Construction is topped out on 31-48 Crescent Street, a seven-story residential building in Astoria, Queens. Designed by C3D Architecture and developed by Crescent Properties Development LLC, the structure will span 39,613 square feet and yield 25 rental units and accompanying amenities spread over 22,000 square feet. The property is located on an interior lot between 31st Road and 31st Drive.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced the issuance of executive order 43, which requires city agencies to review their city-owned and controlled land for potential housing development sites. The executive order, which builds off the goals of the “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposal, aims to support the Adams administration’s goal of building 500,000 new homes by 2032 to address the city’s affordable housing shortage.
Permits have been filed for a five-story mixed-use building at 430 St Marks Place in Brighton Heights, Staten Island. Located between Fort Place and Victory Boulevard, the lot is near the Tompkinsville Staten Island Rail station. Medina Cami of AVC General Contracting LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Demolition is finishing up at 124-125 White Street, the site of the Manhattan Detention Complex (MDC) in Chinatown, Manhattan. Led by design-build organization Gramercy Group Inc., the $2.13 billion project will replace the aging detention center known as “The Tombs” with a 15- to 17-story facility standing 295 feet tall and spanning 1.25 million square feet. The property is bound by Walker Street to the north, the Manhattan Criminal Court Building to the south, Baxter Street to the east, and Centre Street to the west. The demolition process is slated to cost $125 million.
Below-grade work is underway at 5055 Broadway, the site of an 11-story mixed-use building in Inwood, Manhattan. Designed by Fischer + Makooi Architects and developed by Timber Equities, the 155-foot-tall structure will span 50,808 square feet and yield 60 rental apartments in one- to two-bedroom layouts, with 25 percent dedicated to affordable housing, as well as amenities and ground-floor retail space. The 7,500-square-foot property is located between West 215th and 216th Streets and was once a surface-level parking lot.
