Updated Plans Revealed for 231 East 94th Street Skyscraper on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

Revised plans have been announced for 231 East 94th Street, an upcoming 46-story residential skyscraper in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by The Chapman Group, the 524-foot-tall structure will span 385,831 square feet and yield 452 units in studio- to two-bedroom layouts with 113 of the homes dedicated to affordable housing, as well as ground floor commercial and community facility spaces and a rear yard. The development will replace two low-rise parking garages, an auto repair shop, and a vacant five-story apartment building between Second and Third Avenues.

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Modern Spaces Takes Over Sales for BLVD at 107-06 Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, Queens

Recently Modern Spaces took over marketing and sales for BLVD, a 10-story condo tower in Forest Hills, Queens. Developed by RJ Capital Holdings with architecture by Jarmel Kizel Architects and Engineers and interiors by The Design High, the 74-unit development is located at 107-06 Queens Boulevard between 70th and 71st Avenues and facing MacDonald Park. The Alexander Pereira Team of Modern Spaces is exclusively handling sales for the building with the new development 74 percent sold out and four new contracts signed.

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Work Resumes on 550 Tenth Avenue After Crane Collapse in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan

Construction resumes on 550 Tenth Avenue, a 47-story residential skyscraper in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Gotham Organization and Goldman Sachs Asset Management JV, the rising 520-foot-tall structure will yield 430,000 square feet and 453 rental units, with 137 reserved for affordable housing, as well as 9,000 square feet of lower-level retail space, over 20,000 square feet of amenities, and 26,764 square feet of administrative office space for Covenant House. GO Covenant LLC is the owner and Monadnock Construction is the general contractor for the property, which is located along Tenth Avenue between West 40th and 41st Streets.

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