This week RXR celebrated the topping out of 89 Dekalb Avenue, a mixed-use development in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The all-electric tower will deliver 324 multifamily units, with 98 designated for middle-income housing, along with 55,000 square feet of academic and office space for Long Island University.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Ebenezer Plaza Phase II, an 11-story mixed-use building at 589 Christopher Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Procida Companies, the structure yields 208 residences and 14,000 square feet of commercial space. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 60 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $18,480 to $154,080.
Permits have been filed for a 16-story medical building with an ambulatory center at 635 West 165th Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Located near the intersection of Fort Washington Avenue and West 165th Street, the lot is near the 168th Street subway station, serviced by the A and C trains. New York Presbyterian Hospital is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is finishing up on 1 Park Point, a 13-story residential building in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Focus Property Group, a subsidiary of JEMB Realty, the 145-foot-tall structure will span 395,726 square feet and yield 375 rental units with an average scope of 798 square feet, as well as 5,388 square feet of retail space, 18,850 square feet of community space, a cellar level, and 106 enclosed parking spaces. Twenty-five percent of the residential units will be dedicated to affordable housing. Pavarini McGovern served as the general contractor for the property, which was formerly addressed as 11 Ocean Parkway and is located on Machate Circle at the southwestern corner of Prospect Park, bound by Ocean Parkway, Coney Island Avenue, and Caton Place.
Hercules Mulligan, a cocktail and spirits brand, is set to open its first taproom at 220 Front Street in Manhattan’s Financial District. The brand, named after the tailor, spy, and unsung hero of the American Revolution, has signed a ten-year lease for an 800-square-foot space with plans to focus on tastings, events, and merchandise sales.
