Jay Group Files Permits for 21-Story Tower at 101 Fleet Place in Downtown Brooklyn

Permits have been filed for a 21-story mixed-use building at 101 Fleet Place in Downtown Brooklyn. Located between Myrtle Avenue and Willoughby Street, the lot is near the Dekalb Avenue subway station, serviced by the B, Q, and R trains. The Jay Group is listed as the owner behind the applications, after purchasing the site late last month from Leser Group for $40 million.

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Exterior Work Continues on American Natural History Museum’s Expansion on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

Exterior work is continuing to progress on The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, a 203,000-square-foot addition to the American Museum of Natural History at 415 Columbus Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang with Davis Brody Bond as the executive architect, Buro Happold as the MEP/FP/ facade consultant, Pentagram designing signage, Arup as the structural engineer, acoustical and audio visual consultants, Tamschick Media + Space with Boris Micka Associates doing the theater design, Renfro Design Group in charge of lighting, and Tishman Construction Company of New York as the general contractor, the amorphous reinforced concrete superstructure is being built by the intersection of Columbus Avenue and West 79th Street. The project is projected to cost around $383 million and the museum is aiming for LEED Gold certification.

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