Residential

255 East Houston Street

Rezoning Withdrawn for 13-Story, 63-Unit Project, 255 East Houston Street, Lower East Side

7:00 am on September 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Developer Samy Mahfar has withdrawn an application to rezone a stretch of East Houston Street, on the Lower East Side, which would have introduced a commercial overlay for the targeted area, allowing for commercial-retail space to be built at street level, the Lo-Down reported. That means Mahfar’s planned 13-story, 63-unit mixed-use project at 255 East Houston Street won’t have ground-floor retail space. Instead, the developer plans to move forward with an as-of-right project featuring leasable community facility space. It’s unclear if withdrawing from the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) changes the residential portion in any way. Twenty percent of the apartments (13 units) were set to be rented at below-market rates through the affordable housing lottery. Filings at the Buildings Department haven’t been amended since plans were first filed for a 10-story, 53-unit structure. The Stephen B. Jacobs Group is the architect. Demolition has commenced on the existing four-story building.

121 Hendricks Avenue

Three Three-Story, Single-Family Houses Coming to 121 Hendricks Avenue, St. George

6:00 am on September 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Staten Island-based Foster Development has filed applications for three three-story, single-family houses at 121-125 Hendricks Avenue, in St. George, located along Staten Island’s North Shore. Two of the houses will measure 2,050 square feet and the last will measure 1,946 square feet, which means the project will probably be geared towards families. There will be a total of six off-street parking spaces, one of which will be housed in a small garage. Joseph M. Morace’s Staten Island-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 75-foot-wide, 7,500-square-foot property is currently vacant.

Former synagogue at 212 West 93rd Street. Photo via Wikipedia Commons.

14-Story Mixed-Use Building with Synagogue Planned at 212 West 93rd Street, Upper West Side

2:30 pm on September 8, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Congregation Shaare Zedek has partnered with developer Ornstein Leyton Company for a mixed-use project on the site of the congregation’s three-story synagogue at 212 West 93rd Street, on the Upper West Side. The congregation is having financial troubles and has concluded the only way to prevent it from dissolving is to sell the property to a developer, DNAinfo reported. Preliminary plans call for a 14-story building that would contain a new synagogue on the lower three floors, followed by residential units on the upper floors. No new building applications have been filed with the Buildings Department. The congregation has stated that it’s not feasible to expand the existing structure or retain the façade for a new building. The synagogue is not landmarked and can be demolished as-of-right.

2545 Cruger Avenue

Four-Story, 15-Unit Residential Building Filed at 2545 Cruger Avenue, Allerton

1:30 pm on September 8, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Zoran Kuburovic has filed applications for a four-story, 15-unit residential building at 2545 Cruger Avenue, in the East Bronx’s Allerton section. The project will measure 13,997 square feet and its residential units should average 733 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Amenities include a recreation room in the cellar, laundry facilities, and an underground four-car garage. Errol McIntosh’s Mount Vernon, N.Y.-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 50-foot-wide, 5,000-square-foot property is currently occupied by a two-story brick building. Demolition permits haven’t been filed. The Allerton Avenue stop on the 2 and 5 trains is around the block.

445 West 35th Street

12-Story, 125-Unit Mixed-Use Building Rises to Fifth Floor at 445 West 35th Street, Hudson Yards District

11:00 am on September 8, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Construction has reached the fifth floor on the 12-story, 125-unit mixed-use project under development at 445 West 35th Street, in the Hudson Yards District. The construction progress can be seen thanks to photos posted to the YIMBY Forums. The latest building permits indicate the structure will eventual measure 121,859 square feet and rise 120 feet above street level, not including the bulkhead. There will be 4,920 square feet of ground-floor retail space, in addition to 1,188 square feet of community facility space in the cellar. The residential units above should average 740 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Gowanus-based Workshop Design + Architecture is the design architect and Aufgang Architects is the executive architect. YYY Development & Construction is the developer. It is also building the similarly designed 12-story, 186-unit project across Dyer Avenue at 411 West 35th Street. Completion of both is expected in 2017.

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