23-60 31st Avenue

Six-Story, 10-Unit Residential Building Filed at 23-60 31st Avenue, Astoria

1:00 pm on May 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Calvin Danzig, going business as a Long Island-based company, has filed applications for a six-story, 10-unit residential building at 23-60 31st Avenue, in the heart of Astoria, located four blocks from the Broadway stop on the N/Q trains. The structure will encompass 10,771 square feet, and its residential units should average 922 square feet apiece. That means the apartments could either be luxury rentals or condominiums. Chang Hwa Tan’s Flushing-based Tan Architect is the architect of record. The 28-foot-wide lot is currently occupied by two-story apartment townhouse. Demolition permits were filed in April.

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55 Hudson Yards

51-Story, 780-Foot-Tall Office Tower at 55 Hudson Yards Rises Above Street Level, Hudson Yards District

11:00 am on May 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Back in August of 2015, foundation work was underway for 55 Hudson Yards, a planned 51-story, 1.3-million square-foot office building bound by Eleventh Avenue and Hudson Boulevard and West 33rd and 34th streets, in the Hudson Yards District. The structure has since risen above street level and is now three stories in height, as seen in photos by NyConstructionPhoto. The 780-foot-tall tower will feature an amenity-filled lobby and outdoor terraces throughout. Multiple tenants have already signed leases or letters of intent for space. Law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner has leased 83,000 square feet, and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, another law firm, signed a letter of intent to take 250,000 square feet. Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group are developing, while Kohn Pedersen Fox is the design architect. Tokyo-based Mitsui Fudosan owns a 92.09 percent share of the tower. Construction is expected to be complete in 2018.

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235 Bowery

New Museum Moving Forward with 42,000-Square-Foot Expansion at 231 Bowery, Lower East SIde

10:00 am on May 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The seven-story, 58,700-square-foot New Museum – a contemporary art museum at 235 Bowery, on the Lower East Side – is planning to expand into the six-story commercial building at 231 Bowery, which they purchased for $16.6 million in 2008. The museum is now preparing to convert the property into exhibition space, event space, storage, and offices, the New York Times reports. The expansion would increase the museum’s footprint by roughly 42,000 square feet, which means the complex would measure over 100,000 square feet once completed. The lot walls separating the existing structure and the 231 Bowery would be removed to connect the buildings. The project is still in the planning stage. The New Museum was constructed in 2007 and designed by Tokyo-based SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates), with Gensler serving as the architect of record.

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369 Berry Street, rendering by J Frankl Architects

Revealed: 369 Berry Street, Williamsburg

8:00 am on May 12, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The challenge of building on oddly shaped lots in expensive neighborhoods can inspire unique architecture. In Williamsburg, J Frankl Architects came up with an offbeat design for a wedge-shaped plot at 369 Berry Street, just south of the Williamsburg Bridge.

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1143 Fifth Avenue, existing and proposed

On Fourth Try, Landmarks Approves Addition to 1143 Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side

7:30 am on May 12, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

Since July, YIMBY has been reporting on efforts to expand the eight-story (seven stories plus a penthouse) townhouse apartment building at 1143 Fifth Avenue, on the Upper East Side. The owner has been trying to convince the Landmarks Preservation Commission to allow the addition since November. On Tuesday, on the fourth attempt, the commission granted approval, though the expansion will be far smaller than originally proposed.

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