189 Avenue C

10-Story, 35-Unit Rental Building At 189 Avenue C Converted To Condos, East Village

12:30 pm on August 10, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The 10-story, 35-unit rental building at 189 Avenue C, in the East Village, is undergoing a condo conversion, according to EV Grieve. Douglas Elliman is marketing the units, and the first few are available for purchase and immediate occupancy. Existing tenants are not obligated to purchase their unit and can remain tenants without fearing eviction. Before the condos launched earlier this month, the building changed hands for $32.5 million.

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606 West 30th Street

Developer Acquires Yet-To-Be-Rezoned Site At 606 West 30th Street, West Chelsea

12:00 pm on August 10, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Lalezarian Properties has acquired a warehouse at 606 West 30th Street, in West Chelsea, for $36 million. The site currently has roughly 30,000 square feet of development rights, and is zoned for retail or light manufacturing, but the developer is likely waiting on a rezoning that would allow for residential use. The site is located across from the High Line and Related’s multi-skyscraper Hudson Yards development. [The Real Deal]

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150 Wooster Street, rendering by HTO Architect

Permits Filed: 146 Wooster Street, Soho

11:30 am on August 10, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

A combination of landmarking and unusual manufacturing zoning have frozen Soho in the early 20th century, but every once in a while, a developer scoops up a non-contextual and underutilized property hidden among the cast iron 19th century facades. One of those builders, KUB Capital, has filed plans to erect an eight-story, six-unit building at 146 Wooster Street, between West Houston and Prince Street.

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11 Beach Street

10-Story, 27-Unit Condo Conversion Underway At 11 Beach Street, Tribeca

11:30 am on August 10, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In June 2014, YIMBY revealed renderings of the office-to-residential conversion of the 10-story building at 11 Beach Street, in Tribeca, and now construction is well underway, per Curbed. An atrium has been carved out of the building’s center, and the converted structure will contain 27 three- to five-bedroom condominiums, averaging an impressive 3,975 square feet apiece. HFZ Capital is developing, while BKSK Architects is designing; interiors are being designed by Thomas Juul-Hansen. Completion is expected in 2016.

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100 Secatogue Avenue

42-Unit Rental Building At 100 Secatogue Avenue Approved For Tax Breaks, Farmingdale

10:30 am on August 10, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The Nassau County IDA has approved tax breaks for the 42-unit, $8.1 million rental development planned at 100 Secatogue Avenue, in Farmingdale, a stone’s throw away from the LIRR station and two blocks from Main Street. According to Newsday, Cornerstone At Farmingdale, LLC, is developing, and ten percent of the residential units will be leased at below market rates. Construction is expected to begin this fall for a summer 2016 completion, although a two-story commercial building must first be demolished.

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