Danny Meyer’s latest culinary outpost will debut this week at SUMMIT, the observatory venue atop One Vanderbilt in Midtown, Manhattan. Known as APRÈS, the café and bar is perched 1,100 feet above ground and includes an indoor lounge and an outdoor terrace with sweeping views of the city skyline.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for East Village Homes, a 14-story mixed-use building at 302 East 2nd Street in Manhattan’s East Village. Designed by Leroy Street Studio Architecture and developed by New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the structure yields 44 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 36 units for residents at 50 to 140 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $32,229 to $180,460.
Permits have been filed for a 21-story mixed-use building at 45-19 Davis Street in Long Island City, Queens. Located near the intersection of Davis Street and Jackson Avenue, the interior lot is closest to the Court Square subway station, serviced by the 7 and G trains. Tom Wu under Davis Street Development LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is wrapping 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 yield 460 hotel rooms managed by Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group. Flintlock Construction Systems, LLC is the general contractor for the building, which is bound by Broadway, West 29th Street, and West 30th Street.
Exterior work is approaching the finish line on 7-9 East 30th Street, a 23-story residential building in NoMad. Designed by SWA Architecture and developed by Castellan Real Estate Partners, the 227-foot-tall structure will yield 54 residences spread across 41,992 square feet as well as 2,142 square feet of ground-level retail space. Titanium Construction Services is the general contractor for the building, which is located between Madison and Fifth Avenues.
