The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is set to review an $8.66 million reconstruction project for Dinosaur Playground in Riverside Park on Tuesday, November 28. Led by Stephen Whitehouse of Starr Whitehouse, this initiative aims to transform the playground situated between West 96th and West 98th Streets along Riverside Drive on Manhattan‘s Upper West Side.
Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into a four-story residential building at 2316 Grand Avenue in University Heights, The Bronx. Located between North Street and West 184th Street, the lot is within walking distance of the 183rd Street subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Yitzi Salamon is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is approaching the finish line on Arris Grand, a nine-story residential building at 445 Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by Fogarty Finger Architects and developed by Ranger Properties, the 110-foot-tall structure spans 120,809 square feet and will yield 113 market-rate and affordable rental units, 7,652 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, and a 4,362-square-foot community center for the Seventh Day Adventist Church. KD Sagamore Capital is listed as the owner, Corcoran New Development is the exclusive marketing and leasing agent, and Titanium Construction Services is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Grand Avenue and Fulton Street.
Exterior work is wrapping up on 374 Classon Avenue, a four-story residential building in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by Saleh & Associates and developed by Arie Bar Chaim of Brooklyn AZ Inc., the 50-foot-tall structure spans 5,898 square feet and yields seven rental units with an average scope of 842 square feet, a 37-foot-long rear yard, and one enclosed parking space. Brooklyn AZ Inc. 289 also served as the general contractor for the property, which is located by the corner of Classon and Greene Avenues.
Charney Companies and Tavros recently celebrated the topping out of 585 Union Street, a mixed-use building in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The topping out marks a significant milestone for the nine-story building towards its completion and the broader transformation of the area, which is actively underway with other projects including Charney Companies’s 251 Douglass Street nearby.
