Residential

123 Franklin Avenue

Five-Family Residential Building Planned At 123 Franklin Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

11:00 am on July 13, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Applications, originally filed in 2013, have surfaced for a three-story, five-unit residential building at 123 Franklin Avenue, in northwestern Bedford-Stuyvesant. The building will measure 8,300 square feet, so units will average a spacious 1,660 square feet. The property owner is Sruly Rosenburg, and Julien Flander is the applicant of record. Demolition was approved for the existing three-story townhouse in June.

1417 Longfellow Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 1417 Longfellow Avenue, Market-Rate Building in Crotona Park East

7:30 am on July 13, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Rezonings in the South Bronx have spurred development in Morrisania, Melrose and Mott Haven, but new construction has been slow to arrive in the neighborhoods nearby, like Crotona Park East and Longwood. However, new building applications were filed over the weekend for a seven-story apartment building at 1417 Longfellow Avenue, between Jennings and Freeman Streets in Crotona Park East.

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331 East Houston Street

13-Story, 78-Unit Residential Building Wraps Up At 331 East Houston Street, Lower East Side

3:00 pm on July 10, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Construction has wrapped up at 331 East Houston Street, on the Lower East Side, where Halpern Real Estate Ventures has built a 13-story, 78-unit residential building, per EV Grieve. The building measures 57,560 square feet, which means units average 740 square feet, and 16 apartments are set aside as affordable. SBJ Group designed the building, and occupancy is likely planned in the next few weeks once the remaining scaffolding is deconstructed.

101-16 158th Avenue

Four-Unit Residential Development Coming To 101-16 158th Avenue, Old Howard Beach

2:00 pm on July 10, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Sandy Robbins, of Blackstone Builders Inc., has filed applications for a four-unit residential development spanning the lots of 101-12 – 101-16 158th Avenue, in Old Howard Beach, a block north of the Howard Beach/JFK Airport stop on the A train. Twin two-story buildings will each house two residential units, with units averaging 1,190 square feet. Ben Leonardi’s Miele Associates is the applicant of record, and demolition work commenced on the existing single-story home in June.

255 3rd Avenue

Residential Development Site At 253-255 3rd Avenue Expands, Gramercy

11:00 am on July 10, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Last Summer, Apex Real Estate Investments acquired the three-story buildings spanning 253-255 3rd Avenue, in the Gramercy, and now the firm has purchased the buildings at 257-259 3rd Avenue for $15.7 million. According to Commercial Observer, initial plans were to build a 25-unit residential building with affordable units at Nos. 253-255, but it seems the site has been expanded. Bonus air rights are also available with the inclusionary housing bonus, but the rights will apparently be transferred elsewhere.

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