SGA has revealed proposals for BioTech Tower, a 37-story life sciences skyscraper along Eleventh Avenue in Hudson Yards. The structure is planned to yield 650,000 square feet of research and development space, and will stand as the world’s tallest laboratory building.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 2072 Anthony Avenue, a 12-story residential building in Tremont, The Bronx. Designed by Badaly Architects and developed by Arben Mitaj, the structure yields 111 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 110 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $72,000 to $167,570.
Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 42-24 147th Street in Flushing, Queens. Located between Beech Avenue and Sanford Avenue, the lot is near the Flushing Street subway station, serviced by the 7 train. Wang Lam is listed as the owner behind the applications and also owns the adjacent 42-22 147th Street site.
The fifth-tallest building under construction in New York is 262 Fifth Avenue, an 860-foot-tall residential skyscraper in NoMad, Manhattan. Designed by Meganom with SLCE Architects as the executive architect and developed by Boris Kuzinez of Five Points Development under the Five Points 262 Project LLC, the 56-story structure will yield 26 condominiums with an average scope of 3,200 square feet, including at least one quadruplex unit. GEA Consulting Engineers is the MEP engineer and CM & Associates Construction Management is the general contractor for the project, which located on a 5,000-square-foot plot on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 29th Street.
Nationwide construction company Suffolk has announced the formation of Suffolk Sustainability Group, underscoring the company’s ambition to lead the nation in sustainable practices across the entire building lifecycle. To spearhead this effort, Suffolk has appointed Steven Burke as senior director of sustainability and Michael Swenson as director of sustainability for Suffolk Design, the contractor’s design-assist business unit.
