The affordable housing lottery has launched for 258-262 Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Designed by ARC Architecture + Design Studio and developed by Diamond Dev Group LLC, the structure yields 24 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 21 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $72,000 to $167,570.
Permits have been filed to expand a three-story structure into a four-story residential building at 1517 St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Located between Howard Avenue and Saratoga Avenue, the lot is near the Rockaway Avenue subway station, serviced by the A and C trains. Gil Broitman is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for the demolition of two buildings at 1482 and 1484 First Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Both permits are currently waiting for quality assurance under the professional certification process.
A Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) panel façade installation by PG New York continues on 18 West 55th Street, a 26-story residential building in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed and built by Skyline Developers, which purchased the property for $83 million in 2017 under the 18 West 55th Street LLC, the 289-foot-tall structure will span 152,084 square feet and yield 97 rental units with an average scope of 1,319 square feet, as well as 6,380 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a 10,343-square-foot cellar level. The project is located on a formerly vacant interior lot between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, next to the Peninsula Hotel.
Interior decoration and home staging company Staged To Sell Home has signed a long-term lease at Industry City, a 35-acre mixed-use campus in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The firm has committed to a seven-year deal for 23,856 square feet in Building 22 that it will use as both an office and a showroom for the company’s inventory.
