208 Delancey Street

Site Of Stalled 12-Story Building At 208 Delancey Street Hits Market, Lower East Side

12:30 pm on July 9, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Yan Po Zhu, the developer of a planned 12-story, 69-unit mixed-use building at 208 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side, is selling the construction site — currently four stories up in steel framing — for $35.5 million. According to Bowery Boogie, the 67,300 square-foot building is being designed by Michael Kang, and an 8,350 square-foot community facility is expected to occupy the ground floor. Construction stalled out roughly a year ago.

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66 North 3rd Street

Second Six-Story, Seven-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed At 66 North 3rd Street, Williamsburg

11:00 am on July 9, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In late June, applications were filed for a six-story, seven-unit mixed-use building at 66 North 3rd Street, in northwestern Williamsburg, two blocks in from the East River, and now identical applications have been filed for a building at 64 North 3rd Street. The same anonymous LLC and filing architect, SRA Architecture + Engineering, are developing and designing the project. To recap, each building will measure 12,290 square feet, with ground-floor retail portions spanning 2,860 square feet. At No. 64, an existing two-story townhouse must first be demolished.

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110 St Edwards Street

All-Affordable Residential Building Being Planned At 110 St Edwards Street, Fort Greene

10:00 am on July 9, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The NYC Housing Authority is planning to build an all-affordable building at the vacant 11,500 square-foot plot of land on the northwest corner of Myrtle Avenue and St Edwards Street, in Fort Greene, on the grounds of the Ingersoll Houses complex. According to DNAinfo, a community facility is planned on the ground floor. The building’s specifications will be determined once the City selects a developer by the end of 2015.

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One Wall Street

First Look: One Wall Street Set for CetraRuddy-Designed Residential and Hotel Conversion and Expansion

8:00 am on July 9, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

Back in May of 2014, One Wall Street was acquired by Harry Macklowe from BNY Mellon for $585 million, with plans to convert the building from office to residential use. The Ralph Walker-designed tower is one of the most iconic skyscrapers in the Financial District, from its limestone exterior, to the vulcan-inspired Red Room, all the way to the former executive smoking room/observation lounge at the tip-top of the building. And now YIMBY has the first renderings of what the building will eventually look like, courtesy of a tipster, who sent along CetraRuddy-designed plans that transform the building’s base into a major retail destination, and its upper floors into condominiums and a hotel.

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925 Hunts Point Avenue

Construction Begins on Hunts Point Mall, 925 Hunts Point Avenue

7:30 am on July 9, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

New construction doesn’t happen often in Hunts Point, a peninsula in the southeastern corner of the Bronx that’s starved for retail and neighborhood services. But YIMBY noticed that excavation and foundation work had started at 925 Hunts Point Avenue, a 40,000-square-foot mall planned across from the Bruckner Expressway and next to the Hunts Point Avenue 6 train stop.

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