420 Tompkins Avenue

Six-Story, 44-Unit Residential Building Rising At 420 Tompkins Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

6:30 am on August 25, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Earlier this year, the two-story hardware store at 420 Tompkins Avenue, in southwestern Bedford-Stuyvesant, was demolished to make way for a six-story, 44-unit residential building, and now the steel-framed structure is a story above street level, per Brownstoner. Charles Mallea is designing, and the building will measure 29,908 square feet, featuring rental-sized units averaging 680 square feet. Bed-Stuy-based CS Management is developing, and completion is expected in the spring of 2016.

550 Washington Street

Developer Buys Out Large Stake In 550 Washington Street, Hudson Square

6:00 am on August 25, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In May of 2014, YIMBY brought you renderings of TEN Arquitectos’ conceptual plans for the St. Johns Terminal building at 550 Washington Street, in Hudson Square. At the time, multiple owners complicated the redevelopment of the 1.1-million square-foot structure, which has 280,000 square feet of air rights, but now Westbrook Partners has bought out Fortress Investment Group’s ownership stake for more than $200 million, according to Crain’s. Atlas Capital Group, who tried to acquire additional air rights from Pier 40 last year, will retain their minority stake. Plans include a new residential tower, which may be built ground-up or as a conversion/expansion, but city approval is required before construction can begin.

149-03 Archer Avenue

18-Story, 283-Key Hotel Building Filed At 149-03 Archer Avenue, Jamaica

4:30 pm on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Jamaica-based Pride Hospitality Group has filed applications for an 18-story, 283-unit hotel building at 149-03 Archer Avenue, in downtown Jamaica, located three blocks from the Jamaica LIRR station, JFK AirTrain and the E, J and Z subways at Sutphin Boulevard. The building will measuring 110,463 square feet, and hotel rooms will average 390 square feet. Jamaica-based Manish Savani is the architect of record, and an existing single-story auto-repair must first be demolished.

1845 Sterling Place, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 1845 Sterling Place, the Final Piece of Prospect Plaza Affordable Housing

3:24 pm on August 24, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

When YIMBY stopped by the Prospect Plaza affordable housing development in Ocean Hill earlier this summer, the first two buildings were inching toward completion on Prospect Place between Howard and Saratoga Avenues. Across the street, foundation work on Phase 2 had just begun. Now new building applications have been filed for the third and final piece of the project at 1845 Sterling Place, a large, vacant corner lot next to Eastern Parkway.

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150-15 Barclay Avenue

Five-Story Mixed-Use Commercial Building Planned At 150-15 Barclay Avenue, Murray Hill, Queens

3:00 pm on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Yong Lee, head of Flushing-based HWL Management, has filed applications for a five-story, 14,732 square-foot commercial building at 150-15 Barclay Avenue, in Murray Hill, Queens, located a block from the Murray Hill LIRR station. The first and second floors will contain 4,315 square feet of offices, and 14,732 square feet of health care facilities will take up the third through fifth floors. Flushing-based Kyu Myeon Lee is the architect of record, and an existing 2.5-story home must first be demolished.