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Single-Story, 7,400-Square-Foot Retail Building Planned at 122-06 Merrick Boulevard, St. Albans

3:00 pm on August 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Jashimi Rassel, doing business as an anonymous Jamaica Estate-based company, has filed applications for a single-story, 7,447-square-foot commercial-retail building at 122-06 Merrick Boulevard, in St. Albans, Queens. It will contain retail stores. There will also be 10 off-street parking spaces. Cherico King’s Long Island City-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 12,906-square-foot property, at the corner of Merrick and Baisley boulevards, is currently occupied by a small auto repair shop. Demolition permits haven’t been filed.

Three Single- and Two-Family Houses Coming to 3888 Hylan Boulevard, Great Kills

2:00 pm on August 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Staten Island-based Vatam Holdings Inc. has filed applications for a two-story, two-family house at 106 Whitman Avenue and two two-story, single-family houses at 3888-3892 Hylan Boulevard, in Great Kills. That’s located along the South Shore of Staten Island. The two-family home will measure 3,413 square feet and its full-floor apartments should average 1,137.5 square feet apiece. The single-family homes will measure 1,875 square feet and 1,767 square feet, respectively. Between all three, there will be a total of seven off-street parking spaces. Peter J. Calvanico’s Staten Island-based Calvanico Associates is the architect of record. The 8,900-square-foot corner property is currently vacant.

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Building Planned at 198 Kingsland Avenue, Greenpoint

1:00 pm on August 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Manjula Mukhopadhyay, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 198 Kingsland Avenue, in southern Greenpoint. It will measure 4,973 square feet and its residential units should average 710 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. One of the apartments on the fourth floor will also feature space in an upper penthouse level. There will be a two-car parking garage on the ground floor. Michael Avramides’s Midtown East-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot property is currently vacant. The Nassau Avenue stop on the G train is located 10 blocks away.

Rising Eight-Story, 21-Unit Residential Project Revealed at 321 East 60th Street, Upper East Side

11:00 am on August 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Azimuth Development Group’s eight-story, 21-unit residential development under construction at 321 East 60th Street, located on the southern edge of the Upper East Side, is a few stories from topping out. The construction progress can be seen thanks to photos posted to the YIMBY Forums by user Waymond_Womano. The latest building permits, which YIMBY first reported on in early 2015, indicate the new building will encompass 25,069 square feet. Its residential units should average 1,133 square feet apiece, which means either rentals or condominiums could be in the works. Amenities include a nine-car parking garage, storage for 11 bikes, laundry facilities, and private residential storage space. Aufgang Architects is behind the architecture. Completion can probably be expected in 2017.

Affordable Residential Building to Replace Our Lady of Loreto Church, 124 Sackman Street, Ocean Hill

10:00 am on August 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Our Lady of Loreto, an abandoned church owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and located at 124 Sackman Street in Ocean Hill, is expected to be demolished to make way for an affordable residential building. Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corporation, which leases the property, is behind the project, the New York Times reported. New building applications haven’t yet been filed, but demolition permits were back in June and crews are expected to begin work later this year. When the church originally closed back in 2008, the structure came close to being razed for 88 affordable residential units. An agreement was made to build 64 residential units behind it while converting the church structure into a different use. Since the 2010 agreement, Catholic Charities hasn’t been able to recruit a redevelopment team to convert the property. The site, located at the corner of Pacific and Sackman streets, is five blocks from Broadway Junction stop on the the A, C, J, L, and Z trains.

Landmarks Approves Facelift for Broadway Plaza Hotel, 1155 Broadway, NoMad

8:00 am on August 9, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

A NoMad hotel will be getting a facelift. The Landmarks Preservation Commission recently approved work to be done at the Broadway Plaza Hotel, located at 1155 Broadway, in the Madison Square North Historic District.

Market-Rate Rentals Rise at 310 Clarkson Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens

7:30 am on August 9, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

It’s been two and a half years since Hudson Companies filed plans for a 170-unit development at 310 Clarkson Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Now, the market-rate rental project is finally on the rise between Nostrand and New York avenues, along the border with East Flatbush.

138-28 Queens Boulevard, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 138-28 Queens Boulevard, Briarwood

7:00 am on August 9, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Briarwood, a low-slung and middle-class neighborhood in central Queens, was largely downzoned to prevent development in 2008. But the developer-friendly zoning along Queens Boulevard was left in place. There, not too far from the Briarwood stop on the E and F trains, one builder plans to replace a small roadside diner with a seven-story, mixed-use apartment building.

SS United States on her sea trials, June 10, 1952. Photo courtesy of Charles Anderson and the SS United States Conservancy

SS United States Won’t Be Converted Into A 400-Suite Luxury Cruse Ship

6:30 am on August 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Earlier this year, Crystal Cruises proposed to transform the re-commission 12-deck passenger liner SS United States as a 400-suite luxury cruise ship. Sadly, the ship’s conversion is now being abandoned followed a feasibility study that indicated the project would be too challenging, the New York Times reported. After an inspection of the ship, it was found that roughly 25 percent of the hull would have to be replaced, in addition to new mechanical equipment and engine infrastructure. Also, since Crystal Cruises is owned by a foreign entity, the Jones Act would have made it challenging for the liner to operate as a United States-flagged ship. That means much tougher travel regulations, which is a significant disadvantage in the industry.

Reveal for Six-Story, 156-Key Marriott Hotel Proposed at 43 Broadway, Lynbrook, Long Island

6:00 am on August 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A preliminary rendering has been revealed of the proposed six-story, 156-key Courtyard by Marriott hotel at 43 Broadway, located on the corner of Broadway and Langdon Place in downtown Lynbrook. That’s in Nassau County along the South Shore of Long Island. It was reported a year ago that Browning Hotel Properties signed a tentative ground-lease with the village for the project, although the actual building has not yet been approved. The village board is expected to make a final decision this fall, once all studies have been reviewed and public hearings have been held, LI Herald reported. The hotel would include a built-in 306-car parking garage, where 96 spaces would be used by the hotel and the remaining for municipal and commuter purposes. The village’s Long Island Rail Road station is located two blocks away.

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