Non-Profit Housing Development Revealed at 270 East 2nd Street in the East Village, Manhattan

7:30 am on December 6, 2018 By Sebastian Morris

Designed by JCJ Architecture, a new housing development will soon take shape in Manhattan’s East Village. Located on an interior lot at 270 East 2nd Street, the property was commissioned by Barrier Free Living, a New York-based non-profit that provides temporary and permanent housing for adults with significant physical disabilities. The new development will will provide both housing and support services for survivors of domestic violence with disabilities.

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3865 Amboy Road in Great Kills, Staten Island

Permits Filed for Mixed-Use Building at 3865 Amboy Road in Great Kills, Staten Island

6:30 am on December 6, 2018 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for a four-story mixed-use building at 3865 Amboy Road, in Great Kills, Staten Island. 3865 Amboy Road sits right on Amboy Road, a popular commercial thoroughfare in the neighborhood, and is about three blocks away from the Staten Island Railroad’s Great Kills station. Igor Shteiman of Chester Builders Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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Queens Plaza Park, rendering courtesy the Durst Organization (left) and Long Island City Clock Tower, via Google Maps (right)

Second Round of Long Island City’s Skyscraper Boom Gets Underway as Durst’s 67-Story Queens Plaza Park Begins Rising at 27-29 Queens Plaza North

8:00 am on December 5, 2018 By Michael Young

Located in Long Island City at 27-29 Queens Plaza North, Queens Plaza Park will soon be one of the tallest skyscrapers in both Queens and New York City. It is also addressed as 29-37 41st Avenue. The 755-foot-tall, 67-story tower is nearing completion of its concrete foundations, and vertical ascent should begin sometime in the first half of 2019. A new updated design by Handel Architects was revealed back in April, and features a concave-shaped glass building. Selldorf Architects is designing the interiors while The Durst Organization is in charge of developing the 978,000 square foot tower.

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Thomas Heatherwick’s First Residential Building in Manhattan Tops Out Above the High Line at 511-525 West 18th Street, in Chelsea

7:30 am on December 5, 2018 By Michael Young

Thomas Heatherwick’s first residential project located at 511-525 West 18th Street is starting to take shape above Chelsea. When walking north on the High Line from Chelsea Market directly past Bjarke Ingels twisting residential towers dubbed “The XI,” Heatherwick’s pair of buildings will soon show off their sculptural windows on both sides of the High Line, which splits the project site down the middle. The site is being developed by Related Companies, the same firm behind Hudson Yards at the tip of the High Line’s third phase.

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