Curtain wall installation has begun on 9 DeKalb Avenue, soon to be the outer boroughs’ tallest building at 1,066 feet tall and number six on YIMBY’s construction countdown. Designed by SHoP Architects and developed by JDS, the 73-story Downtown Brooklyn residential skyscraper will become the first New York City supertall outside of Manhattan and will yield 425 rental apartments and 150 condominiums.
Permits have been filed for a nine-story mixed-use building at 52 4th Avenue in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Dean Street and 4th Avenue, the corner lot is one block from the Atlantic Avenue/Barclays Center subway station, serviced by the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, and R trains. RJ 4th Avenue LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 91 De Sales Place in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Located between Evergreens Cemetery and Bushwick Avenue, the interior lot is one block north of the Bushwick Avenue-Aberdeen Street subway station, serviced by the L train. Yuda Furth is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction may soon break ground at 868-870 New York Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, following approvals from New York City’s Department of Buildings. Designed by Opera Studios Architecture, the existing town two-family, two-story will be completely redeveloped into a pair of multi-family properties.
This week the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced $13.6 million in housing tax credits was awarded to seven developments. These projects will be responsible for creating and preserving 583 affordable units throughout the city.
