2823 Snyder Avenue

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Coming To 2823 Snyder Avenue, Flatbush

Solomon Feder’s Velocity Framers USA has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 2823 Snyder Avenue, in Flatbush, two blocks south of the Church Avenue stop on the 2 and 5 trains. The building will measure 5,667 square feet, and units will average 708 square feet, indicative of rentals. Velocity Framer’s David Silberman is the architect of record, and demolition permits were filed back in 2008 to raze an existing dilapidating two-story home.

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59-14 Lawrence Street

Three-Story, Three-Unit Residential Project Planned At 59-14 Lawrence Street, Queensborough Hill

Property owner Sante Frasca, based in Flushing, has filed applications for a three-story, three-unit residential building at 59-14 Lawrence Street, in Queensborough Hill, just south of Flushing’s downtown area. The building will measure 2,993 square feet, which means units will average just under 1,000 square feet. Great Neck-based Frank Petruso is the architect of record, and the lot is currently vacant.

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2505 Bruckner Boulevard

Extell Acquires Large East Bronx Commercial Development Site At 2505 Bruckner Boulevard

Extell Development has purchased the East Bronx property at 2505 Bruckner Boulevard, in Schuylerville, from Lightstone Group for $41 million. The development site is currently occupied by the former 14-screen Whitestone Mutiplex Cinemas building, which Lightstone shut down in 2013 with plans to build a shopping complex. The one-million square-foot property boasts roughly 829,000 square feet of commercial development rights, according to The Real Deal.

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LICH Redevelopment

Fortis Releases Renderings & Breakdowns For Two Versions Of LICH Redevelopment, Cobble Hill

Amid news of a possible student dormitory component in Fortis Property Group’s redevelopment of the Long Island College Hospital property, in Cobble Hill, full breakdowns of the developer’s as-of-right and ULURP-proposed plans have been released. According to The Wall Street Journal, the as-of-right plans call for 528,935 square feet of market-rate residential space,  262,555 square feet of community facility — the dormitory component — as well as 23,375 square feet of public space, but no retail or affordable housing.

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