Williamsburg

Seven-Story, 96-Unit Mixed-Use Project Filed at 187 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg

11:30 am on January 23, 2017 By Reid Wilson

CW Realty Management has filed applications for a seven-story, 96-unit mixed-use building at 187 Kent Avenue, located between North 3rd Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, according to The Real Deal. The project, measuring 140,036 square feet and rising 85 feet, will feature 22,108 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a 170-car parking garage on the second floor. Rental apartments, across the third through seventh floors, will average 634 square feet apiece. Diego Aguilera’s Rego Park-based firm is the architect of record. The 23,216-square-foot assemblage consists of two low-rise warehouses. Demolition permits have not been filed.

105 North 13th Street. rendering by Karl Fischer Architect

Revealed: 68-Key Hotel at 105 North 13th Street, Williamsburg

7:30 am on January 18, 2017 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

North Williamsburg’s industrial zone has become a forest of high-end hotels, from the Wythe Hotel, a converted, turn-of-the-century factory, to the futuristic William Vale, which opened in September. Now YIMBY has a rendering of a hotel headed to 105 North 13th Street, between Wythe and Berry Streets near McCarren Park.

2017 New Construction Report: Building Applications Crash, Down 38 Percent Since 2015

4:00 pm on January 6, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

New building applications for single and multi-family residential developments in New York City saw a major slowdown in 2016, as the fading boom following the changes that occurred at the Department of Buildings in 2014 began to slack further. Numbers have plunged by over half since 2014, and by 38 percent since 2015. The full report with spreadsheets covering every new building application is available at the research store.

Mixed-Use Project with Residential Units Planned at 191 Harrison Avenue, Williamsburg

2:00 pm on January 6, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Developer Abraham Brach has acquired, for $27.5 million, the 30,000-square-foot development site at 191 Harrison Avenue, located between Bartlett and Gerry streets in the Broadway Triangle section of Williamsburg. The new owner plans to build a mixed-use project with community facility space, geared toward the Orthodox Jewish community, and residential units, The Real Deal reported. The site can accommodate up to 120,000 square feet of development. It’s occupied by multiple dilapidated, low-rise commercial-warehouses, ranging from one to three stories. Demolition permits have yet to be filed.

Five-Story, Five-Unit Residential Building Filed at 210 Jackson Street, Williamsburg

6:00 am on January 5, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based Agora Development Group has filed applications for a five-story, five-unit residential building at 210 Jackson Street, in northern Williamsburg. The project will measure 6,066 square feet and its full-floor apartments should average 1,000 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. Oscar M. Fuertes’s Huntington, N.Y.-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 2,500-square-foot lot is occupied by a two-story townhouse. Demolition permits were filed in December.

Nine-Unit Residential Project Planned at 167 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg

11:30 am on January 4, 2017 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC has filed applications for two buildings with a total of nine residential units at 167 and 169 Lorimer Street, in the Broadway Triangle section of Williamsburg. A four-story, three-unit building measuring 10,989 square feet is slated for 167 Lorimer Street, while a six-story, six-unit building measuring 13,824 square feet is planned at 169 Lorimer Street. Across both buildings, the apartments should average 2,034 square feet apiece, indicative of units with family-sized configurations. De-Jan Lu’s Greenwich Village-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 6,900-square-foot assemblage is mostly vacant, except for a 20-foot-wide, single-story warehouse. Demolition permits were filed in November.

Six-Story, 18-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed at 302 Broadway, Williamsburg

12:00 pm on December 23, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based property owner Kazi Billah has filed applications for a six-story, 18-unit mixed-use building at 302 Broadway, located on the corner of Marcy Avenue in the heart of Williamsburg. The project will measure 26,070 square feet and rise 65 feet to its roof. There will be 5,790 square feet of ground-floor retail space, followed by 5,790 square feet of medical offices on the second floor. There will be 18 residential units, averaging 805 square feet apiece, across the fourth through sixth floors. A 12-car garage will be located on the third floor.

Photos of the 10 sites designated as landmarks by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday

Landmarks Preservation Commission’s Backlog Nearly Cleared with 10 More Designations

4:30 pm on December 13, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

Two years ago, the Landmarks Preservation Commission floated the idea of clearing its backlog of items from before 2010 by simply de-calendaring all of them. That was not well-received, to put it lightly. So, they devised a series of steps to actually address those 95 items. That process nearly came to an end today, with the designation of 10 new city landmarks.

New Developers Buy Site of Planned Nine-Story, 33-Unit Mixed-Use Project at 88 Withers Street, Williamsburg

6:00 am on December 1, 2016 By Reid Wilson

BK Developers and RYBAK Development have acquired, for $11.5 million, the development site at 88 Withers Street, located on the corner of Leonard Street in northern Williamsburg, Real Estate Weekly reported. The site boasts plans, green-lighted by the Department of Buildings in 2015, for a nine-story, 33-unit mixed-use project measuring 39,815 square feet. The new building would include 2,768 square feet of ground-floor retail space, followed by residential units on the third through ninth floors. The apartments should average 938 square feet apiece, which means either condominiums or rentals could be in the works. Platt Byard Dovell White Architects is the architect. When YIMBY visited the site in the spring, the site’s former single-story warehouse had been demolished.

Five-Story, Nine-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed at 181 North 7th Street, Williamsburg

10:00 am on November 30, 2016 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC has filed applications for a five-story, nine-unit mixed-use building at 181 North 7th Street, in northern Williamsburg. The project will measure 14,523 square feet. It will include a 1,972-square-foot medical office on the ground and cellar levels, followed by residential units on the second through fifth floors. The apartments should average 891 square feet, which means either rentals or condos could be in the works. Michael Avramides’s Midtown East-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 50-foot-wide, 5,000-square-foot lot is occupied by a two-story residential building. Demolition permits were recently filed.

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