Residential


Weill Cornell Medical College Expansion Progresses at 1393 York Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

Exterior work is taking shape on 1393 York Avenue, a 17-story student housing complex in the Lenox Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Perkins + Will and developed by Weill Cornell Medical College, which purchased the property from Church of the Epiphany for $68 million in 2018, the 202-foot-tall structure will span 128,205 square feet and accommodate 272 students in 221 residences with an average scope of 657 square feet. The program includes 163 studios, seven one-bedrooms, and 51 two-bedroom units, as well as an additional 20,390 square feet of residential space, presumably for faculty housing. The project is located at the corner of East 74th Street and York Avenue.

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Rendering of the next affordable housing property to debut at Edgemere Commons - Courtesy of Aufgang Architects

Edgemere Commons Building B1 Tops Out at 5119 Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway, Queens

Construction has topped out on Edgemere Commons’ second all-affordable housing structure at 5119 Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway, Queens. Designed by Aufgang Architects and developed by Tishman Speyer’s TS Communities, the company’s affordable housing development platform, and The Arker Companies and Slate Property Group, the 247,000-square-foot structure will yield 237 rental apartments in studio to three-bedroom layouts, with 36 reserved for the formerly homeless, as well as 8,000 square feet of retail space and 7,500 square feet of community facility space. The building, also know as Edgemere Commons Building B1, is situated between Beach 50th and Beach 53rd Streets.

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142 West 21st Street Readies For Construction in Chelsea, Manhattan 

Work is about to get underway on 142 West 21st Street, a two-story parking garage that is being expanded into a 13-story residential building in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by BKSK Architects and developed by Yiannes Einhorn of Grid Group, who purchased the property from Jadlamm Realty Corp. for $31 million in 2021, the 135-foot-tall structure will span 61,256 square feet and yield 22 condominium units with an average scope of 2,756 square feet, as well as 610 square feet of commercial space, a cellar level, parking spots for 16 vehicles, and a 30-foot-long rear yard. The property is located on an interior lot between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

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