The Bayonne Planning Board has granted preliminary approvals for developers to construct a sprawling six-story residential property along the Newark Bay in New Jersey. The development site is located at 219 West 5th Street in Bayonne and comprises a 2.34-acre assemblage of land that once served as a solid waste management site.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Lyra, a 52-story skyscraper at 555 West 38th Street in Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects with SLCE as the architect of record, and developed by Rockrose, the structure yields 598 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 177 units for residents at 70 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $47,966 to $187,330.
Permits have been filed to expand a four-story into an eight-story mixed-use building at 1751 Park Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan. Located between East 121st and East 122nd Streets, the lot is near the 125th Street subway station, serviced by the 4, 5, and 6 trains. Yitzchok Joseph of 1163 Fulton Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Excavation has begun for The Brook, a 51-story residential skyscraper at 589 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Witkoff and Apollo Global Management, the 600-foot-tall structure will yield 597,824 square feet and 591 units, with 30 percent reserved for affordable housing, as well as 30,000 square feet of retail space and a 12,000-square-foot cellar. Homes will feature interior design by Bonetti Kozerski and come in studio to two-bedroom layouts. Suffolk Construction is the general contractor for the property, which is bound by DeKalb Avenue to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension diagonally to the east, Fulton Street to the south, and Bond Street to the west.
Sales are now underway for Claremont Hall, a 41-story condominium property at 100 Claremont Avenue in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) and SLCE Architects and developed in collaboration by Lendlease, Daiwa House Texas, and LMXD, an affiliate of L+M Development Partners, the building comprises 165 condominiums as well as classrooms, office space, and faculty housing for the Union Theological Seminary.
