703 Lafayette Avenue

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Planned At 703 Lafayette Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

1:00 pm on November 2, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based Lev J Management has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 703 Lafayette Avenue, in central Bedford-Stuyvesant, located three blocks east of the Nostrand Avenue stop on the G train. The building will measure 5,957 square feet, which means units will average 745 square feet apiece, indicative of rentals. The project will include a fifth-floor penthouse, rooftop space, and mezzanine levels on the lower floors. IMC Architecture is the architect of record, and permits were filed in August to demolish the existing two-story townhouse.

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838 41st Street

Five-Story, Eight-Unit Mixed-Use Project Planned At 838 41st Street, Sunset Park

12:00 pm on November 2, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Fong Benny, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a five-story, eight-unit mixed-use building at 838 41st Street, in Sunset Park, four blocks from the D train’s stop at 9th Avenue. The building will measure 9,034 square feet, and a 2,462 square-foot daycare facility will span the ground and cellar levels. Beginning on the second floor, units will average 822 square feet apiece. Brooklyn-based Shiming Tam is the architect of record, and a two-story townhouse must first be demolished.

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1487 Broadway

Six-Story, 10-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed At 1487 Broadway, Bushwick

11:00 am on November 2, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based Ranco Capital has filed applications for a six-story, 10-unit mixed-use building at 1487 Broadway, in southern Bushwick, two blocks before the J train’s stop at Halsey Street. The project will total 15,377 square feet, and includes 3,000 and 377 square feet of retail and health care facility spaces, respectively, on the ground floor. Residential units will average a relatively spacious 1,200 square feet apiece. Diego Aguilera’s Rego Park-based firm is the architect of record, and an existing two-story structure must first be demolished.

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New York Wheel

New Renderings For 630-Foot-Tall New York Wheel, Staten Island

10:00 am on November 2, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Last week, the city approved structural design changes to the New York Wheel project in St. George, on the northern tip of Staten Island, according to Commercial Observer. The changes mostly have to do with the 950-car parking garage, which will now be four levels and more environmentally sustainable. Over the summer, construction began on the footprint of the 630-foot-tall Ferris wheel, and by August, cranes arrived on site. The majority of the caissons have been planted, and construction of the Ferris wheel will begin early next year, with completion slated for the first half of 2017.

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