Nevins Street Apartments Nears Completion at 50 Nevins Street in Downtown Brooklyn

7:30 am on February 14, 2022 By Michael Young

Construction is finishing up on The Nevins Street Apartments, a residential building at 50 Nevins Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Dattner Architects and developed by Institute for Community Living (ICL), the project involved the gut renovation of a 95-year-old eight-story building and the construction of a ten-story volume along Schermerhorn Street that extends over the northeast corner of the original structure’s roof. The 114,000-square-foot property will yield 129 affordable apartments as well as mental health support services for low-income residents. Mega Contracting Group LLC is the general contractor and King Contracting Group built the masonry walls for the addition, which is located at the corner of Nevins and Schermerhorn Streets.

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211 McGuinness Boulevard, rendering by Gene Kaufman Architect

Housing Lottery Launches for Otto Greenpoint at 211 McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

6:30 am on February 14, 2022 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for Otto Greenpoint, an eight-story mixed-use building at 211 McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by Gene Kaufman and developed by Stellar Management, the structure yields 197 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 60 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $75,463 to $167,570.

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Exterior Work Wraps Up on 58 Saint Marks Place in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

8:00 am on February 13, 2022 By Michael Young

Façade installation is nearing completion on 58 Saint Marks Place, a 12-story residential building in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by INC Architecture & Design with Isaac & Stern as the architect of record, and developed by Avdoo & Partners, the long rectangular structure will yield 100 units. LIC Corporation is the general contractor for the project, which spans nearly the the full length of the block bound by Fourth Avenue to the east, St. Mark’s Place to the north, and Willie McDonald Way to the south.

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Virgin Hotel’s Exterior Wraps Up at 1225 Broadway in NoMad, Manhattan

7:30 am on February 13, 2022 By Michael Young

Exterior work is finishing up on the Virgin Hotel, a 38-story tower at 1225 Broadway in NoMad. Designed by Stantec and developed by Lam Group, the 476-foot-tall, 300,000-square-foot structure will contain 460 hotel rooms managed by Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group. Flintlock Construction Systems, LLC is the general contractor for the property, which is bound by Broadway, West 29th Street, and West 30th Street.

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