Construction is progressing on 217 9th Street, a seven-story mixed-use building in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Gee 2000 Architect PC and developed by Praim Singh, the 13,500-square-foot structure will yield 13 units with an average scope of 808 square feet, as well as a 2,990-square-foot medical facility on the ground floor. 360 Prestige Contracting is the general contractor for the project, which is located between 3rd and 4th Avenues.
Work continues to progress on 27-01 Jackson Avenue, a 27-story residential tower in the Court Square district of Long Island City, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed American Lions, a joint venture between Fetner Properties and Lions Group, the 151,141-square-foot structure will yield 164 rental units with one-third reserved for affordable housing, as well as ground-floor retail space and approximately 90 parking spaces on the first three levels of the building. Lions Group II, LLC is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Jackson and 43rd Avenues.
This week The Doe Fund broke ground on a six-story transitional housing development at 510 Gates Avenue in Brooklyn. Located in Bedford Stuyvesant next to the organization’s first transitional residence, which opened in 1990, the residential building will provide men experiencing homelessness with 200 beds and with the opportunity to join The Doe Fund’s award-winning Ready Willing & Able reentry program. The 44,658-square-foot 510 Gates is designed by Urban Architectural Initiatives and developed by Bolivar Builders and Round Square Development.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 97-01 55th Avenue, a four-story residential building in Corona, Queens. Designed by Zheng & Associates and developed by Fengzhu Wang, the structure yields eight residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are three units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $75,669 to $198,250.
Construction is quickly progressing on 26-32 Jackson Avenue, aka The Italic, a 49-story residential skyscraper rising in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by American Lions, a joint venture between Fetner Properties and NY Lions Group, the ground-up 526-foot-tall structure will yield 384,043 square feet with 19,923 square feet of commercial space and 363 rental units ranging from studios to three-bedroom layouts with 109 units allocated towards affordable housing. Hunter Roberts Construction Group is the general contractor for the property, which is bound by Dutch Kills Street and an elevated roadway of the Queensboro Bridge to the northeast and Purves Street to the southwest.
