Yesterday the Battery Park City Authority relaunched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Wagner Park Pavilion, a waterfront site in Battery Park with sweeping views of the Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor. The RFP relaunch for the operation of a food and beverage establishment includes new interior renderings of the space.
Permits have been filed for a four-story mixed-use building at 2716 Cortelyou Road in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between East 28th Street and Rogers Avenue, the lot is near the Beverly Road subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Yishaya Streicher under the 2811 Farragut LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Exterior work is progressing on 300 East 50th Street, a 23-story residential building in the Turtle Bay section of Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by BKSK Architects and developed by MAG Partners in collaboration with Global Holdings, KRW Realty Advisors, Krown Point, and Safanad, the 275-foot-tall structure will span 170,000 square feet and yield 194 units, with 30 percent allocated to affordable housing, as well as ground-floor retail space, a cellar level, and a 30-foot-long side yard. 300 East 50th Street Owner LLC is listed as the owner and Urban Atelier Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and East 50th Street.
Apex Place, a three-tower affordable residential development, recently celebrated its ribbon cutting at 62-11 108th Street in Forest Hills, Queens. Designed by FXCollaborative in partnership with Curtis + Ginsberg for Phipps Houses, the project yields 442 affordable housing units as well as 20,000 square feet of community space, including a new community center for Queens Community House, and medical offices. The property is bound by Horace Harding Expressway to the north, 62nd Drive to the south, 108th Street to the east, and Colonial Avenue to the west.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Bedford Green House II, a 17-story mixed-use affordable housing building at 2880 Jerome Avenue in Bedford Park, The Bronx. Designed by ESKW/Architects, the structure yields 116 residences as well as 2,200-square-foot medical clinic, a gym, and The Molly B. Kronick Library and Learning Center for residents. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 46 units for residents at 30 to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $0 to $100,620.
