Permits have been filed for a 17-story affordable senior housing building at 2064 Grand Concourse in Tremont, The Bronx. Located between East Burnside Avenue and East 180th Street, the lot is three blocks from the 182nd-183rd Streets subway station, serviced by the B and D trains, as well as a few blocks from the Burnside Avenue station, serviced by the 4 train. Thorobird Companies is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Central Park Tower, aka 217 West 57th Street, has surpassed the 1,450-foot-tall Willis Tower (née Sears Tower) to claim the title of highest roof in the Western Hemisphere. The Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill-designed supertall is being developed by Extell and will soon top-out at 1,550 feet tall over Billionaires’ Row.
YIMBY last reported on 542 West 22nd Street back in 2015, when permits were filed for a new five-story, 31,158-square-foot art gallery. Now, the reinforced concrete superstructure is topped-out, and will soon be home to Zurich-based Hauser & Wirth, which is also the developer of the project. The building, designed by Annabelle Selldorf, is located between Tenth Avenue and Eleventh Avenue in West Chelsea, and stands 95 feet tall.
Renderings have been released for 2126 Mapes Avenue, a new six-story building located in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx. The project is being developed in collaboration with Bronx Pro Group and designed by Curtis + Ginsberg Architects. When complete, the building will contain 30 rentals that range from one- to three-bedroom layouts. An affordable housing development, residences are reserved exclusively for individuals and families between 30 percent and 80 percent area median income.
Permits have been filed for an 11-story apartment building at 261 East 202 Street in Jerome Park, The Bronx. Located between Valentine Avenue and Briggs Avenue, the lot is five blocks east of the Bedford Park Boulevard subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Peter Fine of Bolivar Development is listed as the owner behind the applications.
