262 Fifth Avenue

262 Fifth Avenue Residential Supertall Begins Ascent in NoMad, Manhattan

8:00 am on December 24, 2022 By Michael Young

At number eight on on our year-end countdown of the tallest buildings underway in New York is 262 Fifth Avenue, a 1,000-foot-tall residential supertall in NoMad, Manhattan. Designed by Meganom with SLCE Architects as the executive architect and developed by Boris Kuzinez of Five Points Development under the Five Points 262 Project LLC, the 54-story skyscraper will yield 41 condominium units and 11,000 square feet of retail space on the first two floors. WSP is the structural and M.E.P. engineer and CM & Associates Construction Management is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 29th Street.

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Permits Filed for 85-15 Grand Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens

7:00 am on December 24, 2022 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed to expand a one-story structure into a four-story mixed-use building at 85-15 Grand Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens. Located between Simonson Street and Van Kleeck Street, the lot is three blocks from the Grand Avenue – Newtown subway station, serviced by the M and R trains. Xin Lin of 8515 Grand Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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Housing Lottery Launches for 195 Herzl Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn

6:30 am on December 24, 2022 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 195 Herzl Street, a four-story residential building in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Designed by Wu (Woody) Chen of Infocus and developed by Yehuda Vaknin, the structure yields eight residences with a cellar and penthouse. Available on NYC Housing Connect are three units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $69,429 to $156,130.

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Foundations Underway for KPF’s 520 Fifth Avenue Supertall in Midtown, Manhattan

8:00 am on December 23, 2022 By Michael Young

The ninth-tallest building on our December countdown is 520 Fifth Avenue, a 1,002-foot-tall mixed-use supertall in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Rabina, which took over from Ceruzzi Properties and SMI USA in 2019, the 88-story structure will span 507,608 square feet and yield 100 residential units, commercial space, and four cellar levels. WSP is the structural engineer, DeSimone Consulting Engineers is the facade consultant, and Suffolk Construction is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 43rd Street.

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