75 Kenmare Street

First Look at Seven-Story, 35-Unit Condominium Project, 75 Kenmare Street, NoLIta

In October of 2015, YIMBY reported on applications to expand the three-story parking garage at 75 Kenmare Street, in NoLIta, into a seven-story mixed-use building with 35 residential units. Now, Curbed NY has the latest details on the project, including the first rendering of the building, depicting the entrance. The project will measure 55,484 square feet, 8,122 square feet of which will be dedicated to ground-floor retail space. The residential units, beginning on the second floor and averaging 1,353 square feet apiece, will be condominiums, ranging from one- to four-bedroom configurations. There will also be a slew of amenities, including an 150-car underground parking garage, as reported previously. Kravitz Design is behind the interiors, while Andre Kikoski Architect is serving as the architect. The value of the project is being tagged at $127 million, and DHA Capital, AMS Acquisitions, and First Atlantic Capital are the developers. Construction is expected to begin in the coming months.


86-07 Broadway

Construction Wrapping on Three-Story, Elmhurst Public Library at 86-07 Broadway

Construction is finally wrapping up on the Queens Library’s reconstructed three-story, 30,515-square-foot Elmhurst branch at 86-07 Broadway (a.k.a. 86-01 51st Avenue), located two blocks north of the Grand Av-Newtown stop on the M/R trains. The building will open in the fall, once the interiors get completed and furnished, DNAinfo reported. The library will host study areas, classrooms, an assembly hall, and storage rooms. Construction began on the library back in 2012 and was initially expected to open a year later. Sandro Marpillero’s TriBeCa-based Marpillero Pollak Architects is behind the design. The city’s Department of Design and Construction is leading the project.


548 Lafayette Avenue

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Planned At 548 Lafayette Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

An anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 548 Lafayette Avenue, in western Bedford-Stuyvesant, located around the block from the Bedford-Nostrand Avs stop on the G train. The new structure will measure 8,456 square feet and its residential units should average a rental-sized 822 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be two units on each floor, and both apartments on the fourth floor will feature space in an upper penthouse level. Olabanji B. Awosika’s Jamaica-based Banji Awosika Architect is the architect of record. The lot, which has not yet been subdivided from an existing townhouse, is currently vacant.


43-12 Parsons Boulevard

Twin Two-Story, Two-Family Houses Coming To 43-12 Parsons Boulevard, East Flushing

Flushing-based property owner Frank Cerrone has filed applications for two two-story, two-family houses at 43-10 – 43-12 Parsons Boulevard, in East Flushing, located eight blocks from the Long Island Rail Road’s Murray Hill station. The buildings will measure 3,480 and 3,585 square feet each, respective to the order they are listed above. Across both buildings, there will be 4,402 square feet of residential space, which means the project’s full-floor units should average 1,100 square feet apiece. Whitestone-based Platonic Solids Architecture is the architect of record. The site, which was subdivided into two lots in February, is currently occupied by a two-story, single-family house. Permits were filed to demolish it in January.