16 West 57th Street

Developer Grows High-Profile Mixed-Use Assemblage at 16 West 57th Street, Midtown

Back in September of 2014, YIMBY brought you an update on the development site at 16 West 57th Street, along Midtown’s Billionaires’ Row, when the property was acquired for $95 million by a Brazilian investor. Last week, developer Sheldon Solow acquired the property, a five-story, 24,000-square-foot commercial building, for $128 million, The Real Deal reported. The developer also owns the adjacent properties at 10 West 57th Street, 20 West 57th Street, and 19 West 56th Street. The site assemblage now boasts 213,000 square feet of residential development rights, plus additional rights that can be put towards a commercial component. The new owner has yet to disclose plans for the site. Demolition permits were filed last year to raze 16 West 57th Street as well as the six-story office building at 19 West 56th Street.

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226 East Main Street

Medical Tech Development Firm’s New Single-Story Headquarters Opens At 226 East Main Street, Smithtown

Medical and bio-tech product development consulting firm MIDI has finished construction on their new single-story office and research headquarters at 226 East Main Street, in Smithtown on Long Island, located nearly a mile from the neighborhood’s Long Island Rail Road station. The new building hosts MIDI’s corporate offices, its research, design, and engineering studios, and a prototyping lab. The structure also contains additional science and medical diagnostic spaces, including a Northwell Health imaging center. The $5 million facility was constructed by Stalco Construction and designed by Long Island-based nf architectural designs.

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75 Park Lane South, rendering by Marchetto Higgins Stieve

Revealed: 75 Park Lane South, Jersey City

Jersey City’s planning board approved plans last month to build a 37-story condo tower at 75 Park Lane South, near the Hudson River waterfront. YIMBY has the first look at the project, which will join 10 other residential high-rises in the Newport section of the city.

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685 Fourth Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 685 Fourth Avenue, Greenwood Heights

Fourth Avenue’s development boom is moving south from Park Slope into Greenwood Heights. Developer Steve Cheung filed plans on Friday to erect a 12-story, mixed-use building at 685 Fourth Avenue, on the corner of 22nd Street. The 120-foot-tall project will bring 81 apartments and 6,400 square feet of retail space to a parking lot a couple blocks south of the Prospect Expressway.

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