The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is now reviewing the latest phase of proposals to update and enliven Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown, Manhattan. The proposals specify modifications to ground-floor retail area at 50 Rockefeller Plaza between West 50th and West 51st Streets.
Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use building at 44-36 Douglaston Parkway in Douglaston, Queens. Located at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and Douglaston Parkway, the corner lot is close to the Douglaston LIRR train station, serviced by the Port Washington line. Frank Russo under the 241-15 Northern, LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Façade work has reached the crown of 200 Amsterdam Avenue, the Upper West Side’s tallest skyscraper. The 52-story, 283,000-square-foot project is being developed by SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan America and is designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects with CetraRuddy as the interior designer. Despite heated opposition from NIMBY civic organizations led by the Municipal Arts Society and a ruling by a Supreme State Court Judge that could lead to a reduction of 20 or more floors from the top half of the structure, construction is still continuing as planned.
Construction is finishing up on Bevel LIC, an 18-story residential building at 42-20 27th Street in Long Island City, Queens. The project is designed by ODA and developed by Rabsky Group with Durukan Design as the interior designer. Fiddler Realty and City View Living are in charge of marketing the property’s 202 units.
J Frankl Associates has released final renderings of a newly approved residential development in Astoria, Queens. Located at 26-30 4th Street, the building is positioned on a 25,000-square-foot through lot and will eventually top out at seven stories.
