The longtime shopping hub at the corner of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues in Flatbush has attracted a slew of major commercial tenants in recent years, including Target and Blink Fitness. Now it looks like the area will get even more retail at 2251 Nostrand Avenue, just south of the 600,000-square-foot Triangle Junction mall that helped kickstart the neighborhood’s commercial renewal when it opened in 2008.
David Frank, of Cityscape Build, has filed applications for a four-story, six-unit residential building at 1224-1226 41st Street, in northern Borough Park, four blocks from the Fort Hamilton Parkway stop on the D train. The building will measure 9,615 square feet in total, which means units will average 1,602 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. Rockland County-based Kenneth Thomas is the architect of record, and two existing two-story townhouses must first be demolished.
Williamsburg-based BL Realty has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 182 Jefferson Street, in northern Bushwick, five blocks north of the M train’s stop at Central Avenue. The building will total 6,468 square feet, and units will average 809 square feet apiece, with a fourth floor residence that extends to a “fifth-floor” penthouse. Rego Park-based Diego Aguilera is the architect of record, and an existing recessed two-story house must first be demolished.
Cityscape Build has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 5221 16th Avenue, in southern Borough Park, on the corner of 53rd Street. Located four blocks from the 55th Street stop on the D train, the building will measure 13,823 square feet, and units will average a condo-sized 1,728 square feet each. Rockland County-based Kenneth Thomas is the architect of record, and demolition permits for an existing building were filed this past summer.
Earlier this year, Curbed revealed a rendering of the 20-story, 110-unit mixed-use building planned at 42-10 27th Street, in Long Island City, and now foundation work is underway at the site, according to The Court Square Blog. The building will measure 90,153 square feet in total, and includes 8,645 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Apartments will start on the third floor and average 741 square feet apiece; recreational space will be located on the 19th and 20th floors. Great Neck-based Lions Group is developing, while Raymond Chan is designing, and completion is expected in early 2017.
