Permits have been filed for a five-story mixed-use building at 81-09 101st Avenue in Ozone Park, Queens. Located between 81st Street and 82nd Street, the interior lot is near the 80th Street subway station, served by the A train. AMAR 81-11 101 Avenue LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a four-story mixed-use building at 4411 Avenue D in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between East 45th Street and Troy Avenue, the lot is closest to the Beverly Road subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Simcha Ludmir of Nelson Capital Associates LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The New York Economic Development Corporation (NYC EDC), NYC Parks, and Prospect Park Alliance have broken ground on the $37.5 million restoration of the Vale, an 8-acre project in the northeast corner of Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Funded by the Mayor’s Office, the work is the largest capital allocation in Prospect Park Alliance’s history, with the Alliance’s in-house architects and landscape architects leading the design for a renewed public space centered on nature, quiet reflection, and intergenerational play.
Construction is going vertical on 1578 Lexington Avenue, a 13-story medical office and community facility building in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by Kutnicki Bernstein Architects and developed by Slate Property Group and Evenhar Development Corporation, the structure will span 150,000 with facilities for Mount Sinai Health System programs. The new East Harlem Center operated by Children’s Aid will also occupy nearly 19,000 square feet across the lower levels, and a new home for Life Changers Church will sit on the ground floor and lower stories. The property is located at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 101st Street.
New renderings have been revealed for the proposed residential conversion of the former Jehovah’s Witness global headquarters at 25–30 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed by CIM Group, the project will involve a vertical expansion of two buildings in the former Watchtower Building complex and will yield 661 rental apartments, with 25 percent designated as affordable housing. The development will also include 113,000 square feet of commercial space and community facility space. The five interconnected office and warehouse buildings are located around the intersection of Columbia Heights and Vine Street, directly across from Hillside Dog Park.
