American Lions, a joint venture between Fetner Properties and the NY Lions Group, has secured $350 million in construction financing to complete a 49-story residential skyscraper at 26-32 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects, the project will comprise 283,000 square feet of residential space and 10,000 square feet of retail space.
MAG Partners and Lidl US have announced a 23,000-square-foot lease for a ground-floor grocery store at 335 Eighth Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan. The 200,000-square-foot, seven-story mixed-income apartment building is being developed within the Penn South campus, an affordable housing cooperative designed by COOKFOX.
Construction is rising above street level on 1 Park Row, a 23-story mixed-use building in the Financial District. Designed by Fogarty Finger Architects and developed by Circle F Capital, which received a $90 million construction loan from Parkview Financial in 2021, the 305-foot-tall structure will yield 103,000 square feet with 58 condominium units in one- to three-bedroom layouts, along with 19,000 square feet of office and retail space on the lower levels. Cauldwell Wingate is the general contractor and 1 Park Row Development LLC is the owner of the property, which is located at the intersection of Park Row and Ann Street.
In a meeting with Willets Point Queens Community Board 7, the New York City Football Club presented its plans to construct a 25,000-seat soccer stadium near Citi Field in Corona, Queens. Known as the Willets Point Revitalization Plan, the scope of work also includes a 100-percent affordable housing project with more than 2,500 units, a 650-seat school, a 250-key hotel, retail and dining locations, and more than 40,000 square feet of public open space.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Seed Cooperatives, three four-story residential buildings at 1900 Park Place in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Designed by Latent Productions and developed by Habitat for Humanity, the structure yield a total 17 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are four units for sale for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $48,000 to $115,280.
