Battery Park City Authority, the Art for Justice Fund, and the Ford Foundation have unveiled a trio of public mosaics at Esplanade Plaza in Lower Manhattan. Entitled Justice Reflected, the mosaics are located on a 90-foot granite wall at the southern end of Battery Park’s North Cove Marina and were created by artist James Yaya Hough.
Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use building at 510 East 148th Street in Mott Haven, The Bronx. Located between Brook Avenue and St. Ann’s Avenue, the lot is near the 3rd Avenue-149th Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Leviathan Development is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Façade installation is continuing on The Bellemont, a 13-story residential building at 1165 Madison Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects with SLCE Architects as the architect of record and developed by Naftali Group, the 120-foot-tall structure will span 67,680 square feet and yield 12 condominium units with interiors by Achille Salvagni and sales and marketing by Compass Development Marketing Group, as well as 3,749 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Titanium Construction Services is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Madison Avenue and East 86th Street, a short walk from Central Park.
Construction is now underway at 1510 Broadway, the site for a 108-unit affordable housing project in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Led by developer MacQuesten Development with support from the East Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation, the building will also offer more than 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 269 Wallabout Street, an eight-story mixed-use building in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Fischer + Makooi Architect and developed by Rabsky Group, the structure yields 159,098 square feet and 128 parking spaces. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 77 units for residents at 40 to 115 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $29,760 to $202,515.
