Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 141-05 32nd Avenue in Flushing, Queens. Located between 140th Street and Union Street, the lot is near the Main Street subway station, serviced by the 7 train. Jiashu Xu of Grand Construction & Development Group is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Foundation work is underway at 111 Washington Street, the site of a 64-story residential skyscraper in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Carlisle New York Apartments and Grubb Properties, which closed on a $48 million loan for the project last summer, the 712-foot-tall structure will span 326,221 square feet and yield 462 residential units, 7,000 square feet of commercial space, and a 60-foot-long rear yard. Consigli Construction is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 8 Carlisle Street and located at the corner of Washington and Carlisle Streets, south of the nearby World Trade Center complex.
Last week Mayor Eric Adams announced “Chinatown Connections,” an initiative between the city and state aimed at revitalizing Park Row and Chatham/Kimlau Square in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood. The $56 million project aims to transform the current layout of the plaza by introducing a more standard, four-way intersection, enlarging public spaces, and establishing direct connections from one side of the square to another for cyclists.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 909 East 229th Street, a four-story residential building in Wakefield, The Bronx. Designed by Node Architecture Engineering Consulting PC and developed by Arben Ulaj, the structure yields 17 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are six units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $66,789 to $198,250.
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 2710 Decatur Avenue in Fordham, The Bronx. Located between East 195th Street and East 197th Street, the lot is near the Kingsbridge Road subway station, serviced by the B and D trains. Herman Jakob of West Street Gardens LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
