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Pre-demolition 31 Spencer Street. Credit: PropertyShark

Seven-Story, 45,700-Square-Foot Office Building Filed at 31 Spencer Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant

10:00 am on February 8, 2017 By Reid Wilson

A Brooklyn-based property owner has filed applications for a seven-story, 45,728-square-foot mixed-use commercial building at 31 Spencer Street, located in the northwestern corner of Bedford-Stuyvesant. The 81-foot-tall project will feature a 59-car parking garage on the ground floor, 29,474 square feet of medical office space across the ground-floor mezzanine through fourth floors, and 16,254 square feet of commercial offices on the fifth through seventh floors.

City Launches Request for Proposals for Amusement Park Development Sites, Coney Island

6:30 am on February 8, 2017 By Reid Wilson

The New York City Economic Development Corporation and the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation have launched a request for proposals (RFP) for five development sites located within the Amusement District between West 10th and 16th streets in Coney Island. The city is seeking a development team to build new attractions, rides and entertainment outlets on the sites, Commercial Observer reported. The five properties, all of which are currently vacant, combine to measure a total 150,000 square feet. Proposals are due March 17 and the city anticipates new attractions on the sites will be open for the summer of 2018.

11-Story, 58,700-Square-Foot Office Building Filed at 18 Spencer Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant

1:00 pm on February 7, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based Loketch Group has filed applications for an 11-story, 58,662-square-foot mixed-use commercial building at 18 Spencer Street, located in northwestern Bedford-Stuyvesant. There will be 12,313 square feet of office space across the third through fifth floors, followed by 20,696 square feet of medical office space on the sixth through 11th floors. An 80-vehicle parking garage will take up two below-grade floors as well as the first two above-grade floors. Queens-based NY Building Associates Inc. is the applicant of record. The 7,000-square-foot plot enclosed by a single-story gate, which must first be demolished.

City Selects Development Team to Build 655-Unit Mixed-Use Affordable Project at 1691 Madison Avenue, East Harlem

8:00 am on February 7, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration has selected Jonathan Rose Companies and L+M Development Partners to develop a multi-building, affordable mixed-use project at 1691 Madison Avenue, located on most of the block bound by Park and Madison avenues and East 111th and 112th streets in East Harlem.

NYU Langone Plans Its Fifth Regional Cancer Clinic at 5718 Second Avenue, Sunset Park

6:00 am on February 7, 2017 By Reid Wilson

NYU Langone Medical Center is planning an outpatient cancer clinic at 5718 Second Avenue, located between 57th and 58th streets in Sunset Park. The new facility will be a center for chemotherapy and radiation therapies, Crain’s reported. The existing two-story, 28,700-square-foot commercial building at the site will be gut-renovated to accommodate the clinic. The building will receive a new façade, as well, NYU Langone revealed to YIMBY, although the final design remains a work in progress. Building permits to renovate the structure have not been applied for at this time. The property was acquired in the spring of 2016 for $12.1 million.

Ground Broken on Community Gym and Public Park Space at 700 Jackson Street, Hoboken

10:00 am on February 6, 2017 By Reid Wilson

A ground-breaking ceremony was held last week for the first phase of a mixed-use project at 700 Jackson Street, located on two blocks between 6th and 8th streets in Hoboken, N.J. The first phase will see the construction of a single-story, 6,835-square-foot community gymnasium along Jackson Street, between 6th and 7th streets, and public park space across both blocks. Significant infrastructure work will also be done as part of the first phase, expected to be complete by 2019, Jersey Digs reported.

An overhead rendering of the plans to redevelop the Bedford Union Armory, courtesy BFC Partners

Potential HUD Cuts Under Trump Threaten Bedford Union Armory Affordable Housing

5:30 pm on February 3, 2017 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Just over a year ago, city officials and Knicks player Carmelo Anthony stood in the cavernous Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights and announced plans to redevelop the historic structure into affordable housing, a recreation center, and condos. Last night, City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo revealed that the city wasn’t sure how much federal housing funding it would receive under the Trump administration, and that uncertainty was threatening negotiations over the city budget and affordable housing at the armory.

21 India Street (a.k.a. 10 Huron Street) in Greenpoint, January 2017. Photos by Tectonic via YIMBY Forums

Façade Installation Underway at The Greenpoint, 40-Story Tower at 21 India Street

7:30 am on February 1, 2017 By Evan Bindelglass

For months now, a new high-rise under construction in Brooklyn has had its work lights shining along the East River. Now, that building, located at 21 India Street (a.k.a. 10 Huron Street) and dubbed The Greenpoint, is receiving its façade.

Five-Story, 10-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed at 52-22 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside

1:00 pm on January 30, 2017 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Glen Head, N.Y.-based LLC has filed applications for a five-story, 10-unit mixed-use building at 52-22 Roosevelt Avenue, located on the corner of 53rd Street in Woodside. The project will measure 25,063 square feet and rise 55 feet to its roof. There will be 3,062 square feet of ground-floor retail space, followed by 4,538 square feet of medical office space on the second floor. The residential units will spread across the third through fifth floors, averaging 1,060 square feet apiece. Chinatown-based Z Architecture is the architect of record. The 4,908-square-foot lot is occupied by three-story building. Demolition permits have not been filed.

Four-Story, Three-Unit Mixed-Use Building Coming to 716 57th Street, Sunset Park

10:00 am on January 30, 2017 By Reid Wilson

A Brooklyn-based property owner has filed applications for a four-story, three-unit mixed-use building at 716 57th Street, on the southern end of Sunset Park. The project will measure 5,856 square feet and rise 42 feet to its roof. There will be 1,080 square feet of medical office space on the ground floor, followed one apartment per floor on the second through fourth floors. The apartments should average 975 square feet apiece, which means either condominiums or rentals could be in the works. Luis C. Wong’s Flushing-based engineering firm is the applicant of record. The 20-foot-wide, 2,003-square-foot lot is vacant.

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