Rendering of the site of Herkimer-Williams, via BerlinRosen

Proposed Herkimer-Williams Complex Begins Environmental Review Process in Broadway Junction, Brooklyn

7:00 am on June 18, 2024 By Max Gillespie

Earlier this year, Brooklyn-based real estate development firm Totem announced plans for Herkimer-Williams, a mixed-use complex in Broadway Junction, Brooklyn. Now in the environmental review process with the New York City Department of City Planning, the project aims to transform a 94,000-square-foot assemblage into a permanently affordable housing development accompanied with commercial, community, and industrial space, and public open areas. The project site is bound by Fulton Street to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the south, East New York Avenue to the east, and Van Sinderen Avenue to the west.

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Housing Lottery Launches for 388 Vernon Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

6:30 am on June 18, 2024 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 388 Vernon Avenue, a five-story residential building in Bedford Stuyvesant, The Bronx. Designed by Issac & Stern Architects and developed by Farhad Bokhour, the structure yields 27 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are three units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $104,572 to $181,740.

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Façade Installation Progresses On 262 Fifth Avenue in NoMad, Manhattan

8:00 am on June 17, 2024 By Michael Young

Façade installation is progressing on 262 Fifth Avenue, a slender 56-story residential skyscraper in NoMad, Manhattan. Designed by Meganom with SLCE Architects as the executive architect and developed by Boris Kuzinez of Five Points Development under the Five Points 262 Project LLC, the 860-foot-tall structure will yield 26 condominium units with an average scope of 3,200 square feet, including at least one quadruplex unit. The project stands on a 5,000-square-foot plot at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 29th Street.

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Photograph from opening of 126 West 126th Street, courtesy of the New York Foundling & Harlem Supportive Housing

Supportive Housing Complex Completes Construction at 126 West 126th Street In Harlem, Manhattan

7:00 am on June 17, 2024 By Max Gillespie

The New York Foundling has completed construction on 126 West 126th Street, a 17-story residential tower in Harlem, Manhattan that plans to serve as a new model for helping youth transitioning out of foster care and the shelter system. The project was developed in collaboration between BRP Companies, L+M Development Partners, Taconic Partners, and The Prusik Group. Financing came from New York State, Goldman Sachs, Santander Bank, and Redstone Equity Partners.
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