Leasing has launched for 655 Union Street, a 13-story mixed-use building located at the intersection of Union Street and 4th Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Developed by Avery Hall and Gindi Capital and designed by L+Z Architecture, the property yields 193 apartments, 50 of which have been designated as affordable.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Logan Fountain Apartments, a 13-story residential building at 265 Logan Street in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Designed by MHG Architects and developed in collaboration by The Hudson Companies, The Jericho Project, and HELP US, the structure yields 174 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 68 units for residents at 40 to 70 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $36,720 to $134,820.
Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into a four-story residential building at 2911 Avenue D in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between East 29th Street and Nostrand Avenue, the lot is one block north of the Newkirk Av-Little Haiti subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Shlomy Zimmerman of Brightstone Property Management is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The 14th-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is 98 Dekalb Avenue, a 610-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Rockrose Development, the 49-story structure will span 418,092 square feet and yield 609 residential units and 3,775 square feet of commercial space. The property is alternately addressed as 180 Ashland Place and located at the corner of DeKalb Avenue and Ashland Place.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday voted to calendar the Breuer Building for consideration as both an individual and interior landmark, casting uncertainty on renovation plans for the Whitney Museum’s former home at 945 Madison Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The motion was spurred by last month’s announcement that auction house Sotheby’s had hired architects Herzog & de Meuron to reimagine the structure for its new global headquarters.
