221 Franklin Avenue

Four-Story, Two-Unit Residential Project Coming To 221 Franklin Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

Property owner Moses Waldman has filed applications for a four-story, two-unit residential building at 221 Franklin Avenue, in western Bedford-Stuyvesant, located three blocks from the Classon Avenue stop on the G train. The structure will measure a total 8,714 square feet. One unit will span the ground and second floors, and the second unit will take up the third and fourth floors. The apartments should average a very spacious 2,983 square feet apiece, which means family-sized condominiums are surely in the works. Mt. Vernon, N.Y.-based Jeffrey Sandor Orling Architect is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide lot is currently occupied by a two-story wood-framed townhouse.

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Rendering of 54 Bright Street, by Jorge Mastropietro Architects Atelier

Four-Story, Four-Unit Building Rises at 54 Bright Street, Jersey City

We like to keep our eyes open to new developments outside New York City, and one of the fastest-growing places is Jersey City. It could soon overtake Newark as the most populous city in the nation’s most densely-populated state. In January, ground was broken for a 900-foot residential tower at 99 Hudson Street. Now, we have word of a decidedly smaller development – a four-story, four-unit condominium building rising at 54 Bright Street.

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524 Ocean View Avenue. Via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 524 Ocean View Avenue, Brighton Beach

The floodwaters ran high in Brighton Beach during Hurricane Sandy, but that hasn’t stopped developers from constructing new apartment buildings there. Last week, plans surfaced for a five-story residential building at 524 Ocean View Avenue, a block north of the Brighton Beach stop on the B and Q trains.

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526 West 53rd Street

Two-Building, 392-Unit Residential Development Rises At 526 West 53rd Street, Hell’s Kitchen

Back in May of 2014, YIMBY reported on plans for a multi-building residential development on the block bound by West 52nd and 53rd streets and Tenth and Eleventh avenues, in Hell’s Kitchen. At the time, the 12-story, 96-unit affordable residential building at 535 West 52nd Street, dubbed The Park Clinton, was the only one completed. Then in May of 2015, the developers secured $200 million in construction financing for another phase of the project, which consists of a 24-story building at 526 West 53rd Street connected to a 16-story building at 525 West 52nd Street. That block-thru portion will encompass 392 additional residential units and is currently 15- and 14-stories above street level, respectively.

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