Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 2039 Westchester Avenue in Parkchester, The Bronx. Located between Pugsley Avenue and Olmstead Avenue, the lot is in walking distance of the Castle Hill Avenue subway station, serviced by the 6 train. Jai Patel of PHG Construction Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Skanska and its joint venture partner ECCO III Enterprises have completed the first phase of a $460 million interstate improvement project in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. Key project elements include the replacement of four bridges that connect Bruckner Expressway and Bruckner Boulevard over Amtrak and CSX rail lines, improved pedestrian access, and a new community park.
New York governor Kathy Hochul has announced the third and final phase of the $1.7 billion Hunts Point Access Improvement Project is now underway in the South Bronx. Launched in 2019, the goal of the project is to provide improved access between the Hunts Point Peninsula and the Sheridan and Bruckner Expressways for automobiles and trucks traveling to and from wholesale commercial businesses located on the peninsula. The project will also address infrastructure deficiencies in the area.
Construction has topped out on Bronx Logistics Center (BLC), a five-story industrial building in the Hunts Point section of The Bronx. Designed by ARCO Design/Build Industrial and developed by Turnbridge Equities, the structure will span 1.2 million square feet, including 585,000 square feet of Class A warehouse space, a five-story garage for truck fleet parking, and 1,500 surface-level parking spaces. The development is progressing on a 14.2-acre plot along East 149th Street near the East River.
NineDot Energy, one of the leading developers of community-accessible clean energy projects in the New York City region, has secured an $85 million loan for 11 new projects in The Bronx, Staten Island, Queens, and Long Island. The funding supports the completion of battery storage facilities that will provide sources of redundant, clean energy to existing grid infrastructure during peak demand, which helps avoid costly outages and unexpected service interruptions.
