New Rendering Revealed For 252-260 East 72nd Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

A new rendering has been revealed for 252-260 East 72nd Street, a forthcoming 21-story residential building in the Lenox Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Developed by Chetrit Group, the 150,000-square-foot project will yield 54 condominium units and 5,700 square feet of retail space, along with an adjacent five-story annex containing four affordable housing units. The 14,000-square-foot plot is also addressed as 1357 Second Avenue and was formerly occupied by St. John The Martyr Church along with several old low-rise structures, and is located at the corner of Second Avenue and East 72nd Street, with a narrow panhandle that stretches south to East 71st Street.

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Exterior of the Sunset Park Library and Apartments, via Fifth Avenue Committee

Sunset Park Library and Apartments Opens at 5108 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

On Wednesday, The Brooklyn Public Library and Fifth Avenue Committee celebrated the ribbon cutting for the Sunset Park Library and Apartments, an eight-story mixed-use building at 5108 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The first development of its kind, the project combines affordable housing with a public library in a new model for urban development that blends community services with housing needs.

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Housing Lottery Launches for 1429 East Gun Hill Road in Pelham Gardens, The Bronx

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1429 East Gun Hill Road, a four-story residential building in Pelham Gardens, The Bronx. Designed by Badaly Architect and developed by Ferdinand Markushi under the GF Gunhill Road LLC, the structure yields 16 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are five units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $76,149 to $198,250.

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201-207 7th Avenue - Amie Gross Architects

Foundations Underway at 201-207 Seventh Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan

Foundations are progressing at 201-207 Seventh Avenue, the site of a nine-story residential building in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by Amie Gross Architects and developed by New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development under the Chelsea HDFC, the 85-foot-tall structure will span 30,859 square feet and yield 26 affordable co-op units in studio to three-bedroom layouts, as well as 1,828 square feet of retail space divided among three tenants. A.A.D. Construction Corp. is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 170 West 22nd Street and located at the southeast corner of Seventh Avenue and West 22nd Street.

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