Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 3219 Barnes Avenue in Olinville, The Bronx. Located between Burke Avenue and South Oak Drive, the lot is near the Burke Avenue subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Floriand Lulaj is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 611 West 181st Street in Fort George, Manhattan. Located between Wadsworth Avenue and St. Nicholas Avenue, the lot is near the 181st Street subway station, served by the 1 train. Moses Kupferstein of BBM Construction Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Renderings have been revealed for 289 Kent Avenue, a 17-story mixed-use building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by FXCollaborative for Web Holdings LLC, the 301,000-square-foot structure is slated to yield 280 rental apartments, with 70 dedicated to affordable housing. The project will also include ground-floor retail, commercial space, and community facility space. The property is located at the southeast corner of Kent Avenue and South 1st Street, directly across from the Domino Sugar redevelopment master plan.
Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 2603 Sedgwick Avenue in University Heights, The Bronx. Located between West Kingsbridge Road and Bailey Avenue, the lot is closest to the Kingsbridge Road subway station, served by the 4 train. Petrit Grishaj of Peter G Construction is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Work is moving along on the office-to-residential conversion and expansion of the former Pfizer headquarters at 229 East 42nd Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Gensler and developed by Metro Loft Development and David Werner Real Estate Investments, the project involves the gut renovation and full re-cladding of the 33-story tower, along with the construction of a 19-story vertical expansion of the adjacent building at 219 East 42nd Street. The conversion will yield 1,600 rental apartments, with 25 percent reserved for affordable housing, as well as ground-floor retail space and 100,000 square feet of amenities. The abutting properties are located at the northwestern corner of East 42nd Street and Second Avenue.
