181 Mercer Street

Steel Superstructure Nears Pinnacle For NYU’s 181 Mercer Street, In Greenwich Village

8:00 am on July 6, 2020 By Michael Young

YIMBY checked in on the progress made on NYU‘s expansion located at 181 Mercer Street in Greenwich Village. Davis Brody Bond and KieranTimberlake are the designers of the full-block, 23-story, 750,000-square-foot structure, which sits along Houston Street directly to the east of I. M. Pei’s three-tower University Village complex. 181 Mercer Street is bound by Houston Street to the south, Mercer Street to the east, and Bleecker Street to the north.

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11-19 Jane Street Wraps Up Construction In the West Village

7:30 am on July 6, 2020 By Michael Young

The earth-toned brick masonry facade and grid of large square and narrow windows that make up the main southern elevation of 11-19 Jane Street is now complete, while work on the interiors should likely be wrapping up. Located in the Manhattan neighborhood of the West Village, the topped-out mixed-use residential and commercial project will soon debut as a 31,000-square-foot structure designed by London-based design firm David Chipperfield Architects, and developed by Edward Minskoff of Minskoff Equities. There will be a total of seven residential units inside, averaging 2,382 square feet each. The site is located between Greenwich Avenue and Eighth Avenue and is one street below Jackson Square Park.

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76 East 53rd Street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn

Permits Filed for 76 East 53rd Street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn

6:30 am on July 6, 2020 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 76 East 53rd Street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Winthrop Street and East 53rd Street, the corner lot is within walking distance of Saratoga Avenue train station subway station, serviced by the 3 and 4 trains. Babak Shamsian under the East 53 BK LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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