481 St Marks Avenue

Vacant Townhouse At 481 St Marks Avenue Getting Six-Unit Renovation, Crown Heights

Danny Gazal, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications to renovate and expand the vacant four-story townhouse at 481 St Marks Avenue, in northwestern Crown Heights, six blocks from the Franklin Avenue stop on the 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains. A fifth-floor penthouse will be added up top, and six residential units — each averaging 930 square feet — will be sculpted out of the building. Philip Toscano is the architect of record.

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43 Madison Street

Residential Conversion Planned For Factory At 43 Madison Street, Paterson, New Jersey

Alma Realty is converting the enormous William Strange factory — on the block bound by Beech, Madison, Morton and Essex streets, in Paterson, New Jersey — into a residential complex, according to NorthJersey.com. The four- and three-story buildings, with two central courtyards, will house a total of 240 apartments. Some buildings have already been renovated, but completion of the entire complex is expected by mid-2016.

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56 Leonard

Construction Update: 56 Leonard Finally Tops Out

The race to the sky in Lower Manhattan continues at a breakneck pace, and while projects like 30 Park Place have sped right along towards completion, the process of building other new towers has not been nearly as easy. That’s especially true at 56 Leonard Street, but now YIMBY has news that the Herzog & de Meuron-designed skyscraper is finally topping-out.

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