Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 2187 Ryer Avenue in Fordham Heights, The Bronx. Located between East 181st Street and East 182nd Street, the lot is one block from the 182nd-183rd Streets subway station, serviced by the B train. Mendy Tessler is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Kushner Real Estate Group has completed phase two of Bay 151, a new rental property in Bayonne, New Jersey, where leasing is now underway. This phase of leasing introduces an additional 213 rentals to the residential community and an expansion of available amenity spaces.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 2015 Vyse Avenue, a seven-story residential building in West Farms, The Bronx. Designed by Gino Longo, the structure yields 26 residences near Vidalia Park. Available on NYC Housing Connect are nine units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $46,286 to $167,570.
Construction is now complete on Sven, a 762-foot-tall skyscraper at 29-37 41st Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Also known as Queens Plaza Park, the 67-story tower is designed by Handel Architects for The Durst Organization and will yield a total of 958 rental units with interiors designed by Selldorf Architects. Three hundred units are set aside as affordable housing. Hunter Roberts is the general contractor and Jaros, Baum & Bolles Engineering administered the mechanical systems for the project, which is bound by Northern Boulevard to the east, Queens Plaza North and Dutch Kills Green to the south, and 41st Avenue to the west.
Permits have been filed for a 17-story mixed-use building at 1393 York Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Located at the northwest corner of 74th Street and York Avenue, the lot is near the 72nd Street subway station, serviced by the Q train. Weill Cornell Medical College is listed as the owner behind the applications, after purchasing the property for $68 million from the Church of the Epiphany. The new development will hold student residences, student common centers, a fitness center, and support spaces.
