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2760 Briggs Avenue

City Planning Five-Story Expansion at P.S. 46 Edgar Allen Poe Branch, 2760 Briggs Avenue, Fordham

11:00 am on April 26, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) has filed applications to build a five-story, 67,405-square-foot school behind the existing five-story P.S. 46 Edgar Allen Poe branch, located at 279 East 196th Street, in Fordham. The expansion, with an address at 2760 Briggs Avenue, will host administrative offices, two cafeterias, and classrooms on the ground floor, followed by a gym, an exercise room, and a 280-person auditorium on the second floor, and finally classrooms on the third through fifth floors. An outdoor playground will be located on the fourth floor. Hell’s Kitchen-based Mitchell Giurgola Architects is the architect of record. An existing block-thru, single-story building must first be demolished.

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780 East 135th Street

Commercial Conversion Possible for Six-Story, 84,650-Square-Foot Industrial Building at 780 East 135th Street, Port Morris

6:00 am on April 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Bluestone Group, Altmark Capital, and Princeton Holdings have acquired, for $14.1 million, the six-story, 84,650-square-foot industrial building at 780 East 135th Street, in Port Morris, located five blocks from the Cypress Avenue stop on the 6 train. The previous owner was using the building as a storage facility, although the property is being delivered vacant. The new owners are considering converting it into creative office space or artists’ lofts, according to Commercial Observer. The exact plans for the structure have not yet been finalized or official disclosed.

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1773 Topping Avenue

Four-Story, Two-Unit Townhouse Coming to 1773 Topping Avenue, Mount Hope

3:00 pm on April 21, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Sam Mahgerefteh, doing business as Great Neck-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, two-unit residential building at 1773 Topping Avenue, in Mount Hope, located four blocks from the 174-175 Streets stop on the B/D trains. The new structure would measure 3,703 square feet and would rise from a 17-foot-wide, 1,615-square-foot vacant lot. The units would average a spacious 1,851 square feet apiece, with the first unit occupying the ground and second floors, and the other occupying the upper two levels. The ground floor will also have an enclosed parking space. Sion Hourizadeh’s Floral Park-based Sion Associates is the applicant of record.

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