104-84 165th Street

Six-Unit Residential Development Planned At 104-84 165th Street, Jamaica

Floral Park-based O&B Properties has filed applications to building a six-unit residential development spanning 104-84 – 104-88 165th Street, in Jamaica, located a number of blocks south of Jamaica Avenue. The developer will expand an existing two-story, single-family home to accommodate two units, and build two additional two-story, two-unit attached residential buildings. The expanded structure will have units averaging 824 square feet, while the new buildings will have family-sized units averaging 1,516 square feet. Queens-based Gerald Caliendo is the architect of record.

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150-46 14th Avenue

Small Two-Story Retail Building Planned At 150-46 14th Avenue, Whitestone

Anthony Demarinis, of Long Island-based Home Builders Associates, has filed applications for a two-story, 5,139 square-foot commercial building at 150-46 – 150-48 14th Avenue, in Whitestone’s small commercial core. The project will technically be split between two buildings, but both will contain only retail space. Great Neck-based Frank Petruso is the architect of record, and the lot is currently being used for parking.

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134-138 Bowery in October 2014, image via Google Maps

Developer Closes On 138 Bowery Assemblage, Eight-Story Mixed-Use Development, Nolita

Early last September, YIMBY reported on filings for an eight-story mixed-use building, with 64 hotel rooms and 21 residential units, at 134-142 Bowery, in Nolita. Now, developer Emmut Properties has purchased the assemblage for $47 million. The new development will measure roughly 47,000 square feet, and the residential units will probably be rentals, averaging just 659 square feet. Demolition permits were filed over the past year to raze the existing two- and three-story buildings.

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550 Washington Street

First Look At Options for Redevelopment of 550 Washington Street, Hudson Square

Yesterday, the New York Times reported that 550 Washington Street would soon traverse ULURP as its owners, Westbrook Partners and Atlas Capital Group, want to redevelop the existing building in exchange for air rights from the failing Pier 40, which would also be saved. And now YIMBY has the first look at massing diagrams of the proposed plans, which reflect both the as-of-right redevelopment option, as well as what the site would look like if the ULURP application is approved.

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2150 Mill Avenue, image via Bing Maps

Mill Basin Hebrew School Plans Housing, 2150 Mill Avenue

Most Brooklynites know that Borough Park and Midwood are Orthodox Jewish strongholds, but fewer people are familiar with the somewhat smaller, tight-knit Jewish community in Mill Basin, a coastal neighborhood along Jamaica Bay. A developer plans to build six stories of faculty and staff housing next door to a Jewish charter school, according to new building applications filed yesterday.

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