Whole Foods Market To Open New Daily Shop In Manhattan’s Upper East Side
Housing Lottery Launches for 951 Bedford Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 951 Bedford Avenue, an eight-story mixed-use building in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by S. Wieder Architect and developed by Jacob Hirsch of JIH Builders Group LLC, the structure yields 20 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are six units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $120,000 to $218,010.
Silverstein Properties Unveils Scale Models of 2 and 5 World Trade Center Skyscrapers in Financial District, Manhattan
Developer Silverstein Properties recently debuted a series of architectural models to preview the latest designs of 2 and 5 World Trade Center in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, 2 World Trade Center is planned to rise 80 stories and 1,348 feet tall, just 20 feet shorter than the roof height of 1 World Trade Center, and will yield office space. Kohn Pedersen Fox is the designer for 5 World Trade Center, a residential skyscraper co-developed by Brookfield Properties with a planned height of 920 feet. The 2 World Trade Center plot is located within the original 16-acre World Trade Center complex bound by Vesey, Fulton, Greenwich, and Church Streets. The 5 World Trade Center site is located to the south of Liberty Park and bound by Greenwich, Albany, and Washington Streets.
75 Gerry Street Remains on Hold in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Construction is on hold at 75 Gerry Street, a five-story school expansion project in the Broadway Triangle section of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Permits by UTA/BRHS Oholei Shloima posted on site from the end of May call for a horizontal and vertical extension of the abutting five-story Bais Rochel High School for girls, originally designed by Mark Mariscal and completed in 2015. The property is alternately addressed as 177 Harrison Avenue and is located near the intersection of Gerry Street and Harrison Avenue.
Permits Filed for 80 20th Street in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn
Permits have been filed for a five-story office building at 80 20th Street in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn. Located between Third Avenue and the Gowanus Canal, the lot is closest to the Prospect Avenue subway station, served by the R train. John Porcek of Bridge Development Partners, LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
