1988 Second Avenue

12-Story, 120,000-Square-Foot Residential Building Planned at 1988-1996 Second Avenue, East Harlem

3:30 pm on May 13, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In 2015, Bonjour Capital acquired the 11,857-square-foot development site at 1988-1996 Second Avenue and 303 East 102nd Street – located between East 102nd and 103rd streets in East Harlem – for roughly $25 million. Now, it has been revealed that the developer is planning a 12- or 13-story, 120,000-square-foot residential building at the site, Crain’s reports. The units will be rental apartments, although the number of them is not currently known. The site can accommodate 71,142 square feet of residential space as-of-right, but the site comes with addition air rights, boosting that figure to roughly 120,000 square feet. Groundbreaking is expected by the end of the year, with completion scheduled for early 2019. All seven of the assembled lots are currently vacant.

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1664 East Gun Hill Road

Twin Two-Story, Two-Family Mixed-Use Buildings Coming to 1664 East Gun Hill Road, Pelham Gardens

3:00 pm on May 13, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Bronx-based Las Gun Hill Dos Realty Corp. has filed applications for two two-story, two-family mixed-use buildings at 1664-1668 East Gun Hill Road, in the North Bronx’s Pelham Gardens neighborhood, located 10 blocks east of the Gun Hill Road stop on the 5 train. From west to east, they will measure 6,381 and 5,316 square feet respectively. Both will contain 1,567 square feet of commercial-retail space on their ground floor. Across both buildings, the residential units should average a family-sized 1,297 square feet apiece. Queens-based Gino Longo is the architect of record. The 7,925-square-foot lot is currently vacant.

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1821 Grove Street

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Building Planned at 1821 Grove Street, Ridgewood

2:00 pm on May 13, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Jian Le Huang has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 1821 Grove Street, in Ridgewood, located four blocks from the Seneca Avenue stop on the M train. The structure will measure 5,000 square feet, which means its residential units should average 704 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be two apartments per floor on the ground through third floors, followed by a single unit on the fourth floor. A laundry room will be located in the building. Queens-based Julien Flander is the applicant of record. The 25-foot-wide site is currently occupied by a two-story townhouse. Demolition permits were filed in January.

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38 Troutman Street

Five-Story, 10-Unit Residential Building Filed at 38 Troutman Street, Bushwick

1:00 pm on May 13, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based Home Line Realty has filed applications for a five-story, 10-unit residential building at 38 Troutman Street, in western Bushwick, located two blocks from the Myrtle Avenue stop on the J/M/Z trains. The structure will measure 9,131 square feet, and its residential units should average 680 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be two apartments per floor, followed by an outdoor rooftop recreational area. Flavio C. Barros’ Long Island City-based CB Engineering is the applicant of record. The 25-foot-wide lot is currently occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits have not yet been filed to remove it.

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120 West 118th Street

Work Wrapping Up on Five-Story, Five-Unit Residential Conversion at 120 West 118th Street, Harlem

11:00 am on May 13, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Moshe Granit, doing business as an anonymous Midtown-based LLC, is wrapping up construction of a five-story, five-unit residential conversion project at 120 West 118th Street, in Harlem. The apartment building was formerly a 12-unit SRO (single-room occupancy), but now is being returned to legal status as a five-family property, Harlem+Bespoke reports. In the process, the structure received a single-story addition, increasing the building’s square-footage to 9,300 square feet. With 6,360 square feet in residential space, the units should average a spacious 1,272 square feet, indicative of condominiums. Mati Yaacobi’s NoMad-based MYLM Architects is the architect of record. The building sits within the Mount Morris Park Historic District Extension, which was designated in 2015.

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