Permits have been filed to expand a single-structure into a four-story mixed-use building at 483 Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Driggs Avenue and North 10th Street, the lot is near the Bedford Avenue subway station, served by the L train. Joel Fried is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Exterior work is continuing on The Orchard, an 823-foot-tall residential skyscraper at 42-22 Orchard Street in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by BLDG Management Co. under the Building Orchard LLC, the 70-story structure stands as the tallest structure in the borough, taking the title from the Skyline Tower at 23-15 44th Drive. The 635,000-square-foot tower will yield 824 rental units in studio- to three-bedroom layouts, with 248 designated as affordable housing, as well as 13,000 square feet of retail space along Jackson Avenue, 100,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities, and a two-story parking garage with 207 enclosed spaces accessible from a porte-cochere along Orchard Street. The property is alternately addressed as 43-01 Queens Street and 27-48 Jackson Avenue and occupies a full city block along Jackson Avenue between Queens and Orchard Streets.
Excavation is progressing at 327 Broome Street, the site of a six-story residential building in the Bowery section of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Designed by Kutnicki Bernstein Architects and developed by The Rinaldi Group, the 8,586-square-foot structure will yield five condominium units. BAM Developers is listed as the owner of the property, which is situated on a 25-foot-wide interior lot between Bowery and Grand Street.
A new loan totaling $4 million has been brokered by HKS Real Estate Advisors for the retail component of One Vandam, a 14-story residential building at 180 Sixth Avenue in Soho, Manhattan. Designed by BKSK Architects, the property completed construction in 2014. The loan was issued by Emerald Creek Capital and sponsor is CRE8 Equities.
Permits have been filed to expand a single-story structure into a six-story mixed-use building at 545 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located between Lorimer Street and Union Avenue, the lot is near the Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street subway station, served by the G and L trains. Thomas Finnican of Patoma Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
