“Liberty Rising” [New York Times]: Billionaire Paul Fireman has been discussing a $4.6 billion project with optimistic New Jersey State officials for eight months, and the scope of Jersey City development has reached unprecedented levels. The…
Manhattan: 655 West 187th Street: Developer HAP has filed to begin foundation and superstructure work on their eight-story, 57,951 square-foot mixed-use building at 655 West 187th Street, in Washington Heights. Previously revealed on YIMBY, verticality is imminent; the completion…
Permits were recently filed for a 67-unit apartment building at 533 Bay Street in Stapleton, on Staten Island. Today, we’ve got a rendering, courtesy of Arker Companies, which is developing; Aufgang is the architect. As noted previously, the apartments…
Construction is making rapid progress at 135 West 52nd Street, where the former Flatotel is being converted into condominiums. Joseph Chetrit and David Bistricer are the developers, while CetraRuddy is the project’s architect. The New…
In 2008, the Dutch Kills neighborhood — situated between Astoria and Long Island City — was rezoned for residential use. The change was hardly generous, only allowing four-story buildings, but there were pockets of higher-intensity uses permitted,…
