New York

169 Columbia Heights

Developers Plan 12-Story Rental-To-Condo Conversion At 169 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn Heights

4:00 pm on January 7, 2016 By Reid Wilson

DDG and Westbrook Partners plan to convert the former Standish Hotel building at 169 Columbia Heights, in Brooklyn Heights, into condominium units, according to Crain’s. The team acquired the property from Taurus Investment Holdings for $60 million in the summer of 2015. Taurus had converted the 12-story building into 112 rental apartments last decade. It’s currently dubbed The Standish. It was not disclosed if the number of units will change after the conversion.

152 East 106th Street

Six-Story, 10-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed At 152 East 106th Street, East Harlem

3:00 pm on January 7, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Farhadian Mansour, doing business as Pennsylvania Holdings LLC, has filed applications for a six-story, 10-unit mixed-use building at 152 East 106th Street, in East Harlem, located three blocks north of the 103rd Street Station on the 6 train. The project will measure 8,021 square feet in total and includes a 1,437 square-foot retail component on the ground floor. Residential units begin on the second floor and will average a rental-sized 658 square feet apiece. One of the units located on the sixth floor will also feature a seventh-floor penthouse. Sion Hourizadeh’s Floral Park-based Sion Associates is the architect of record.

490 Lorimer Street

Five-Story, Nine-Unit Residential Building Coming To 490 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg

2:00 pm on January 7, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Han Soon Yom, doing business as a Fort Lee, N.J.-based LLC, has filed applications for a five-story, nine-unit residential building at 490 Lorimer Street, in central Williamsburg, located four blocks south of the Lorimer Street stop on the L train. The project will measure 7,964 square feet in total, which means units will average 885 square feet apiece. The building will have storage space available to tenants in the cellar, as well as an outdoor common area on the roof. Anthony Morena’s MORTAR Arch + Dev is the architect of record. Demolition permits were filed in December to remove the existing three-story brick building.

913 45th Street

Brooklyn Baptist Chinese Church Planning Six-Story Facility At 913 45th Street, Sunset Park

1:00 pm on January 7, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The Brooklyn Baptist Chinese Church, doing business as Siloam Ministries Inc., has filed applications for a new six-story, 11,512 square-foot church facility at 913 45th Street, in Sunset Park, located two blocks west of the Fort Hamilton Parkway stop on the D train. The building would contain a house of worship on the ground floor, a dining hall and kitchen in the cellar, and five floors of accessory office space. Shiming Tam’s Brooklyn-based architecture firm is the applicant of record. An existing two-story brick building must first be demolished.

4545 18th Avenue

Six Three-Family Residential Buildings Planned At 4515 18th Avenue, Borough Park

11:00 am on January 7, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Shimon Lichtenstein, doing business as a Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications to build four, three-family residential buildings at 4545 18th Avenue, on the edge of Borough Park. Each of the buildings will measure 4,587 square feet, and full-floor units will average a specious 1,529 square feet apiece. Queens-based Grigori Zinkevitch is the architect of record. The site must first be subdivided into four 22-foot-wide tax lots, and an existing single-story auto-shop will have to be demolished. Future residents will be conveniently located around the corner from the 18th Avenue stop on the F train.

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