315 Hudson Street

Owner Plans Renovations for Nine-Story Office Building at 315 Hudson Street, Hudson Square

1:00 pm on April 21, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Jack Resnick & Sons is planning to renovate and reposition the nine-story, 481,184-square-foot office building at 315 Hudson Street, in Hudson Square. FXFOWLE Architects will be designing the renovation, which will include a 10,000-square-foot landscaped rooftop terrace, a redesigned lobby, upgraded mechanical equipment and elevators, and new windows, according to Real Estate Weekly. New amenities include bike storage space with locker rooms. The property boasts 52,000-square-foot floor plates, and the top five floors (or 225,000 square feet of contiguous space) is slated to be ready for occupancy in early 2019. Other portions of the LEED-certified building, which contains ground-floor retail, are available for immediate occupancy.

253 East 7th Street

Developer Refiles for Six-Story, Six-Unit Residential Project at 253 East 7th Street Under New Architect, East Village

11:00 am on April 21, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Back in October of 2015, the four-story townhouse at 253 East 7th Street, in the East Village, was being demolished for a new residential project. Since then, demolition work has been completed, and the developer, BSD Realty, has refiled for applications under a different architect. Issac & Stern Architects is now designing the project, which will rise six stories and contain six residential units. The structure would measure 10,466 square feet and its units should average a spacious 1,498 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. There will be roughly one unit per floor, except a single apartment will share space with other units on the ground and second floors, and the sixth-floor unit will feature space on an upper penthouse level.

139 East 56th Street

15-Story Senior Housing Building Planned at 139 East 56th Street, Midtown East

10:00 am on April 21, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Hines and Welltower Inc. are planning a 15-story senior-housing facility at 139 East 56th Street, located at the corner of Lexington Avenue in Midtown East. The duo recently acquired the site, which is currently occupied by a two-story, 7,000-square-foot commercial building, for an undisclosed amount, according to Bloomberg. The planned structure would feature assisted-living units and memory car services, although the number of units plan is not currently known. The existing building will be demolished, although a TGI Fridays restaurant must first vacant the premises.

The American Copper Buildings, 626 First Avenue. All photographs by the author

JDS and SHoP Show Off Skybridge at American Copper Buildings, 626 First Avenue

8:00 am on April 21, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

The developer and architect behind one of the most striking new developments in New York City showed off its signature feature on Wednesday. They also revealed its new name. 626 First Avenue, a product of JDS Development and SHoP Architects located at East 36th Street in what you would have to call Murray Hill, will hence forth be known as the American Copper Buildings.

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