The Cedar Tower Wraps Up Construction at 60 Cedar Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn

8:00 am on October 6, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is wrapping up on The Cedar Tower, an 18-story residential building at 60 Cedar Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed by S. Wieder Architects and developed by Louis Handler of BTE, the 197-foot-tall structure yields 145 rental units with 42 dedicated to affordable housing, as well as a 490-square-foot ambulatory health facility. The property is situated on an interior lot between Myrtle Avenue to the north and Evergreen Avenue to the south.

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The Ridgewood Remains Stalled at 3-50 St. Nicholas Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens

7:30 am on October 6, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is on hold on The Ridgewood, a 17-story mixed-use building at 3-50 St. Nicholas Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens. Designed by S9 Architecture and developed by Arch Companies and AB Capstone, the 284,000-square-foot tower stands as the tallest structure in the Ridgewood-Bushwick area and will yield 133 rental apartments with 30 percent dedicated to affordable housing, as well as a community facility, 97,000 square feet of retail space for two large stores, and a collection of amenities. The development was formerly named Myrtle Point and is located on a plot bound by St. Nicholas Avenue to the northeast, Palmetto Street to the northwest, and Myrtle Avenue to the south.

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Rendering of Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School. Designed by ESKW/Architects and IMC Architecture

The Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School Breaks Ground At 647 Elton Avenue in Mott Haven, Bronx

7:00 am on October 6, 2024 By Max Gillespie

The Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School, a new five-story building located at 647 Elton Avenue in Mott Haven, Bronx, recently celebrated its groundbreaking with a ceremony led by New York Knicks legend Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe. The school, which is located near the intersection of Third Avenue and East 152nd Street, is being developed by Pillar Property Management. It was designed by ESKW/Architects and IMC Architecture.

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1510 Broadway Wraps Up Construction in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

8:00 am on October 5, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is wrapping up on 1510 Broadway, an eight-story residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by Gluck+ and developed by MacQuesten Development, East Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation, and the Local Development Corporation of East New York, the structure will yield 108 rental units in studio- to three-bedroom layouts with 90 dedicated to affordable housing and the remaining 18 set aside for formerly homeless residents referred through city and nonprofit programs. The project will also house 9,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. The property is located on a formerly vacant lot bound by Jefferson Avenue to the north, Hancock Street to the south, Broadway to the northeast, and Saratoga  Avenue to the west.

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