Permits have been filed to expand a one-story structure into an eight mixed-use building at 2616 Cropsey Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Located between 26th Avenue and Firefighter Joseph Patrick Henry Lane, the lot is near the Bay 50 Street subway station, serviced by the D train. Leonid Bogomolniy under the 2616 Crop LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction has topped out on 18 West 55th Street, a 26-story residential building in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed and built by Skyline Developers, which purchased the property for $83 million in 2017 under the 18 West 55th Street LLC, the 289-foot-tall structure will span 152,084 square feet and yield 97 rental units with an average scope of 1,319 square feet, as well as 6,380 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a 10,343-square-foot cellar level. The project is located on a formerly vacant interior lot between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, next to the Peninsula Hotel.
Construction is rising on 665 Fifth Avenue, a 469-foot-tall commercial building that will house the US headquarters for Rolex in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by David Chipperfield Architects with Adamson Associates as the architect of record and developed by the Rolex Realty Company, the 28-story structure will yield 199,000 square feet of office and retail space for the world-famous watchmaker. The property is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 53rd Street.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 23-29 Astoria Boulevard in Astoria, Queens. Located between 23rd Street and Crescent Street, the lot is near the Astoria Boulevard subway station, serviced by the N and W trains. Elton Lalaj of 2357 LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Façade installation is moving along on 125 West 57th Street, a 26-story commercial building on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners and Cain International, the 420-foot-tall structure will yield 260,000 square feet with 185,000 square feet of full-floor Class A office space, a dedicated amenities floor designed by Gensler, 7,000 square feet of retail space, and a new home for the Calvary Baptist Church, which has operated on the site since 1883 and sold the property to the developers for $150 million in 2017. The property is located on an interior lot between Sixth and Seventh Avenues between Christian de Portzamparc‘s One57 and SHoP Architects‘ 111 West 57th Street.
