Permits Filed for Phase One of Spofford Redevelopment Project “The Peninsula,” Hunts Point, The Bronx

7:30 am on July 6, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

This March, YIMBY covered the approval of the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center by the NYC Council Committee on Land Use. Now, permits have been filed for a fourteen-story mixed-use building at 720 Tiffany Street in Hunts Point, The Bronx. The new development, named ‘The Peninsula,’ will be six blocks from the Longwood Avenue subway station, serviced by the 6 trains. Six blocks further is the Prospect Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. The NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is leading the transformation.

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56 West 125th Street, via Google Maps

Permits Filed for 56 West 125th Street, Harlem, Manhattan

7:00 am on July 6, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a substantial 17-story mixed-use high-rise at 56 West 125th Street, in Harlem, Manhattan. The site is half a block from the 2 and 3 trains, and three blocks from the 125th Street train station serviced by Metro North. This is one of several substantial new buildings filed for the neighborhood, showing the economic revitalization of Harlem is far from over. The Jay Group is responsible for the development.

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First Look For LeFrak’s Cantilevering 31 West 57th Street, Midtown Manhattan

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

Situated to the west of the Solow Building on a site that was once the home of the original Rizzoli Bookstore and several other low-slung buildings, 27-33 West 57th Street is one of the most prime sites on Billionare’s Row. The property is in the hands of developer LeFrak, and today YIMBY has the first look at what may eventually rise on the Midtown site in the near future.

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287 East Houston Street, rendering via the teaser website

287 East Houston Street Nearing Completion, Lower East Side, Manhattan

7:30 am on July 5, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

Progress is moving along at 287 East Houston Street, with the façade now fully installed, the building topped out, and interior work underway. The 11-story building, named 287/LES, is right on the border of the Lower East Side and the East Village, and just five blocks from the Essex Street subway station, providing quick access to the F, J, M, and Z trains. Vinci Partners and Hogg Holdings are developing the project.

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104 Martin Luther King Place, via Google Maps

Permits Filed for 104 Martin Luther King Place, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

7:00 am on July 5, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 104 Martin Luther King Place in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The site is two blocks from the Myrtyle-Willoughby Avenues subway station, serviced by the G trains. Nine blocks away is the Flushing Avenue subway station, serviced by the J, M, Z trains and major intersection for retail. Joel Weiss of Empire Brooklyn is listed as responsible for the development.

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