Permits have been filed to expand a three-story structure into a four-story residential building at 422 1/2 Gates Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located between Marcy Avenue and Nostrand Avenue, the lot is near the Franklin Avenue subway station, serviced by the A and C trains. Silverrock Development LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is nearing completion on 550 Tenth Avenue, a 520-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Hell’s Kitchen. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Gotham Organization and Goldman Sachs Asset Management JV, the 47-story structure will span 430,000 square feet and yield 453 rental units, with 137 reserved for affordable housing, as well as 9,000 square feet of lower-level retail space, over 20,000 square feet of amenities, and 26,764 square feet of administrative office space for Covenant House. GO Covenant LLC is the owner of the property, which is located along Tenth Avenue between West 40th and 41st Streets.
Demolition is progressing at 500-502 East 81st Street, the site of a forthcoming ten-story residential building in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Zproekt Architecture and developed by Rybak Development, the 100-foot-tall structure will yield 29,829 square feet of residential space with an undisclosed number of units, likely to be condominiums based on the design firm’s history in the neighborhood. The building will also have a cellar level and three enclosed parking spaces. The property is located at the corner of York Avenue and East 81st Street.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 828 Metropolitan Avenue, a nine-story residential building in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Issac & Stern Architects and Swive Interiors, the structure yields 136 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 35 units for residents at 40 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $35,829 to $218,010.
