The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1638 Park Avenue, a nine-story residential building in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by Marin Architects and developed by Affect Property Group, the structure yields 24 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are six units for residents at 40 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $31,818 to $122,000.
Construction is complete on The Labs @ 121, a ten-story Class A office and lab building at 2226 Third Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by New York-based DXA Studio and developed by Real Estate Equities Corporation, the 160,000-square-foot structure is the first new life sciences building in the neighborhood in decades. The property is located between East 121st and 122nd Streets.
Permits have been filed for a 13-story mixed-use building at 101 East 122nd Street in East Harlem, Manhattan. Located between Park and Lexington Avenues, the lot is three blocks south of the 125th Street subway station, serviced by the 4, 5, and 6 trains. New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development is listed as the owner behind the applications.
A 21-story residential tower and cultural center has topped out at 2301 Fifth Avenue in East Harlem. The base of the building will house the National Black Theatre, retail space, a multipurpose “communal living room” open to the public. The upper levels of the building will house Ray Harlem, a 222-unit rental component.
Construction is in full swing for Ray Harlem at 2033 Fifth Avenue in the Special Arts District in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by Handel Architects and Frida Escobedo, and developed by Ray and LMXD, the ground-up 21-story, 240-foot-tall mixed-use project will yield 222 rental units in the main tower ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, a portion of which are designated towards affordable housing, while the National Black Theatre (NBT) is expected to occupy 25,000 square feet of space on the ground floor, cellar level and floors three through five and feature a 250-seat flexible temple space and a 99-seat studio theater, classrooms, and offices. Little Wing Lee is the interior designer, Charcoalblue, Marvel Architects, and Studio & Projects are overseeing the theater aspect and Chatsworth Builders is listed at the general contractor for the property, which is located along Fifth Avenue between East 125th and East 126th Streets.
