Plans to construct the 10.5-acre Urban Village mega-complex in East New York, Brooklyn, are now under review by the New York City Department of Buildings. The complex is being developed by Gotham Organization, Monadnock Development, and the Christian Cultural Center and is bound by Pennsylvania Avenue to the northeast, Flatlands Avenue to the northwest, and Louisiana Avenue to the southwest.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently joined leaders from The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine to celebrate the grand opening of the Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine (CEPM) at 619 West 54th Street in Midtown, Manhattan.
Renderings from KSS Architects are the first to reveal the new permanent home of the Bold Charter School at 1472 Boston Road in the Crotona East Park neighborhood of The Bronx. The new building will comprise 81,590 square feet and will serve students currently enrolled in two temporary facilities at 1093 Southern Boulevard and 1090 Close Avenue, also in The Bronx.
Exterior work is getting closer to completion on Claremont Hall, a 41-story residential tower at 100 Claremont Avenue in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and SLCE Architects and developed by Lendlease, Daiwa House Texas, and LMXD, an affiliate of L+M Development Partners, the 354,000-square-foot building will yield 165 condominium units in one- to four-bedroom layouts as well as new classrooms, office space, and faculty housing for Union Theological Seminary. Lendlease is the general contractor for the property, which is located by the corner of Claremont Avenue and West 122nd Street.
New permits have been filed to enlarge a two-story structure into a 12-story mixed-use building at 134-16 35th Avenue in Flushing, Queens. Located between Prince Street and Farrington Street, the lot is within walking distance of the Main Street subway station, serviced by the 7 train. Hanjun Bai of H&Z Building Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications and previously filed permits in May 2022 for a 10-story, 43,987-square-foot development.
