Brookfield Properties recently celebrated the opening of Bankside Park, a new public park in Mott Haven, The Bronx. The park is part of the 4.3-acre Bankside development and provides the community with direct access to the Harlem River waterfront for the first time in over a century. Hill West is the design architect for the Bankside master plan.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 2411 64th Street, a four-story mixed-use building in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Designed by HPL Engineering and developed by Jun Ming Wu under the 2317 Mazal W12 LLC, the structure yields 10 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are three units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $75,943 to $218,010.
Construction has topped out on 537 West 59th Street, a nine-story homeless shelter in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. The 98-foot tall structure is designed by Dattner Architects and developed by The Hudson Companies and Project Renewal, a non-profit that offers housing and services for the homeless, the structure will yield 44,845 square feet of community facility space with 200 beds for single women in dorm-style rooms, a 1,500-square-foot medical clinic, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) office space, an 800-square-foot commercial kitchen, a library, and programming space for social services and recreation. The property is located on an interior lot between Amsterdam and West End Avenues.
CityPickle, a New York-based pickleball company, has been selected by New York City Parks for the revitalization of Brooklyn Anchorage Plaza in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The 60,000-square-foot area, located beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, consists of three sections: Old Fulton Street Yard, Washington Street Yard, and Ash Alley. CityPickle plans to invest $2 million into the revitalization project, and work is expected to begin in 2025.
Permits have been filed for an 18-story mixed-use building at 34 East 35th Street in Murray Hill, Manhattan. Located between Park and Madison Avenues, the lot is two blocks north of the 33rd Street subway station, serviced by the 6 train. Jeff Loveland of Redeemer Presbyterian Church is listed as the owner behind the applications.
