View of SPARC Kips Bay, looking northeast from First Avenue and 25th Street, via edc.nyc

Master Plan Revealed for SPARC Life Science and Public Health Innovation Hub in Kips Bay, Manhattan

Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have unveiled the master plan for the Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) Kips Bay, a new life sciences hub located on Hunter College’s Brookdale Campus at East 25th Street and First Avenue in Kips Bay. Designed to transform a city block in Manhattan, SPARC Kips Bay is expected to create over 15,000 jobs and generate an economic impact of $42 billion over 30 years.

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New Rendering Revealed For 252-260 East 72nd Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

A new rendering has been revealed for 252-260 East 72nd Street, a forthcoming 21-story residential building in the Lenox Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Developed by Chetrit Group, the 150,000-square-foot project will yield 54 condominium units and 5,700 square feet of retail space, along with an adjacent five-story annex containing four affordable housing units. The 14,000-square-foot plot is also addressed as 1357 Second Avenue and was formerly occupied by St. John The Martyr Church along with several old low-rise structures, and is located at the corner of Second Avenue and East 72nd Street, with a narrow panhandle that stretches south to East 71st Street.

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Exterior of the Sunset Park Library and Apartments, via Fifth Avenue Committee

Sunset Park Library and Apartments Opens at 5108 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

On Wednesday, The Brooklyn Public Library and Fifth Avenue Committee celebrated the ribbon cutting for the Sunset Park Library and Apartments, an eight-story mixed-use building at 5108 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The first development of its kind, the project combines affordable housing with a public library in a new model for urban development that blends community services with housing needs.

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