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The Borden Complex Tops Out at 23-30 Borden Avenue in Long Island City, Queens

7:30 am on December 20, 2022 By Michael Young

Construction has partially topped out on The Borden Complex, a five-story industrial building at 23-30 Borden Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by KSS Architects for Innovo Property Group, which acquired the property for $75 million with Atalaya Capital Management and Nan Fung Group, the 166-foot-tall structure will span 840,000 square feet and house logistics and warehouse space featuring truck courts, a distribution center, two stories of film and television studios, office space, and on-site vertical parking. Earlier this summer, IPG closed on a $435 million loan from Starwood Property Trust and JPMorgan to refinance the development. March Associates Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is located between Borden Avenue and Newton Creek. HLW is the designer of the studio facility within the building.

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22 Chapel Street Completes Construction in Downtown Brooklyn

7:30 am on November 29, 2022 By Michael Young

Work is complete on 22 Chapel Street, a 20-story residential building in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by CetraRuddy and developed by Delshah Capital and OTL Enterprises, the 211-foot-tall structure spans 133,181 square feet and yields 180 apartments, with 25 designated for affordable housing, as well as a 5,000-square-foot branch of START Treatment & Recovery Center, New York’s largest independent drug treatment agency. The building also contains 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Titanium Construction Services was the general contractor for the property, which is bound by Chapel Street to the north, Cathedral Place to the south, Flatbush Avenue Extension to the east, and Jay Street to the west.

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Trio Finishes Construction at 27-19 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens

7:30 am on November 6, 2022 By Michael Young

Construction is complete on Trio, a ten-story residential building at 27-19 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by MY Architect PC and developed by Thomson Development, the 116-foot-tall structure will yield 30 units spread across 23,012 square feet, as well as 5,039 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Warner Construction Services was the general contractor for the project, which is located on trapezoidal plot bound by Thomson Avenue and 44th Drive.

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425 Park Avenue. Rendering by Dbox, courtesy of Foster + Partners

425 Park Avenue Celebrates Grand Opening in Midtown East, Manhattan

8:00 am on October 28, 2022 By Michael Young

YIMBY attended the official opening ceremony of 425 Park Avenue, a 47-story commercial skyscraper in Midtown East and the first new full-block building to be built along Park Avenue’s Plaza District in nearly half a century. Designed by Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and developed by L&L Holding Company, Tokyu Land Corporation, and co-managing partner BentallGreenOak, the 897-foot-tall structure yields 667,000 square feet of column-free Class A office space with design flexibility and panoramic views up and down Park Avenue. Adamson Associates Architects was the architect of record, WSP was the structural and MEP engineer, R&R Scaffolding provided the BMU, and Tishman Construction was the construction manager for the project, which is located between East 55th and East 56th Streets.

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Updated rendering of proposed property at 14th Street and Ninth Avenue - BKSK Architects

44-54 Ninth Avenue’s Vertical Expansion and Renovation Progresses in Chelsea, Manhattan

7:30 am on September 18, 2022 By Michael Young

Construction is progressing on 44-54 Ninth Avenue, an eight-story commercial expansion project above a row of landmarked townhomes on the border of Chelsea, the Meatpacking District, and the West Village. Designed by BKSK Architects and developed by Tavros Capital, the new structure will stand 102 feet tall and yield offices and ground-floor retail space. Mepa Realty is the owner and Broadway Construction is the general contractor for the property, which is alternatively addressed as 351-355 West 14th Street and is located at the corner of Ninth Avenue and West 14th Street.

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