Architecture firm Studio Gang’s stunning contribution to Manhattan’s iconic High Line Park is now complete. Known simply as ‘Solar Carve’, the 10-story office building features a prismatic, gem-like façade designed to reduce the structure’s shadow on the surrounding neighborhood.
Permits have been filed for a 24-story mixed-use building at 92-33 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens. Located between Jamaica Avenue and Archer Avenue, the lot is four blocks east of the Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer subway station, serviced by the E, J, and Z trains. BRP Companies is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Demolition on one of several buildings at 10-14 West 57th Street has been completed. The remaining neighboring structures sit empty and will soon come down to make way for a 52-story mixed-use skyscraper designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill. James Patterson of Ancora Engineering is the applicant of record. Sheldon Solow, chairman of Solow Realty & Development Group, is the developer for the site and Anthony Calicchio is listed as the owner behind the applications. The new 672-foot-tall, 383,000-square-foot skyscraper will contain 80 residential units spread across 202,738 square feet of space.
Permits have been filed for a 21-story residential building at 98-10 63rd Road in Rego Park, Queens. Located between 98th Street and 98th Place, the lot is about three blocks from the 63 Drive-Rego Park subway station, serviced by the M and R trains. Kenny Liu under the Chuang Heng Rego Park LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The Stanwix, a new rental building at 115 Stanwix Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, is approaching full occupancy. JCS Realty is the developer and ND Architecture & Design is the architect of record for the eight-story structure, which illustrates how efforts to revitalize and invigorate the working-class neighborhood have exceeded the city’s expectations in regard to housing improvement, diversification, and economic development.
