Permits have been filed for a 22-story mixed-use building at 163-25 Archer Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. Located between 165th Street and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, the lot is near the 169th Street subway station, served by the E and F trains. Mary Serafy of BRP Development Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The 21st-tallest building on YIMBY’s year-end construction countdown is the Xadia Hotel, a 475-foot-tall hotel tower at 58 West 39th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Marin Architects and developed by Wei Hong Hu under the H Hotel LLC, the 42-story structure will yield 173 guest rooms and amenities including a restaurant, an arcade, and a rooftop bar. The project is located on a narrow interior plot between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, one block south of Bryant Park.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently released new renderings for the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing, a $500 million expansion of the world-famous institution on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Frida Escobedo Studio with Beyer Blinder Belle as the executive architect, the addition will span 126,000 square feet, including 71,000 square feet for The Met’s 20th- and 21st-century art collection, as well as 18,500 square feet of outdoor space. The new structure will rise from within the museum’s existing footprint, replacing the aging 120,000-square-foot wing that currently sits at the southwest corner of the site.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for AURA, a 37-story mixed-use building at 23-02 42nd Road in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Fogarty Finger and developed by Werwaiss Properties, the structure yields 240 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 72 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $117,360 to $218,010.
Permits have been filed for a six-story homeless shelter at 38-80 11th Street in Long Island City, Queens. Located between 38th Avenues and 40th Avenue, the lot is near the 21 Street-Queensbridge subway station, served by the F train. Matthew Gross of non-profit UBC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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