42-12 28th Street

58-Story Residential Tower Rising At 42-12 28th Street, Long Island City

6:00 am on July 14, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Back in 2014, YIMBY revealed renderings of Heatherwood Communities’ planned 58-story, 477-unit residential tower at 42-12 28th Street, in Long Island City, at the same time excavation was starting. Now, the project is up to its tenth floor, according to The Court Square Blog. Glass installation has also started, and completion of the tower, dubbed 28 On 28th, is expected in 2017. Goldstein Hill & West is the architect, and $154 million in financing was provided by PNC Bank in May.

2503 Ocean Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 2503 Ocean Avenue, Madison

5:00 pm on July 13, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Ocean Avenue is lined with large, detached single-family homes on deep lots, making it incredibly attractive to developers who want to construct mid-rise apartment buildings in low-slung sections of southern Brooklyn. Last week, one of those developers filed an application to build a six-story residential project at 2503 Ocean Avenue, on the border between Madison and Sheepshead Bay.

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424 Evergreen Avenue

Four-Story, Three-Unit Residential Building Coming To 424 Evergreen Avenue, Bushwick

4:00 pm on July 13, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Matt Schneider, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, three-unit residential building at 424 Evergreen Avenue, in central Bushwick, three blocks from the Gates Av. stop on the J/Z subway. The building will measure 4,300 square feet, which works out to units averaging a condo-sized 1,430 square feet. Manish Savani is the architect of record, and the lot is currently vacant.

515 Marin Boulevard

Groundbreaking Next Month For 17-Story, 397-Unit Building At 515 Marin Boulevard, Jersey City

3:00 pm on July 13, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Jonathan Kushner’s KRE Group has received a $40 million tax break for their planned 17-story, 397-unit mixed-use building planned at 515 Marin Boulevard, in Jersey City’s Hamilton Park neighborhood. Twenty percent of the tower’s units will be affordable, and commercial space will measure roughly 20,000 square feet on the ground floor. The site is currently a parking lot, and groundbreaking is expected next month for an August 2017 completion, according to The Jersey Journal.

273 14th Street

Four-Story, Four-Unit Building To Replace Townhouse At 273 14th Street, Park Slope

2:00 pm on July 13, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Home Buyers Investors has filed applications for a four-story, four-unit residential building at 273 14th Street, in southern Park Slope, six blocks from the 4th Avenue and 9th Street stops on the F/G and R trains, respectively. The building will measure 5,035 square feet, which means units will average 1,260 square feet. Issac &Stern Architects is designing, and an existing 3.5-story, two-unit townhouse must first be demolished.