Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 784 Courtlandt Avenue in Melrose, The Bronx. Located between East 157th Street and East 158th Street, the lot is near the Third Avenue-149th Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Central Park Tower, aka 217 West 57th Street, has finally reached its long-awaited milestone. Construction workers have reached top of the reinforced concrete structure, while work on the reflective glass curtain wall is closing in on the upper floors of what is now the tallest residential building in New York and the highest roof in the Western Hemisphere. The 1,550-foot tall reinforced concrete skyscraper is designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill and developed by Extell, which is expecting a $4 billion sellout. The Nordstrom retail component is getting ready for its debut next month.
Following the approval of demolition permits, Fogarty Finger Architecture has revealed a batch of new renderings for 308 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The forthcoming property will top out at 23 stories, with 160 high-end rental units and ground-floor retail.
Façade work is wrapping up on the Verizon Tech Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel on Roosevelt Island. The 18-story structure is designed by Snohetta and includes an adjacent four-story wing. Graduate Hotels will be the hotel operator of the project, which will have 196 rooms and amenities such as event spaces, a rooftop bar, a restaurant, a cafe, and four 50- to 75-seat classrooms. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is the master planner of the campus, while Hudson Companies, Related Companies, and Brookfield are developing the entire Cornell Tech satellite campus.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 89-18 Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens. Located on the intersection of 57th Avenue and Queens Boulevard, the lot is near the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station, serviced by the M and R trains. Lazer Leviev of Modern Furniture Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
