Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 1288 Southern Boulevard in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. Located between Jennings Street and Freeman Street, the interior lot is steps from the Freeman Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Abdul Kayum is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 14-27 28th Avenue in Astoria, Queens. Located between 21st Street and Astoria Boulevard, the interior lot is near the Astoria Boulevard subway station, serviced by the N and W trains. Refik Radoncic of Astrosquare LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Façade installation is progressing on Wildflower Studios, a seven-story film production studio at 35-15 19th Avenue in Astoria, Queens. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and developed by Wildflower LTD, a venture backed by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, and his son Raphael De Niro, the 145-foot-tall structure will yield 775,042 square feet with sound stages, 11 studio modules, production support areas, public and private offices, a fitness center, multiple lounges, two open-air terraces, and a 20-foot-wide public waterfront esplanade along Luyster Creek. Leeding Builders Group is the general contractor for the $600 million project, which is being built on a 229,000-square-foot plot by the intersection of 19th Avenue and 38th Street, next to the Steinway & Sons piano warehouse.
A joint venture between Invesco Real Estate and The Hampshire Companies has secured $34.5 million to construct a two-building warehouse and distribution center at 30 Cross Street in Bogota, New Jersey. When complete, the development will comprise 187,530 square feet spread across 11.7 acres.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Victory Commons, aka Victory Baptist, a pair of six-story mixed-use buildings at 1007 Union Avenue in Morrisania, The Bronx. Designed by Aufgang Architects and developed by Michael Callaghan of Exact Capital, the structure yields 95 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 79 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $17,452 to $132,400.
