Permits have been filed to expand two one-story commercial structures into four-story residential building at 105 and 107 Moore Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located between Humboldt Street and Graham Avenue, the lot is near the Flushing Avenue subway station, served by the J and M trains. Mendel Berkowitz is listed as the owner behind the applications.
For the third consecutive year, the tallest building on our annual construction countdown is 270 Park Avenue, JPMorgan Chase’s 1,389-foot supertall headquarters in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Norman Foster of Foster + Partners with Adamson Associates as the architect of record and developed by Tishman Speyer, the 60-story skyscraper will yield 2.5 million square feet of office space with a capacity of 15,000 employees, and will become the tallest structure in New York completely powered by hydroelectric energy. The property occupies a full city block bound by East 48th Street to the north, East 47th Street to the south, Park Avenue to the east, and Madison Avenue to the west.
Permits have been filed for the demolition of two commercial properties at 54-03 and 54-11 Queens Boulevard in Woodside, Queens. Both buildings stand one story tall, with 54-03 Queens Boulevard estimated to cost around $50,000 to demolish and 54-11 Queens Boulevard estimated to cost around $100,000 to demolish. Both properties have a lot area of 6,000 square feet.
Permits have been filed for a nine-story mixed-use building at 25-08 43rd Avenue in Astoria, Queens. Located between Hunter Street and Crescent Street, the lot is three blocks from the Queensboro Plaza subway station, served by the 7, N, and W trains. Yong Chen of Central Realty LIC LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Triangle Plaza Hub, located at 459 East 149th Street in the Bronx’s Mott Haven neighborhood, recently welcomed a new tenant, Halo Health Pharmacy, which has signed a long-term lease for 1,522 square feet of retail space in the building. Originally designed by Perkins Eastman Architects DPC, the 50,000-square-foot, two-story commercial building is currently owned by Simone Development Companies.
