Permits have been filed for a five-story mixed-use building at 381 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Coffey Street and Van Brunt Street, the corner lot is closest to the Smith-9th Streets subway station, serviced by the F and G trains. Jack Tawil of RedHoek + Partners is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction on TSX Broadway has reached a significant milestone with the completion of the historic Palace Theatre’s lift to its new position 30 feet above street level within the podium of the 47-story Times Square hotel tower. The engineering challenge was overseen by Urban Foundation and Engineering and used a system of 34 hydraulic jacks to hoist the 14-million-pound venue at a speed of about a quarter of an inch per hour over the span of four months. Work will now commence on PBDW Architects‘ restoration of the theater, whose new elevated position will make way for 100,000 square feet of retail space at the base of the structure.
Parkview Financial recently provided a $92 million construction loan to facilitate the completion of a ten-story commercial building at 1498-1538 Coney Island Avenue in Midwood, Brooklyn. The building will comprise over 215,000 square feet of retail, office space, and community facilities.
Permits have been filed for the conversion of a four-story commercial building into a 14-story mixed-use building at 75 Essex Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Located between Delancey Street and Broome Street, the lot is one block south of the Delancey Street-Essex Street subway station, serviced by the F, M, J, and Z trains. Nechemia Weinberger of Soft Stone Development Group is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a three-story residential building at 2280 Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens. Located between Gipson Street and McBride Street, the lot is three blocks west of the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue subway station, serviced by the A train. Oran Revivo under the 2278 Mott Avenue LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
