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1262 Bushwick Avenue

Four-Story, Two-Unit Residential Project Coming To 1262 Bushwick Avenue, Bushwick

Salvatore D’Avola, director of Neighborhood Restore HDFC, has filed applications for a four-story, two-unit residential building at 1262 Bushwick Avenue, in southern Bushwick, located a block from the Halsey Street stop on the J train. The structure will measure 3,432 square feet, and the residential units will be duplexes, with one spanning the ground and second floors and the other taking floors three and four. Suzanna Tharian’s Greenwich Village-based Stat Architecture is the applicant of record, and the site’s old three-story townhouse was demolished in the 2000s.


155 West 18th Street

Rendering For 11-Story, 30-Unit Mixed-Use Project At 155 West 18th Street, Chelsea

Earlier this month, YIMBY brought you a construction update on the 11-story, 30-unit condominium project at 155 West 18th Street, in southern Chelsea, and now Curbed has the first full rendering of the project, as well as news that it has been dubbed The Flynn. As previously reported, the building is now topped-out and receiving its cladding. Completion is expected in mid-2016, and the sales launch is planned for this December. IGI-USA is the developer, and ODA-Architecture is designing.



Public Comes Out Against Gansevoort Market Project at Landmarks Hearing

A plan to remake the south side of Gansevoort Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets got a big thumbs down from the public at a Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing on Tuesday. The plan from William Gottlieb Real Estate and Aurora Capital would bring more commercial and retail space to the block and would do so by demolishing two buildings and replacing them with new ones and modifying several others.

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54-15 101st Street, rendering by Think Architecture and Design

Revealed: Affordable Passive House Rentals for Seniors, Corona

The eco-friendly form of construction known as passive house is still rare in New York City. It saves building owners more money in the long run by cutting down on energy costs. But construction costs developers more up front, because passive house demands a special kind of ventilation system, several additional inches of insulation, and extra thick windows. Few affordable housing developers are willing to take on the challenge, but HANAC—an organization that builds senior housing throughout Queens—has decided to make its low-income project in Corona a passive house building.

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