Permits have been filed for a 15-story mixed-use building at 2952 West 28th Street in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Located between Mermaid and Surf Avenues, the lot is near the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station, serviced by the D, F, N, and Q trains. Judy Herbstman of non-profit Settlement Housing Fund is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 285 East 163rd Street, a six-story residential building in Concourse Village, The Bronx. Designed by Anthony Cucich Architect and developed by Genci Popaj under the 285E163RDNY LLC, the structure yields 36 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 35 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $103,200 to $218,010.
Construction wraps up on The Walt Disney Company’s 22-story New York headquarters at 7 Hudson Square in Hudson Square, Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and developed by Silverstein Properties, the 338-foot-tall structure yields a total of 1.2 million square feet for new offices, film and production studios, and ground-floor retail space. Gensler served as the interior designer, and Lendlease served the general contractor for the ground-up project, which is alternately addressed as 137 Varick Street formerly addressed as 4 Hudson Square, and stands on an 85,600-square-foot full-block plot bound by Vandam Street to the north, Spring Street to the south, Varick Street to the east, and Hudson Street to the west.
Construction is nearing completion on 31-90 29th Street, a six-story mixed-use residential building in Astoria, Queens. Designed by Fogarty Finger Architects with George Tsilogiannis of BQ 29, LLC is listed as the owner of the ground-up development, the topped-out structure stands 70 feet tall and will yield 87,439 square feet, with 74,011 square feet designated for residential space split across 92 rental units averaging 804 square feet each, 13,428 square feet for commercial space, a cellar level, and 46 enclosed parking spaces. The property is located on a wide rectangular parcel spanning between 29th Street to the east, Crescent Street to the west, and Broadway to the south.
Developer New Empire Corp recently celebrated the topping out of Hendrix House, a boutique condominium project at 250 East 25th Street in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood. Sales launched two months ago for the 12-story development featuring a mix of 60 studios, one-, and two-bedroom residences, and inventory has already reached the 50 percent sold milestone. DXA Studio is the architect of Hendrix House with resident spaces by interior designer Paris Forino. Sales and marketing is led by CORE Real Estate, with co-exclusive agent One Realty.
