St. George

Construction Begins On Staten Island’s 630-Foot New York Wheel, St. George

6:30 am on July 30, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Fencing is up around the site of Staten Island’s planned New York Wheel, in St. George, and it appears construction is now in full motion, per the Staten Island Advance. In 2014, YIMBY brought you renderings of the 630-foot-tall Ferris wheel, which ‘New York Wheel LLC’ is developing and Starneth BV is designing (with Perkins Eastman). Completion is expected in the first half of 2017, alongside the Empire Outlets, also in St. George.

Lighthouse Point, rendering via Triangle Equities

New Look: Lighthouse Point, Big Mixed-Use Development in Staten Island

7:30 am on July 14, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Triangle Equities is set to break ground this fall on a huge mixed-use project just behind the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, and YIMBY has new renderings of the hotel-retail-residential complex that will complement a proposed 630-foot-tall ferris wheel.

Former Convent Building At 78 Fort Place Getting Gut-Renovated To Residential, St. George

2:00 pm on June 19, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Door to Door Realty is in contract to purchase the vacant two-story, nearly 42,400 square-foot building at 78 Fort Place, in St. George, and plans to renovate the building into roughly 30 market-rate rental units. The developer expects to close on the property later this year, according to DNAinfo, with leasing beginning by late 2016. A hearing with community groups is scheduled in September. Previous plans were approved for a residential facility for the mentally ill.

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