BXP has announced that law firm Goodwin has signed a lease spanning approximately 250,000 square feet at 200 Fifth Avenue in Flatiron, Manhattan. Originally completed in 1909 and once known as the “Toy Center,” the building underwent a renovation in 2008 and achieved LEED Gold Core & Shell certification in 2010. The property is located adjacent to Madison Square Park between West 22nd and 23rd Streets.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Prospect House, a nine-story mixed-use building at 953 Dean Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by JFA Architects & Engineers and developed by Clipper Equity, the structure yields 240 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 72 units for residents at 80 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $68,949 to $161,590.
Permits have been filed for an 11-story mixed-use building at 5517 Broadway and a 12-story building at 205 West 230th Street in Kingsbridge, The Bronx. Located between Kimberly Place, West 230th Street, Godwin Terrace, and Broadway, the lot is near the 231st Street subway station, served by the 1 train. Steven Westreich of Westorchard Management is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Façade installation continues on 16 Fifth Avenue, a 19-story residential building in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Hill West Architects and developed by Madison Realty Capital, the 241-foot-tall structure will yield 14 condominium units. The property is located on an interior lot between East 8th and 9th Streets, just north of Washington Square Park.
The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center (AMC) has completed Phase II of its $125 million, 83,000-square-foot expansion and renovation project at 510 East 62nd Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Known as the world’s largest veterinary teaching hospital and New York City’s only Level 1 Veterinary Trauma Center, AMC has officially opened a new nine-story commercial tower featuring a state-of-the-art intensive care unit, medical-surgical unit, avian and exotics unit, and a new education and conference center. The property is located along York Avenue between East 61st and 62nd Streets.
