1255 Decatur Street

Five-Story, Eight-Unit Rental Building Coming To 1255 Decatur Street, Bushwick

2:00 pm on June 18, 2015 By Reid Wilson

S Land Development has filed applications for a five-story, eight-unit residential building at 1255 Decatur Street, in eastern Bushwick, three short blocks away from the Wilson Avenue stop on the L line. Units will average 665 square feet apiece, indicating that the 5,310 square-foot building will be probably be a rental. The existing recessed two-story, two-unit structure passed pre-demolition inspection in 2014, and Charles Diehl is the architect of record.

336 Himrod Street

Glassworks Factory Redevelopment At 336 Himrod Street Gets Financing, Bushwick

12:30 pm on June 18, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Developer and designer ASH NYC  has received $21 million in construction financing for their planned five-story, 63-unit mixed-use building at 336 Himrod Street, in northern Bushwick. Commercial Observer reports that the main Dannenhoffer’s Opalescent Glassworks building will be integrated into the development, which will feature 4,570 square feet of retail and another 1,570 square feet of community space. Hustvedt Cutler Architects is the architect of record.

219 West 21st Street

Three-Story Industrial Building At 219 West 21st Street In Chelsea Primed For Redevelopment

11:00 am on June 18, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Cushman & Wakefield is marketing the three-story, 13,040 square-foot building at 217-219 West 21st Street, in Chelsea, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The property has 6,710 square feet of unused air rights, according to Commercial Observer, but a developer could also demolish the existing structure for a new building. Leases currently occupy parts of the building, but expire at the end of 2017.

267 Ainslie Street

Six Units Replacing Two-Story Home At 267 Ainslie Street, Williamsburg

10:00 am on June 18, 2015 By Reid Wilson

An LLC has filed applications for a four-story, six-unit residential building at 267 Ainslie Street, in eastern Williamsburg, two blocks south of the L’s Graham Avenue stop. The structure will measure 5,000 square feet in total, which works out to units averaging roughly 835 square feet in size. An existing two-story, 1,650 square-foot townhouse must first be demolished, and Woody Chen’s InFocus is the applicant of record.

Macy's Redevelopment

Vision: Plans for Downtown Brooklyn Macy’s Redevelopment by Leeser Architecture and Ismael Leyva

8:00 am on June 18, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

YIMBY previously posted renderings of a tentative redesign and redevelopment set for the Macy’s store in Downtown Brooklyn, and now we have another submission from the project’s competition, though evidently this creation was not selected. The design comes from Leeser Architecture and would have featured two residential towers in addition to new and revamped retail space.

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