Mixed-Use

NYU Expansion

Court Green Lights 1.9 Million Square-Foot NYU Expansion, Greenwich Village

6:30 am on July 1, 2015 By Reid Wilson

New York State’s Court of Appeals has approved New York University’s planned four-building, 1.9 million square-foot expansion at their Greenwich Village campus, according to the Daily News, rejecting a bid by NIMBYs to block the school’s continued growth. The Jerome S. Coles Sports Center, at 20-40 East Houston Street (aka 181 Mercer Street), as well as the single-story retail buildings at 130 Bleecker Street and 535-555 LaGuardia Place, will be demolished. Completion of the entire expansion is expected by 2035.

120 Skillman Street

Eight-Family Mixed-Use Project Filed At 120 Skillman Street, Bed-Stuy

12:30 pm on June 30, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Lipa Rubin, of Hess Management, has filed applications for a five-story, eight-unit mixed-use building at 120 Skillman Street, in the northwestern corner of Bedford-Stuyvesant. The building will measure 8,085 square feet, and a commercial portion will span 1,490 square feet on the ground floor. There will be two units per floor, measuring an average 825 square feet. Boaz Golani’s BMG Design Build is designing, and an existing two-story home was filed for demolition in April.

22-12 Jackson Avenue

11-Story, 186-Unit Building Planned At 22-12 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City

10:00 am on June 30, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Adam America and MSD Partners have acquired the development site at 22-12 Jackson Avenue, in Long Island City — a few blocks south of Court Square stations serviced by the 7, E, M, and G trains — for $43.5 million. According to Crain’s Business, the developers plan to construct an 11-story, 186-unit mixed-use building measuring 210,000 square feet. A 5,000 square-foot retail portion is planned for the ground floor, and both ODA and Issac & Stern are designing. A small single-story structure must first be removed.

100 Franklin Street

DDG’s Condo Project Approved At 100 Franklin Street, Tribeca

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

On adjacent triangular parcels at 100 Franklin Street — between West Broadway and Sixth Avenue, in Tribeca — DDG plans to develop two mixed-use buildings of six and eight stories tall, totaling 10 condominiums, with retail space on the ground floor. According to Crain’s Business, the Board of Standards and Appeals has granted DDG a variance to ignore a required upper-level set-back. The project is being designed in-house, and ground breaking is expected by the Fall, with completion is 2017. The LPC approved the project in January 2014.

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