Shahriar Afshari

Six-Story, 14-Unit Residential Project Coming To 3323 Sedgwick Avenue, Kingsbridge Heights

11:00 am on September 17, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Putnam County-based Nush Rudaj has filed applications for a six-story, 14-unit residential building at 3323 Sedgwick Avenue, in Kingsbridge Heights, five blocks from the 1 train’s stop at 231st Street. The building will measure 9,915 square feet in total, which means units will average 708 square feet, indicative of rentals. Long Island-based Shahriar Afshari is the architect of record. The existing single-story brick home was filed for demolition this past June.

Four-Story, Two-Unit Mixed-Use Project In The Works At 352 Willis Avenue, Mott Haven

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

Avi Baranes has filed applications for a four-story, two-unit mixed-use building at 352 Willis Avenue, in Mott Haven, six blocks from the 6 train’s stop at 3rd Avenue – 138th Street. The building will measure just 4,223 square feet, and will include 1,425 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. Above, full-floor residential units will average 1,400 square feet, indicative of condos, which would be big news for this part of the Bronx. Long Island-based Shahriar Afshari is the architect of record, and the corner lot comes vacant.

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Coming To 1845 Park Place, Ocean Hill

4:00 pm on September 9, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Avraham Benhamo has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 1845 Park Place, in Ocean Hill, nine blocks from the C train’s stop at Ralph Avenue. The building will measure 5,600 square feet in total, and units will average 700 square feet apiece, indicative of rentals. Long Island-based Shahriar Afshari is the applicant of record, and the lot is currently vacant.

Three Stories, Nine Residential Units Coming To 2346 Boynton Place, Gravesend

4:00 pm on September 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Forest Hills-based developer Sharon Cohen has filed applications for three three-story, multi-family residential buildings at 2344-2346 Boynton Place, in southern Gravesend, a block from stops on the F or N subways, at Avenue X or 86th Street, respectively. Each building will contain three units. The development’s nine apartments will spread across 11,631 square feet of space, for average units of 1,292 square feet. Long Island-based Shahriar Afshari is the architect of record, and an existing home must first be demolished.

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Filed At 192 East 205th Street, Bedford Park

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

Nush Rudaj has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 192 East 205th Street, in Bedford Park, five blocks north of the B/D train’s Bedford Park Boulevard stop. The building will measure 7,000 square feet, which means units will average 875 square feet. Nassau County-based Shahriar Afshari is the applicant of record, and demolition permits were filed in June to remove the existing 2.5-story wood-framed structure, which sold for $240,000 this past May.

Four Stories, 24 Residential Units Planned At 747 East 133rd Street, Port Morris

3:00 pm on August 4, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Bronx-based Altmark Group has filed applications, originally submitted to the DOB in 2013, for three four-story residential buildings at 747-751 East 133rd Street, in Port Morris, six blocks from the 6 train’s Cypress Avenue stop. The development will include a total of 24 residential units spread across 17,328 square feet, for units averaging a rental-sized 722 square feet. Shahriar Afshari is the applicant of record.

27-Unit Apartment Building Coming To 640 West 238th Street, Riverdale

12:15 pm on May 27, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Filed during the turn of the building code in 2014, more applications have been filed for a planned eight-story, 27-unit apartment building at 640 West 238th Street, in the southern, denser area of Riverdale. The building will have 20,205 square feet of residential space, and Shahriar Afshari is designing. The existing two-story, single-family structure passed pre-demolition inspection earlier this month.

Eight-Story, 68-Unit Rental Building To Rise at 3707 Blackstone Avenue, West Bronx

6:30 am on May 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Abraham Strulovitch had originally filed applications in December, during the building code crunch, for a residential project at 3707 Blackstone Avenue, in the more built-up southern portion of Riverdale. Amendments to the plan now call for an eight-story, 68-unit residential building measuring 40,520 square feet, which will span 3707-3719 Blackstone Avenue and 620 West 238th Street. The average unit will fall just short of 600 square feet, likely indicating rentals, and Shahriar Afshari is designing. The site has been rid of its two-story predecessor, which sat dilapidated until its demise in 2014.

494 Fountain Avenue (empty lot at center, across from NYCHA projects), image from Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 494 Fountain Avenue, East New York

1:15 pm on January 29, 2015 By Stephen Smith

It’s a common refrain among those in New York City’s anti-development left that market-rate builders are only willing to build luxury housing. Anyone who reads YIMBY on a daily basis knows this is not true – there…

Market-Rate in Mott Haven: Permits Filed for 532 East 142nd Street

6:00 am on September 30, 2014 By Stephen Smith

New construction in the Bronx (outside of Riverdale, at least) normally comes in two forms: large subsidized buildings in the South Bronx, and smaller two- and three-family structures, generally in the northern Bronx. While there…

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