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Ground Breaks on $92 Million New Animal Care Center in Baychester, The Bronx

Ground recently broke on a new animal care center in Baychester, The Bronx. The $92 million ground-up development will yield 50,000 square feet and house admissions, adoptions, medical services, and boarding for 70 dogs, 140 cats, 30 rabbits, and 20 animals of other species. The new animal center is part of the City’s goal to maintain a full-service animal shelter in each borough. The City’s Animal Care Centers are a non-profit organization that serve as the city’s open-admissions animal-shelter system contracted and overseen by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and operated by Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC).

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420 Carroll Street Tops Out in Gowanus, Brooklyn 

Construction has topped out on the tallest building at 420 Carroll Street, a two-tower residential complex in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Domain Companies, the project consists of a 20-story, 224-foot-tall tower and 15-story sibling and will yield 360 units with 25 percent reserved for affordable housing, as well as 27,500 square feet of retail space, 7,700 square feet of “Gowanus Mix” space pursuant to the 82-block rezoning of the district, and a new public promenade along the Gowanus Canal. Studio Mainer is the interior designer, Scape is the landscape architect, and Mega Contracting Group is the general contractor for the development, which is rising from a trapezoidal plot bound by Carroll Street to the north, the Powerhouse Arts building and its parking lot to the south, and the Gowanus Canal to the west.

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Governor Hochul Announces Construction of 698-Unit Development at 405-407 West 206th Street in Inwood, Manhattan

This week Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of construction on a $416 million residential development in Inwood, Manhattan. The two-building, mixed-income project at 405 and 407 West 206th Street will bring nearly 700 apartments with 281 affordable units with free broadband internet, all-electric heating and cooling, and other sustainable features in line with the state’s climate goals. The development is a joint venture among LMXD affiliate of L+M Development Partners, MSquared, and Taconic Partners with the Community League of the Heights as the community sponsor, and Beyer Blinder Belle Architects responsible for design.

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