Permits have been filed for a nine-story mixed-use building at 11 Cornelia Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Located between Broadway and Bushwick Avenue, the lot is near the Halsey Street subway station, served by the J and Z trains. Shimon Greenfeld of SCG Realty Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Work is underway on the new two-story Canarsie Library at 1580 Rockaway Parkway in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Developed by the Brooklyn Public Library and designed in a collaboration between Studio Joseph, Envoie Projects, Mercer Mass Timber, Plus Group, TYLin, and W Architecture, the structure will span 11,000 square feet, double the size of the previous facility. The building will also be one of New York City’s first buildings constructed from mass timber. Shawmut Design and Construction is serving as the general contractor for the project, which broke ground last Saturday at the property, and is located at the corner of Rockaway Parkway and Avenue J.
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 1540 52nd Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Located between 15th and 16th Avenues, the lot is near the 55th Street subway station, served by the D train. Barry Perlstein is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Edifice Partners LLC has secured $19 million in financing for the Edifice Portfolio, a group of five renovated multifamily properties located in Brooklyn. The Edifice Portfolio consists of 42 residential units spread across five pre-war buildings at 431–433 Wythe Avenue and 313 South 4th Street in Williamsburg, and 19–21 Columbia Place in Brooklyn Heights. JLL Capital Markets arranged the financing from City National Bank.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is set to review revised plans for a proposed 27-story residential tower at 144 St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by FXCollaborative and ADP Architects and developed by Stretke, the structure would incorporate the landmarked Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church into its base and yield 240 units, with 60 permanently dedicated to affordable housing. The project would also include ground-floor retail space and a community facility. The property is located at the corner of St. Felix Street and Hanson Place, within the Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District.
