Something of an oddity on Park Avenue will be returned to its original purpose. On Tuesday, April 12, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved additions and reconfigurations on the townhouse at 890 Park Avenue, located between East 78th Street and East 79th Street, paving the way for it to again become a single-family home.
More market rate development may be coming to Mott Haven in the South Bronx. New building applications call for a seven-story residential project at 417 East 135th Street, just north of the Major Deegan Expressway.
Earlier this year, applications were filed to demolish the former Streit’s Matzo Factory to the ground floor. The developer wants to build a seven-story, 45-unit mixed-use building with 10,219 square feet of ground and cellar-level retail space from the remnants, at 148-154 Rivington Street, on the Lower East Side. Renderings of the project have now been revealed by the New York Times, which can also report that apartments will be condominiums with one- and two-bedroom configurations. The amount of retail space has also been increased to 13,000 square feet. Cogswell Lee Development (the development arm of Cogswell Realty) is the developer, and GLUCK+ is behind the design. Demolition of the factory is expected to commence in the coming weeks.
Shlomo Sinay, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, 10-unit residential building at 691 Chauncey Street, in eastern Bushwick, located two blocks from the Chauncey Street stop on the J/Z trains. The structure will measure 9,412 square feet, and its residential units should average 740 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be two or three apartments per floor, except two of the fourth-floor units will be relatively larger because they will feature space on an upper mezzanine level. The building will be topped by a roof terrace. Hudson Valley-based Kenneth Thomas is the applicant of record. Demolition permits were filed in January for the site’s two-story townhouse.
In February, foundation work was underway for the six-story, 24-unit residential building at 11-30 45th Road, in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City. Now, construction is up to the third floor of the project, according to The Court Square Blog. The structure will measure 31,729 square feet, with residential units averaging 931 square feet apiece. The apartments could either be large rentals or good-sized condominiums. Amenities include a 14-car parking garage on the ground floor and a rooftop recreational enclosure featuring outdoor space. Century Development Group is the developer, while Flushing-based Raymond Chan Architect is behind the design. Completion is expected in mid-2017.
