The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1975 Madison Avenue, an eight-story residential building in Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by DXA Studio and developed by The Davis Companies, the structure yields 97 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 30 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $113,143 to $227,500.
Construction is finished on Ray Harlem, a 21-story residential building at 2035 Fifth Avenue in Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by Frida Escobedo Studio in collaboration with Handel Architects and developed by Ray and LMXD, the structure yields 222 mixed-income rental apartments as well as 27,000 square feet of cultural space owned and operated by the National Black Theatre. The development is located on a through-lot parcel between East 125th and 126th Streets.
Demolition is steadily progressing at 1482-1484 First Avenue, the site of a future 30-story residential building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by Alchemy-ABR, the forthcoming 366-foot tall structure will yield 161,000 square feet of residential space with 86 rental units, and 343 square feet of commercial space, and a 30-square foot backyard. The building at 1482 First Avenue formerly stood four stories tall and spanned 7,100 square feet, and the two-story 1484 First Avenue measured 13,700 square feet that was once occupied by Weill Cornell Medicine. Demolition is expected to cost a combined $1.8 million. The abutting properties are located by the intersection of First Avenue and East 77th Street.
Construction has passed the halfway mark on 39 West 128th Street, a nine-story residential building in Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by Magnusson Architecture & Planning and developed by The Bridge, the 95-foot-tall structure will span 77,588 square feet and yield 91 supportive housing units with an average scope of 529 square feet. The project will also include 12,144 square feet of community facility space, a 35-foot-long rear yard, and three enclosed parking spaces. The property is located between Fifth and Lenox Avenues.
Sotheby’s has submitted a proposal to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for modifications to 945 Madison Avenue, the former Whitney Museum of American Art and an individual and interior landmark on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The plan, which was presented at a public hearing on July 22, proposes minor changes to the building’s entrance in addition to the restoration of its former sculpture court. PBDW Architects was listed as executive architect, Herzog & de Meuron as design consultant, and Gardiner & Theobald as client representative for the work on the property, which is located at the corner of Madison Avenue and East 75th Street.
