44-26 Purves Street, photo via TCSB

35-Story, 270-Unit Residential Tower Rises At 44-26 Purves Street, Long Island City

Excavation kicked off this past summer for the 35-story, 270-unit mixed-use building planned at 44-26 Purves Street, in Long Island City, and now the structure is finally rising, with concrete and rebar now to the second floor, per The Court Square Blog. Brause Realty and the Gotham Organization are developing, while FXFOWLE is designing. The project will also have 2,600 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. Completion is expected in late 2017, per on-site signage.

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810 East 147th Street

Single-Story, 3,120 Square-Foot Retail Building Planned At 810 East 147th Street, Woodstock

Mark Koplowitz has filed applications for a single-story, 3,120 square-foot commercial-retail building at 810 East 147th Street, in the South Bronx neighborhood of Woodstock. According to the filings, it will contain stores. The site is located three blocks north of the 6 train’s stop at East 134rd Street/St. Mary’s Street. Long Island-based Shahriar Afshari is the applicant of record.

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303 East 44th Street

New Renderings Of 41-Story Residential Tower At 303 East 44th Street, Midtown East

Last Spring, the New York Daily News brought us the first renderings of Triangle Assets’ 41-story, 44-unit residential building planned at 303 East 44th Street, in Midtown East. Now updated renderings have surfaced of the ODA Architecture-designed project. The tower will stand 600 feet in height and its residential units will measure from roughly 1,000  to 2,000 square feet. Units will also feature shared, but private, outdoor garden spaces. Completion is expected in 2017, according to The Real Deal.

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854 Putnam Avenue

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Project Coming To 854 Putnam Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

Tomer Erlich, doing business as an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 854 Putnam Avenue, in eastern Bedford-Stuyvesant, five blocks from the Gates Avenue stop on the J and Z trains. The structure will measure 8,242 square feet, and units will average 1,030 square feet apiece. Two units on the fourth floor will also feature a fifth-floor penthouse. Banji Awosika Architect, based in Jamaica, is the applicant of record, and a demolition permit was filed for the existing two-story house last month.

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2732 Snyder Avenue

Four-Story, Nine-Unit Residential Building Planned At 2734 Snyder Avenue, Flatbush

Brooklyn-based Joe Waldman has filed applications for a four-story, nine-unit residential building at 2734 Snyder Avenue, in northern Flatbush, two blocks south of the Church Avenue stop on the 2 and 5 trains. The building will measure 6,107 square feet in total, which means units will average a rental-sized 679 square feet apiece. Genaro Urueta’s Maspeth-based firm is the applicant of record, and an existing single-story house must first be demolished.

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