This month Long Island University and RXR Realty celebrated the commencement of a multimillion-dollar capital improvement project at the institution’s Downtown Brooklyn campus. Located near the buzzing intersection of Flatbush and Dekalb Avenues, the improvement plan arrives as part of an initiative to modernize existing academic and recreational facilities.
Permits have been filed for a five-story mixed-use building at 228 55th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Located between 2nd Avenue and the Gowanus Expressway, the lot is two blocks from the 53rd Street subway station, serviced by the R train. Hua Wen under the 228 United Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a four-story mixed-use building at 604 East 40th Street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between Avenue D and Foster Avenue, the lot is near the Newkirk Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. RiseBoro Community Partnership is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 1329 Morris Avenue in Claremont, The Bronx. Located between East 169th Street and East 170th Street, the lot is four blocks from the 170th Street subway station, serviced by the B and D trains. Alfred Popaj under the 1329 Morris Avenue LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
One of the city’s largest-ever public murals will soon adorn The Rollins, one of nine buildings at the Essex Crossing mega-project on the Lower East Side. Brooklyn art duo ASVP was commissioned for the project following a borough-wide call for submissions from Delancey Street Associates, the development team responsible for Essex Crossing.
