Snøhetta’s award-winning design studio has transformed the surrounding public spaces at 550 Madison Avenue in East Midtown, Manhattan. The new garden area will increase existing public open space to more than 21,000 square feet with the addition of a café, new planters, seating, and public bathrooms.
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 151 Hawthorne Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. Located between Bedford Avenue and Rogers Avenue, the lot is two blocks from the Winthrop Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Anthony Briggs under the Lenore Development Group LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 1323 Chisholm Street in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. Located between Freeman Street and Jennings Street, the interior lot is near the Freeman Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Moses Freund under the 1321-1323 Chisholm Street is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Work is ramping up at the site of Two Manhattan West, a forthcoming 935-foot-tall commercial skyscraper and number 12 on YIMBY’s countdown of the tallest projects underway in the city. The final component of the Manhattan West complex, the 58-story tower will join its nearly identical sibling One Manhattan West, though it will cap off with a slightly shorter parapet. Skidmore Owings & Merrill is the designer and Brookfield is the developer of the two-million-square-foot project.
Building Studio Architects has revealed renderings of Blackstone Parc, an eight-story rental development in the Riverdale section of The Bronx. The structure will span 800,000 square feet and include 46 market-rate apartments. From Cipco Developers, the building will include two- and three-bedroom units with large open kitchens, shared laundry rooms, and private storage area for residents.
