Jolie on Greenwich, a 500-foot-tall, 42-story condominium tower at 77 Greenwich Street has achieved LEED Silver-certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Located in Manhattan’s Financial District, the tower was developed by Trinity Place Holdings and designed by FXCollaborative.
Exterior work is nearing completion on the Mandarin Oriental Residences Fifth Avenue, a 29-story residential tower at 685 Fifth Avenue in Midtown. Designed by Marin Architects and developed by SHVO in partnership with Deutsche Finance, the more than $300 million project involves the construction of a ten-floor addition above a former commercial building and the residential conversion of 100,000 square feet of its office space, and will yield 69 fully furnished condominium units managed by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and marketed by Douglas Elliman Development Marketing. The Rinaldi Group of New York is the general contractor for the property, which is located between East 53rd and 54th Streets.
Garden Communities will soon debut its next rental development at 35 Walnut Avenue in Clark, New Jersey. Known as Walnut Hill, the property will contain 177 apartments that range from 942 to 1,964 square feet.
Developers and city officials recently joined to celebrate the beginning of occupancy at 1101 and 1089 President Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Developed in partnership by Breaking Ground and BFC Partners, the two-building complex once served as the historic Bedford Union Armory and now comprises 415 income-restricted rental units, a parking garage, and the 500,000-square-foot Major R. Owens Health and Wellness Community Center, a sprawling facility with large recreational spaces and offices for medical access and emotional counseling.
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 762 Macon Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Howard Avenue and Macon Street, the corner lot is across the street from Saratoga Park and a short walk to the Halsey Street subway station, serviced by the J train. Aviv Ben Avi of AB+R Construction Corporation is listed as the owner behind the applications.
