1089 Dekalb Avenue

Four-Story, Four-Unit Residential Building Coming To 1089 Dekalb Avenue, Bed-Stuy

4:00 pm on October 6, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Ocean Hill-based Yossef Koral has filed applications for a four-story, four-unit residential building at 1089 Dekalb Avenue, in eastern Bedford-Stuyvesant, two blocks from the J train’s Kosciuszko Street stop. After an existing 2.5-story townhouse is demolished, the new building will measure 3,649 square feet, which means the full-floor units will average a relatively generous 912 square feet apiece. Flavio Barros’ Long Island City-based CB Engineering is the applicant of record.

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The seven townhouses planned at 90-96 Amity Street, rendering by Williams New York via the Brooklyn Eagle

Seven Townhouses Planned for Former LICH Campus, 90-96 Amity Street, Cobble Hill

3:16 pm on October 6, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Fortis Property Group will spend the next year or two haggling with the city and the Cobble Hill community over its plan to build towers as tall as 40 stories on the former Long Island College Hospital campus. But in the meantime, the developer is moving forward with smaller pieces of the project, by filing plans for a new crop of townhouses at 88 Amity Street, between Henry and Hicks Streets.

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1766 East 49th Street

Four-Story, 46-Key Comfort Inn Hotel Underway At 1766 East 49th Street, Flatlands

2:30 pm on October 6, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Queens-based Talwinder Parmar is currently constructing a four-story, 46-key Comfort Inn hotel at 1766 East 49th Street, in southern Flatlands, on a vacant lot between Avenues N and O. The building will total 9,995 square feet, and rooms will average 217 square feet apiece. Jamaica-based Manish Savani is the architect of record. According to the Brooklyn Daily, local residents are concerned the hotel is being built to house homeless people through a city program. Applications were filed for the project late last year.

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88 Bleecker Street

Three-Story, Two-Unit Townhouse Project Filed At 88 Bleecker Street, Bushwick

1:00 pm on October 6, 2015 By Reid Wilson

R&D Equity has filed applications for a three-story, two-unit residential building at 88 Bleecker Street, in central Bushwick, three blocks from the Knickerbocker Avenue stop on the M train. The building will measure 2,992 square feet on the 17-foot-wide lot. One unit will take up the ground floor, while a second unit will span the second and third floors, in addition to a fourth-floor penthouse. Jamaica-based Banji Awosika Architect is the applicant of record.

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2040 57th Street

Two Homes, Three Family-Sized Units Coming To 2040-2044 57th Street, Mapleton

11:30 am on October 6, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based Shaye Brauner has filed applications for a three-story, two-unit building at 2040 57th Street, and a three-story, single-family residence at 2044 57th Street, in Mapleton. The two-family building will measure 5,033 square feet, with one unit across the first floor and the second unit spanning the second and third floors. The adjacent single-family home will measure 5,002 square feet. Salvatore Vincenti’s Cornerstone Designs is responsible for both buildings. The site’s old single-family home was demolished late last year.

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