatment Center Tops Out At 25 Avenue D, East Village

4:00 pm on September 16, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The horizontal expansion of the seven-story building at 25 Avenue D, in the East Village, appears to be structurally complete, according to EV Grieve. Educational Alliance is building the expansion to their existing facility, which is used to treat adults with chemical dependancies. The new addition will be used to house patients, and according to filings, there will be a total of 37 units. The building has not yet received its façade, but a 2016 opening seems reasonable. WSP Cantor Seinuk is the engineer of record.

Columbia’s 15-Story Medical & Graduate Center Gets Glassy At 104 Haven Avenue, Washington Heights

12:30 pm on September 16, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Since topping out late last year, Columbia University’s 15-story, 196-foot tall Medical and Graduate Education Building, at 104 Haven Avenue, in Washington Heights, has been quietly underway, and now the building is nearly completely clad in glass, per Curbed. The building measures 107,300 square feet in total, and 80,768 square feet will be dedicated to academics, meeting spaces, offices and laboratories. Diller, Scofidio + Renfro is designing, and Gensler is serving as the architect of record. The project is expected to be complete next year.

Excavation Begins For Six-Story, Eight-Unit Mixed-Use Project At 26 Avenue B, East Village

11:00 am on September 16, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Excavation has commenced at 26 Avenue B, in the East Village, where a six-story, eight-unit mixed-use building is planned, according to EV Grieve. The building will measure a total 7,732 square feet, which includes 1,614 square feet of retail space on the ground floor; according to the Schedule A, an eating and drinking establishment is planned. Residential units above will average 765 square feet apiece. Back when the filings were submitted to the DOB in 2011, Shiming Tam was the architect, but now Roman Sorokko’s Little Neck-based Versatile Engineering is serving as applicant of record.

15-Story Mixed-Use Project At 145 Clinton Street Lands Tenant, Lower East Side

6:30 am on September 16, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Roughly a year ago, YIMBY reported on filings for Essex Crossing‘s 15-story, 211-unit mixed-use building planned at 145 Clinton Street, on the Lower East Side, and last January we revealed renderings of the project. The 300,000 square-foot building includes 43,000 square feet of commercial space, and Planet Fitness is now expected to lease 22,000 square feet on the second floor, The Lo-Down reports. A 30,000 square-foot grocery store is also planned for the ground floor, though it currently lacks a confirmed tenant.

Four-Story Townhouse Coming To 620 West 148th Street, Hamilton Heights

4:00 pm on September 15, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Great Neck-based Kalico Group has filed applications for a four-story, two-unit residential building at 620 West 148th Street, in Hamilton Heights, three blocks north of the 1 train’s stop at 145th Street. The building will measure 3,754 square feet in total, and one unit will be located on the first floor, while the second will span floors two through four. Long Island-based Sion Hourizadeh is the applicant of record. The 15-foot wide lot is currently vacant.

Buildings To Be Demolished At 201 East Broadway Development Site, Lower East Side

12:30 pm on September 15, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Daniel Wise, operating as an anonymous LLC, has acquired the four-story tenement buildings at 201-203 East Broadway, on the Lower East Side, for $8.5 million last month, according to Bowery Boogie. Last week, demolition permits were filed to knock the buildings down, and asbestos abatement notices were posted on-site. The site boasts 28,152 square feet of development rights, or 37,152 square feet if a community facility is included. New building applications haven’t been filed with the DOB.

Six-Story, Three-Unit Residential Conversion At 41 Great Jones Street Approved, NoHo

6:30 am on September 15, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Earlier this year, the LPC approved the conversion of a five-story commercial structure into a six-story, three-unit residential building at 41 Great Jones Street, in NoHo. Now Community Board 2 has approved the building for residential use, according to Real Estate Weekly. The units will be condominiums — two duplexes and a triplex — spanning a total of 13,333 square feet. The exterior will also be restored, and construction is slated to begin this November. Blumenfeld Development Group is developing, while Morris Adjmi Architects is designing.

BIG’s 32-Story, 709-Unit Tetrahedron At 625 West 57th Street Nearing Completion

6:00 am on September 15, 2015 By Reid Wilson

YIMBY noted in January of this year that the Durst Organization’s 32-story, 709-unit mixed-use building at 625 West 57th Street was nearly topped out, and now the project is structurally complete and receiving its final curtain wall, per DesignBoom. The building, which has a pinnacle 467 feet above street level, was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, and has been dubbed Via. Completion is expected in the coming months, and YIMBY has chronicled the project’s construction since the start, with updates as far back as August 2013.

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