This past July, the 20-story, 229-key Joie de Vivre hotel under construction at 50 Bowery, in Chinatown, was at the 17th floor and receiving its first glass panels. Now, the building is topped out, and glass is nearing the top of the structure, per Bowery Boogie. Commune Hotel & Resorts is developing, and Peter Poon Architects is designing. The building is expected to open in the spring of 2016.
Bed-Stuy-based CS Real Estate has filed applications for a 14-story, 13-unit mixed-use building at 940 First Avenue, in Midtown East, three blocks from the E, M or 6 subways caught on Lexington Avenue at 51st or 53rd Streets. The building will measure 17,450 square feet in total, and will feature 1,073 square feet of commercial-retail space on the first floor. Above, full-floor units will measure 1,210 square feet apiece, likely indicative of condos. Karl Fischer is the architect of record, and an old four-story tenement must first be demolished.
Chao Fei Li, head of Corona-based Six Brothers USA Corp., has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 108-38 41st Avenue, in North Corona, one block from the 7 train’s stop at 111th Street. The building will measure 6,225 square feet, which means units will average 890 square feet apiece. Flushing-based Chang Hwa Tan is the architect of record, and the existing 1.5-story home was filed for demolition this past July.
Financial District-based Zolo Construction & Development Inc. has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 684 Leonard Street, in central Greenpoint, two blocks south of the Greenpoint Avenue stop on the G train. The building will measure 5,000 square feet in total, which works out to units averaging a rental-sized 714 square feet. Murat Simsek’s Nassau County-based engineering service Rocda is the applicant of record, and an existing three-story townhouse must first be demolished.
Bushwack Capital is converting the two-story, 22,675 square-foot warehouse at 99 Scott Avenue, in southern East Williamsburg, into a mixed-use commercial building, according to Commercial Observer. The building will house two office tenants, a restaurant, winery, beer garden and event hall. The conversion will complete this October, and tenants will construct their spaces for a mid-2016 opening. The $1 million project is being crowdfunded through CityFunders, and Kossar + Garry Architects is the architect of record.
