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Schematic Posted Of Nine-Story, 22-Unit Mixed-Use Project At 181 West 126th Street, Harlem

3:00 pm on December 15, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In early 2014, YIMBY reported on applications for a nine-story, 22-unit mixed-use building at 181 West 126th Street, in Harlem, and now an on-site rendering has been posted, Harlem+Bespoke reports. The project will measure a total 19,942 square feet and includes a 2,430 square-foot ground-floor retail portion. Residential units will begin on the second floor and average 796 square-feet apiece. It will be topped by a 500 square-foot rooftop recreational space, and Great Neck-based Frank Petruso is the architect of record. Indications are that excavation is also imminent.

Condo Conversion Wraps Up At Manhattan House, Former Upper East Side Rental Building

2:00 pm on December 15, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The condominium conversion of the Upper East Side’s Manhattan House – a landmarked 20-story, 584-unit rental complex, located at 200 East 66th Street and built in 1951 – is now wrapping up, the Observer reports. O’Connor Capital Partners shelled out $623 million for the exclusive rental property back in 2005. Today, the complex sports 495 condominiums and an additional 93 rent-stabilized units. Twenty-six of the condos have yet to be sold. Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill originally design Manhattan House, and Sasaki Associates designed the building’s private garden.

Partial Residential & Hotel Conversion For 22-Story Building At 660 Madison Avenue, Lenox Hill

2:00 pm on December 14, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The Safra family’s JSRE Acquisitions has filed applications to convert part of the 22-story, 475,000 square-foot mixed-use commercial building at 660 Madison Avenue, in Lenox Hill between East 60th and 61st Streets, into residential and hotel units. Beginning on the 10th floor, there will be 54 dwelling units added in total. The hotel portion will be located from floors 10 through 15, although it’s not specified how many of the 54 dwelling units will be part of the hotel. Regardless, the remaining units will be residential and will be located throughout floors 10 through 22. Roof terraces already exist on many of the floors and the top two floors will consists of duplex units.

Architecture Firms Selected For Interior Redesign Of Philharmonic’s David Geffen Hall

6:00 am on December 14, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic have selected London-based Heatherwick Studio and Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects to redesign the interior of David Geffen Hall, the orchestra’s 2,738-seat home located on the corner of West 65th Street, on the Upper West Side, technically Lincoln Square. The Max Abramovitz-designed structure, which originally opened in 1962 as Philharmonic Hall, later becoming Avery Fisher Hall, will receive a $500 million gut renovation, according to the New York Times. A design will be released next summer, with construction scheduled to begin in 2019. Akustiks and Fisher Dachs, acoustic and theater design firms, respectively, are also part of the team. The project has been in the works for over a decade, or since the beginning of Lincoln Center’s redevelopment.

12-Story, 49-Unit Mixed-Use Building Rises At 2040 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Harlem

4:00 pm on December 11, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In the spring of 2014, YIMBY reported on applications for an 12-story, 49-unit mixed-use building at 2040 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, in Harlem, located on Central Park’s northwestern corner. Later that year, renderings went up on-site, and since then an eight-story structure has risen, per photos snapped by Tectonic. The curved, FXFOWLE-designed building will eventually measure a total 87,582 square feet. Within that area, 3,507 square feet of ground-floor retail space is expected, as well as 8,370 square feet of community space located on the ground and second floors. Artimus Construction is the developer and completion is expected in 2017.

Rendering of the West End Collegiate Church, 378 West End Avenue, and the replacement for 260 West 78th Street. By COOKFOX.

West End Collegiate Church To Create New Residential Presence At 378 West End Avenue, Upper West Side

8:00 am on December 9, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

The West End Collegiate Church will get the money it needs from a project approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday. The church, an individual landmark located at 245 West 77^th Street, has bought the property to its north from the Collegiate School, at 260 West 78th Street, where an existing structure will be demolished. It will be replaced by a new residential building that will be connected internally to a restored and expanded 378 West End Avenue.

Seven-Story, 20-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed At 225 West 140th Street, Harlem

1:00 pm on December 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Maxwell Development has filed applications for a seven-story, 20-unit mixed-use building at 225 West 140th Street, in northern Harlem, just north of Strivers’ Row. The project will measure 21,515 square feet in total and includes 2,561 square feet of medical facilities on the ground and basement levels. The residential units will average 948 square feet apiece and could either be rentals or condos. Suzanna Tharian’s NoHo-based STAT Architecture is the architect of record. The site’s five-story predecessor was demolished back in 1997.

308-310 West 133rd Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 308 West 133rd Street, Harlem

7:30 am on December 4, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Central Harlem hasn’t seen quite as much development as the area southeast of 125th Street, but developers have finally started paying attention to the quiet and transit-rich blocks next to the City College campus. The latest project headed to the neighborhood is an 11-story residential building at 308 West 133rd Street, between St. Nicholas Avenue and Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

361 Central Park West - existing conditions, 2014 proposal, and 2015 proposal.

Battle Over Former Church At 361 Central Park West Continues At BSA

7:30 am on December 3, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

It was all the way back on March 11th that the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved controversial plans to convert the former First Church of Christ, Scientist in New York City, located at 361 Central Park West and West 96th Street, into 39 condominiums. But that wasn’t the last word. The battle went on in the community board, and it continued this week at the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA), and will continue into 2016.

Eight-Story, 134-Unit Mixed-Use Project Underway At 2351 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, Harlem

3:00 pm on December 2, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Back in October of 2014, YIMBY reported on applications for an eight-story, 134-unit mixed-use building at 2351 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, in Harlem, and then we brought you renderings of a redevelopment proposal that would have saved the dilapidating Harlem Renaissance Ballroom from demolition. Since then, the ballroom has been demolished, and now developer BRP Companies has landed a $53.2 million loan to build the project, according to Commercial Observer. Construction is reportedly underway, with completion expected in 2017.

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