RXR has broken ground on a 30-story all-electric residential building at 89 DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Perkins Eastman, the project is RXR’s fourth residential development in Downtown Brooklyn, and will feature 324 housing units, of which 98 will be rent-stabilized.
Permits have been filed for an 11-story residential building at 38 Gramercy Park East in Gramercy Park, Manhattan. Located at the intersection of East 21st Street and Gramercy Park East, the corner lot is near the 23rd Street subway station, serviced by the 6 train. Legion Investment Group is listed as the owner behind the applications and is also responsible for the recent filing of 152 East 21st Street.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 630 Grand Street, a seven-story mixed-use building in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Leandro Nils Dickson Architect and developed by Bruklyn Builders, the structure yields 20 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are six units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $104,880 to $165,230.
Construction has topped out on Frame 122, a five-story residential building at 122 Waverly Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by Brent Buck Architects PLLC and developed by CV Partners under the 118 Waverly LLC, the nearly 20,000-square-foot project is the second cross laminated timber (CLT) building in New York City after the Frame Home at 283 Greene Street, and will yield 15 units with an average scope of 1,249 square feet, an inner courtyard, rear-facing yard, and a nine-vehicle parking garage. Brent Buck Architects is the executive architect, Murray Engineering is the structural engineer, Element5 is in charge of the connection design and fabrication process, Metropolitan Walters is in charge of the installation, and CM & Associates Construction Management, LLC is the general contractor for the property, which is located on an interior lot between Myrtle Avenue to the south and Park Avenue and the elevated Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) to the north.
On October 19, Bronx Point celebrated its opening in a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by L&M Development Partners, Type A Projects, BronxWorks, and The Hip Hop Museum, alongside elected officials and community leaders. The $349 million mixed-use development is designed by S9Architecture. Located on the Harlem River waterfront in the South Bronx, Bronx Point is set to offer 542 affordable housing units in its first phase.
