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Studio Museum In Harlem Building New 70,000 Square-Foot Building At 144 West 125th Street

12:30 pm on July 7, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The Studio Museum at 144 West 125th Street in Harlem is planning to build a new 70,000 square-foot museum, including 10,000 square feet for galleries. According to The New York Times, the existing five-story, 60,000 square-foot structure would be demolished for a ground-up building designed by the UK-based David Adjaye; Cooper, Robertson & Partners is the executive architect. Plans will be submitted this Summer, and construction is expected to start in 2017 for a 2019 completion.

Community Church At 68-03 Roosevelt Avenue Building Six-Story Facility, Woodside

11:00 am on July 2, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The Universal Church has filed applications for a six-story, 63,340 square-foot place of worship at 68-03 Roosevelt Avenue, in Woodside, right under the 69th Street stop on the 7 train. The building will include classrooms, rectory units, and multi-purpose rooms, and will occupy a large portion of the block. Mothusi Phometsi, of M3G Design, is the architect of record, and the church’s existing single-story building must first be demolished.

Multi-Level Nursing Home & Health Facility Planned At 141 Conover Street, Red Hook

3:00 pm on June 25, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Oxford Nursing Home is planning to build a 138,000 square-foot, 200-bed nursing home at 141 Conover Street, in Red Hook, as well as a 37,000 square-foot health care facility. The development requires a trek through the ULURP process, because the block must be rezoned for residential purposes, according to DNAinfo. Construction is expected to begin in late 2016 or early 2016, pending proper approvals, and multiple low-rise structures must first be demolished.

Permits Filed: 626 Bergen Avenue, La Central Supportive Housing, Melrose

7:00 am on June 22, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

At the very end of Bloomberg’s term as mayor, the city unveiled plans to transform a vacant city-owned tract in the Melrose neighborhood of the South Bronx into a million-square-foot affordable housing complex known as La Central. Now a new building application has been filed for the first part of the project, a nine-story supportive housing development at 626 Bergen Avenue.

36-Story Public Library Redevelopment Revealed At 280 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn Heights

10:00 am on June 17, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Renderings of Hudson Companies’ planned 36-story, 139-condo-unit mixed-use building at 280 Cadman Plaza West, in Brooklyn Heights, have been released by the Daily News. Designed by Marvel Architects, the building will feature a 21,500 square-foot library on the ground floor, as well as retail and community space. The project must first pass through ULURP approvals, which begin this week. The existing two-story library will be demolished, and the developer has promised to offer temporary space for the Brooklyn Heights branch during construction. Hudson has also committed to building 114 off-site affordable units on two Clinton Hill lots, at 911-917 Atlantic Avenue and 1041-1047 Fulton Street.

School, Medical Offices and 197 Apartments Planned at 88-08 Justice Avenue, Elmhurst

7:00 am on June 1, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

As the Asian population grows in Elmhurst, developers in nearby Flushing have begun to cater to the neighborhood’s burgeoning Chinatown along Broadway. Right next to Queens Place Mall at 88-08 Justice Avenue, one builder has filed plans for a 20-story apartment building with community space on the lower floors.

Conversion of Vacant Four-Story Firehouse at 120 East 125th Street Underway, East Harlem

6:30 am on June 1, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Construction is underway to convert the vacant four-story, 7,175 square-foot building at 120 East 125th Street, in northern East Harlem, into a community facility. The Caribbean Center Cultural African Diaspora Institute is moving into the building and leading the $3.5 million conversion. According to Harlem+Bespoke, the interior has been gutted, and completion is expected later this year.

A Co-op Considers Developing New York City $10 at a Time

7:00 pm on May 29, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Last night, 130 people crowded into a tiny dance rehearsal room above a theater in the East Village to talk about how they could turn struggling or vacant properties into affordable spaces.

Construction Update: St. Ann’s Warehouse at 45 Water Street, Dumbo

7:30 am on May 29, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

As the sprawling conversion of the old Empire Stores warehouses inches forward on the Dumbo waterfront, theater company St Ann’s Warehouse has made progress renovating one former tobacco warehouse at 45 Water Street into a performing arts space.

Ground Broken For Six-Story Academic Building At 263 Academy Street, Journal Square

2:00 pm on May 27, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Hudson County Community College has broken ground on a six-story, 74,000 square-foot academic building at a former parking lot at 263 Academy Street, in Jersey City’s Journal Square. The building will house STEM classes, and completion is expected in the Fall of 2017, according to The Jersey Journal. RSC Architects is designing.

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