236 Stagg Street

Seven-Story, 16-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed at 236 Stagg Street, East Williamsburg

4:00 pm on April 13, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based property owner Joel Berkowitz has filed applications for a seven-story, 16-unit mixed-use building at 236 Stagg Street, in East Williamsburg, located three blocks south of Grand Street stop on the L train. The structure will measure 23,496 square feet, and will include 3,307 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Residential units will begin on the second floor and should average 833 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Amenities are set to include bike storage, an eight-car garage, and an 101-square-foot medical room in the cellar. Nataliya Donskoy’s Brooklyn-based ND Architecture & Design is the architect of record. The 4,658-square-foot lot is currently occupied by a single-story warehouse. Demolition permits have not yet been filed.

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195 Troutman Street

Four-Story, Six-Unit Residential Building Planned at 195 Troutman Street, Bushwick

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

Fishel Miller, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, six-unit residential building at 195 Troutman Street, in western Bushwick, located six blocks from the Myrtle Avenue stop on the M train. The structure will measure just 4,396 square feet, which means its residential units should average 733 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be one or two units per floor, and a laundry will be located on the cellar level. Greenwich Village-based De-Jan Lu Architect is the architect of record. The 20-foot-wide, 2,000-square-foot lot is currently occupied by a two-story house.

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44-16 23rd Street

Renovations Underway on Two-Story, 22,000-Square-Foot Commercial Building at 44-16 23rd Street, Long Island City

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

In February, news broke that the two-story, 22,254-square-foot commercial building at 44-16 23rd Street, in the Court Square section of Long Island City, was going to be transformed into retail space. The Hakimian Organization, which is ground-leasing the property for 99 years from its property owner, is now conducting gut-renovations on it, The Court Square Blog reported. Plywood fencing currently surrounds the structure, which is will receive both interior and exterior upgrades. The windows on both the ground and second floors will be restored to their original sizes, after they were reduced in size following a previous alteration. JRT Realty, who is the leasing agent, is considering securing a restaurant, retailer, gym, an office tenant, or a mix of the those. Woodside-based Topos Design is the architect of record. Completion can probably be expected later this year.

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59 South 4th Street

Construction Wraps on Six Four-Story Townhouses at 51-59 South 4th Street, Williamsburg

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

Back in July of 2015, six four-story, single-family townhouses – located at 51-59 South 4th Street, in Williamsburg, two blocks in from the East River – were two stories above street level and rising. Now, the project, dubbed the Townhouses of Wythe Lane, have topped out and are nearing completion, Brownstoner reports. Four of the townhouses will measure 3,714 square feet each, one will measure 4,088 square feet, and the last will encompass 4,471 square feet. Each residence will feature private underground parking and over 1,000 square feet of private outdoor rooftop space. KUB Capital is both developing and designing in-house, with SZ Projects aiding in the design process. Occupancy can likely be expected within the next few months.

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162-31 Depot Road

Two-Story, Multi-Use Commercial Project Coming to 162-31 Depot Road, Murray Hill, Queens

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

Property owner Junghyun Park has filed applications for a two-story, 5,077-square-foot, multi-use commercial project at 162-31 Depot Road, in Queens’s Murray Hill, located right across from the Broadway station on the Long Island Rail Road. The new building will contain 1,720 square feet of retail space on the ground and cellar levels, in addition to 1,692 square feet of medical offices on a first-floor mezzanine level and the second floor. Duk Gyoo Lee’s Flushing-based TL Engineering is the applicant of record. The 24-foot-wide, 1,816-square-foot site is has long sat vacant.

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