Demolition permits have been filed for a two-story commercial building at 537 West 59th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The 7,560-square-foot lot is owned by Project Renewal, a non-profit that offers housing and services for the homeless.
Façade work is nearing completion on Gotham Point North Tower, a 57-story residential skyscraper at 1-15 57th Avenue in Hunters Point South, Queens. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Gotham Organization and Riseboro Community Partnership, the 559-foot-tall structure is also known as Parcel F in a two-tower development along with the adjacent Parcel G, and will yield 692 units. The building rises from a plot bound by Center Boulevard to the north, 56th Avenue to the east, and 57th Avenue to the west.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 11-36 45th Road in Long Island City, Queens. Located between 11th Street and 21st Street, the lot is one block from the Court Square subway station, serviced by the 7 and G trains. George Jiapeng Xu of Century Development Group is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The first phase of the Bedford Green House affordable housing project is now complete at 2865 Creston Avenue in Bedford Park, The Bronx. Designed by ESKW Architects and developed by Project Renewal with support from New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and Housing Development Corporation (HDC), the development comprises 117 affordable and supportive homes, including 71 apartments set aside for households and individuals that previously experienced homelessness, families impacted by mental illness and substance abuse, and people living with HIV and AIDS. The remaining 46 apartments are reserved for low-income households earning up to 60 percent area median income (AMI).
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 78-29 Austin Street in Forest Hills, Queens. Located between 78th Avenue and Union Turnpike, the lot is near the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike subway station, serviced by the E and F trains. Rybak Development and Construction is listed as the owner behind the applications.
