29-26 Northern Boulevard

Excavation Begins On 44-Story Mixed-Use Building At 29-26 Northern Boulevard, Long Island City

6:00 am on July 22, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Back in 2014, YIMBY revealed renderings of Simon Baron Development’s planned 44-story, 467-unit mixed-use tower at 29-26 Northern Boulevard, in Long Island City, and now excavation has begun, per The Court Square Blog. The building, dubbed QE7, will measure 382,120 square feet, which includes 13,580 square feet of retail space on the first and second floors. SBJ Group is designing, and completion is expected by the summer of 2018.

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82 Dean Street, image via Google Maps

Expansion and Conversion Planned for Boerum Hill SRO at 82 Dean Street

6:30 pm on July 21, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Single room occupancy hotels, or SROs, are a sad remnant of New York City’s past, and in expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods, SRO status can create significant roadblocks for homeowners who want to buy and renovate a building. But one homeowner has gotten all her paperwork in order and filed plans to convert an SRO at 82 Dean Street in Boerum Hill into a large single-family home.

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108 West 123rd Street

Four-Story, Four-Family Building Filed At 108 West 123rd Street, Harlem

4:00 pm on July 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Christian Volkmann has filed applications for a four-story, four-unit residential building at the vacant, 20-foot-wide lot at 108 West 123rd Street, in central Harlem. The building will measure 4,745 square feet, which works out to full-floor units averaging 1,185 square feet, indicative of condominiums. The developer also appears to be the architect, head of Aardvarchitecture.

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35-39 101st Street

Three Stories, Six Residential Units Coming To 35-39 101st Street, North Corona

3:00 pm on July 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In addition to seven new building applications filed on Monday for two-family residential projects in eastern Queens, stretching from Flushing to JFK, one developer is planning a denser development at 35-39 101st Street, in North Corona, a few blocks north of the 103rd St – Corona Plaza stop on the 7 train. Patricio Lopez is planning six residential units across two three-story buildings. The residential units, averaging 1,027 square feet, will be split evenly between the two buildings. Suresh Manchanda’s L&C Associates is the applicant of record. Demolition permits were filed in June to remove the existing two-story, single-family home.

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222 East 13th Street

Three-Story Building At 222 East 13th Street Being Turned Into Supportive Housing, East Village

2:00 pm on July 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

At 222 East 13th Street, in the East Village, a dilapidated & vacant four-story townhouse has begun its conversion into Bea Arthur Residence, a 18-bed supportive housing facility for homeless LGBT youth, according to EV Grieve. NYC HPD owns the property, which has gotten ULURP approvals, and opening is expected in 2016. The building will expand by 6,030 square feet, according to the DOB, and Magnusson Architecture & Planning is designing.

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