1657 East 19th Street

Eight-Story, Six-Unit Residential Building Planned at 1657 East 19th Street, Sheepshead Bay

4:00 pm on April 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Yoni Levy, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for an eight-story, six-unit residential building at 1657 East 19th Street, in northern Sheepshead Bay, located five blocks from the King Highway stop on the B/Q trains. The structure will encompass 11,747 square feet and its residential units should average a spacious 1,933 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. There will be one apartment per floor on floors two through six, followed by a single unit occupying the seventh and eighth floors. The ground floor will host the lobby, bike storage space, and a three-car garage. Joseph Spector’s Financial District-based Dome Architecture, Design & Engineering Group is the architect of record. Demolition permits for the site’s existing two-story house were filed in January.

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330 Railroad Avenue

Renovation Planned at Three-Story, 25,000-Square-Foot Office Building, 330 Railroad Avenue, Greenwich, Conn.

3:00 pm on April 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Greenwich Development Partners is planning to renovate the three-story, 25,000-square-foot office building at 330 Railroad Avenue, in the downtown section of Greenwich, Connecticut. The property will receive extensive renovations on the interior, bringing the building to Class A office status, and will see the exterior cleaned and restored, according to Westfair. Solar panels will also be installed on the rooftop. Greenwich-based Granoff Architects is behind the renovation design, but will also move its headquarters into the building once it’s complete. The architecture firm will lease 17,000 square feet of space, leaving 12,000 square feet on the top floor up for grabs. Occupancy is expected in January of 2017.

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65-17 110th Street

Three Two-Story, Two-Family Houses Coming to 65-17 110th Street, Forest Hills

2:00 pm on April 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Queens-based Forest Hills Scenery Family has filed applications for two two-story, two-family houses at 65-17 – 65-21 110th Street, in northern Forest Hills, located seven blocks from the 67th Avenue stop on the M/R trains. One of them will measure 3,325 square feet, while the second will measure a slightly smaller 3,150 square feet, and the third will total 3,238 square feet. Across the entire development, there will be 6,475 square feet of residential space, which means units should average 1,079 square feet apiece, indicative of apartments with multiple bedrooms. Sugnam Chang’s Brooklyn-based Basic Groups Corp. is the architect of record. A 72-foot-wide assemblage of properties will be subdivided into three tax lots. A portion of the site is currently occupied by a two-story brick house, which must first be demolished.

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77 Thompson Street

Four-Story, 13-Unit Residential Project Filed at 77 Thompson Street, Stapleton

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

Staten Island-based M&B Construction has filed applications for a four-story, 13-unit residential building at 77 Thompson Street, in Stapleton, located three blocks from the neighborhood’s Staten Island Railway station. The structure will encompass 10,920 square feet and its residential units should average 646 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Each floor will host between two and four apartments, and there will be a four-car garage located in the building’s cellar. Anthony Scaglione’s Staten Island-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 42-foot-wide, 4,220-square-foot lot is currently vacant.

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533 Myrtle Avenue

Five-Story, 27-Unit Mixed-Use Project Gets Glassy at 533 Myrtle Avenue, Clinton Hill

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

Back in December of 2014, Brownstoner revealed renderings of the planned five-story, 27-unit mixed-use building at 533 Myrtle Avenue (a.k.a. 531 Myrtle Avenue), in Clinton Hill. Now, the project has topped out and curtain wall installation is underway, according to the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership. There will be 5,868 square feet of commercial-retail space on the ground and cellar levels. The residential units will begin on the second floor and should average 684 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Amenities include bike storage space, a fitness center, a refuse room, and a 982 square-foot rooftop terrace. Greystone Property Development is the developer and AB Architekten is behind the design. Completion can probably be expected later this year.

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