Permits have been filed for a nine-story residential building at 2017 Grand Concourse in Tremont, The Bronx. Located at the intersection of Bush Street and Grand Concourse, the lot is within walking distance of the Tremont Avenue subway station, serviced by the B and D train. Justin S. Stein under the Home Builders 1 L.P is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed to expand a three-story structure into a four-story mixed-use building at 217 South 4th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located between Roebling Street and Havemeyer Street, the lot is near the Marcy Avenue subway station, serviced by the J, M, and Z trains. Barry Wagschal of GW Equities LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Remediation work is taking shape across the exterior of The Vessel in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, where netting is being installed for visitor safety. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick of Heatherwick Studio and developed by Related Companies, the 15-story, 150-foot-tall attraction opened in March 2019 but was shuttered in July 2021 after four guests leapt to their deaths from the platforms of the honeycomb-shaped structure. The safety system will incorporate steel mesh netting stretched from metal supports to close the gaps between its network of interconnecting staircases.
Construction has broken ground on 1 Webb Avenue, a five-story residential building in Harrison, Westchester County. Designed by Minno & Wasko and developed by The NRP Group, a vertically integrated developer, builder, and manager of multifamily housing, and RPW Group, a local owner-operator, the project will yield 200 units in studio to two-bedroom layouts, with five percent reserved for residents earning 80 percent of the area median income. The development is taking shape on a 10-acre site, with five acres set aside as open space.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 341 West 38th Street, a 19-story residential building in the Garment District of Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Stephen B. Jacobs Group and developed by Central Properties LLC, the structure yields 112 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 30 units for residents at 40 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $31,612 to $218,010.
