NEW YORK | MID/LOW RISES | General Developments Updates/Compilation

[chris08876]

Project: 170-174 West Street

We caught this rendering on the fence at 170-174 West Street in Greenpoint, where a developer is building two six-story apartment buildings. No. 174 will have five apartments distributed across 8,640 square feet of residential space. Next door at 170, there will be 10 apartments on 14,130 square feet, according to permits.

Salamon Engineering is the applicant of record for both buildings, and the owner is an LLC who picked up the three vacant lots for a combined $3,700,000 in 2013, as previously reported. Behind the fence, excavation is under way, and you can see a photo after the jump.

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http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2015...in-greenpoint/

[chris08876]

Project: Governors Island Man Made Hills and Slopes

The Hills continue to rise on Governors Island! As you know, three of our four hills, (Grassy, Slide and Discovery) are already at their rough grade (aka their approximate height before adding soil for planting grass, trees and other vegetation). Each will offer a different experience to park goers. Grassy Hill will provide unobstructed views of the new park and a gentle grassy slope, perfect for watching baseball games below. Slide Hill will have a fun, family friendly play-space with climbing structures and slides of differing heights embedded into the landscape. Discovery Hill will offer a leisurely path through nature and incorporate public art by the artist Rachel Whiteread into the landscape.

Finally Outlook Hill, the tallest of the four hills, is still under major construction. We hit the 50 foot height mark last week, but still have a ways to go! When Outlook is complete it will tower 70 feet over the promenade, providing unmatched views of Lower Manhattan and the New York Harbor.

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http://govislandblog.com/2015/03/25/...-and-climbing/

[chris08876]

Project: 152 Elizabeth Street

The building will house bespoke apartments measuring from 1,900 square feet to more than 5,600 square feet. Half-floor residences will start at $5.9 million while full-floor condos will start at $15 million. The penthouse will ask more than $35 million.

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http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/03/...dos-nyc-debut/

[Ploppalopp]

Geez, where's the privacy in that building? I hope they make the glass a bit less transparent

[antinimby]

That architect is a retard. All that glass on the upper floors but a blank wall on the ground floor, where there should be glass instead.

[Ploppalopp]

Yeah, that blank wall is terrible now that you mention it. I think they need to change a couple of things on this building.

[chris08876]

Project: 212 North 4th Street (Recently Completed)

Located off Metropolitan Avenue near Roebling Street, the five-story, 25-unit building offers one- to four-bedroom apartments. Meshberg Group designed the development, which bears a brick and wrought iron exterior inspired by turn-of-the-century factories. Every unit has exterior private space, with French doors opening to a balcony. Pricing ranges from about $3,200 per month for a one-bedroom to $6,600 per month for a four-bedroom.

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http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2015/03...liamsburg.html

[chris08876]

Project: 1295 Nostrand Avenue (Aka 310 Clarkson)

Hudson Companies just sent us this new rendering (above and below) for the 170-unit building they are planning at the corner of Nostrand and Clarkson avenues in East Flatbush. The architect for 1295 Nostrand Avenue, also known as 310 Clarkson, is Jonathan Kirschenfeld, of Floating Pool fame.

The parcel down the street Hudson just closed on (see our 9:30 am post today) will be a separate building. That one will have about 250 apartments, and the architect will be CetraRuddy, a Hudson exec told us.

Both buildings will have retail on the ground floor. The first project will break ground before the end of the spring. The project down the block at 318-350 Clarkson Avenue will break ground in 2016, Hudson told us. Both deals were brokered by CPEX, incidentally.

We think the design for 1295 Nostrand/310 Clarkson is one of the most attractive for a new building in Brooklyn we’ve seen in years. Sure, it’s a big apartment building and not row houses, but there are lots of apartment buildings out here already. The brick and windows should fit in nicely with the area, and we like the stores at ground level.

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http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2015...-frontpage-top

[chris08876]

Project: The Hospital for Special Surgery Expansion

The nationally renowned hospital, located next to the FDR Drive and East 70th Street, is seeking a special permit from the city that will allow it to expand the west wing of its main hospital building so that it can fit more operating rooms, examination rooms and offices, according to a Land Use Review application filed with City Planning on March 16.

As it is, the hospital is expected to be at capacity within the next two years, but the special permit would let it build an extra 8,000 square feet.

“HSS is a teaching hospital recognized throughout the world as one of the leading institutions in both orthopedic and rheumatologic research and care. Because of its renown and success in treatment, HSS has faced nearly continuous demand for additional facilities,” the plan says.

“In order to accommodate present demand and maintain its ability to recruit the most qualified physicians, HSS needs to continue to grow both in terms of its staff and in terms of its physical plant.”

In the last decade, the number of procedures done at the hospital has increased by 77 percent, and the staff has increased by 95 percent, according to the plan.

The expansion of the west wing would start on the third floor and extend up four floors — meaning it will hover over East 70th Street, the plan says.

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http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2015...rows#slideshow

[sparkling]

New seven-story, 75-unit Williamsburg project planned for 94 North 3rd Street

A seven-story, 75-unit development is brewing at 94 North 3rd Street in Williamsburg, courtesy of Hudson Companies.

The block-through, mixed-use development will consist of two connected buildings fronting North 3rd Street and Metropolitan Avenue, with a landscaped courtyard in between, according to Hudson’s website. Located between Berry Street and Wythe Avenue, the units will be a mix of studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedroom apartments, with 20 percent of the residences reserved for affordable housing. Select homes will feature private terraces.

Permits were filed in September 2014 for a new 70-foot-tall building, with Marvel Architects as the architect of record, YIMBY reported. There would be 14,652 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and 58,588 square feet of residential. The Schedule A filing indicates a “North Wing” and “South Wing” for the project.

Although the complex is still in the planning stages, the facade will tentatively have cement-panel and brick, with exposed steel at the retail level as a nod to the neighborhood’s industrial history.

Amenities will include a doorman, concierge service, gym, lounge, underground parking, bike storage and private storage. Residences will also have access to common terrace space “equipped with gas grills and tables for dining.”

The new development would rise on several combined lots (see screenshot above), replacing several warehouses on the block. Demolition permits were filed in February for one-story structures at 84 North 3rd and 92 North 3rd. Also due for destruction are 113 Metropolitan Avenue and 117 Metropolitan Avenue, with permits filed in early March, Bedford + Bowery reported. 113 Metropolitan was home to motorcycle garage and storage facility Motorgrrl, which caters to female riders. Motorgrrl owner Valerie Figarella told B+B that her landlord, Anthony Tristani, had other plans for the garage (Motorgrrl has since moved to 42 Dobbins Street in Greenpoint).

[chris08876]

Construction Update: 860 Washington Street



Rendering:

The meatpacking district in Manhattan is about to grow even busier, as office towers and Samsung move in and add a layer of transformation to an area that once reeked of slaughterhouses and literally vibrated with railway commerce.

New arrivals include two commercial structures — a 10-story glassy tower and a six-story Samsung flagship building — across from the Standard Hotel at Washington and West 13th Streets.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/re...more.html?_r=2

[chris08876]

Project: 115 Franklin Place

The 280-bed skilled nursing property is in its pre-development phase and is due for completion in early 2017. Sentosa is currently leasing a facility next door to the development site and will relocate its residents upon completion.

Greystone will assign two to three in-house people to work on the project alongside more than 200 outside consultants and contractors, Mr. Simpson noted.

“The facility design and major entitlement work are complete,” he said. “We’re now in the process of finalizing the construction contract and fine-tuning the actual construction team.”

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http://commercialobserver.com/2015/0...g-development/

[chris08876]

Project: 1696-1712 Broadway

The Henry Apartments, a huge affordable and supportive housing complex in Ocean Hill, has officially kicked off construction at 1696-1712 Broadway. City officials and pols such as Deputy Borough President Diana Reyna and local City Council Member Darlene Mealy were on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony, which took place Friday, March 20, a spokesperson for the project let us know. (Check out the press release and photos here.)

Workers have been putting up a construction fence around the very large site for several weeks, and when we peeked through yesterday we could see the ground had been cleared and a hole had appeared close to the corner of Broadway and Rockaway. The site runs along Broadway between Rockaway and Decatur. Years ago there were apartments and stores here, but the property has been an empty lot for decades.

The two six-story buildings going up here and across the street at 1674-1684 Broadway will have a total of 134 affordable apartments as well as shops and supportive services. The developers are SUS and Alembic Community Development.

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http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2015...breaks-ground/

[chris08876]

Project: 92 Howard Avenue

Another apartment building is going up near Saratoga Park in the eastern part of Bed Stuy. This one, at 92 Howard Avenue, is not actually facing the park but is about halfway down the next block. It will have five units, according to the new-building permit, and a modern look with balconies.

The rendering shows a mix of red and gray brick, the latter on what is presumably the rear elevation. Other materials are unspecified but might be metal and gray stucco.

A look through the construction fence revealed side walls and one floor have gone up so far. The lot is 25 feet wide and 100 feet deep. It last changed hands in 2014 for $455,000.

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http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2015...k-in-bed-stuy/

[chris08876]

Project: 33-19 Broadway

Big changes are underway for the building that once housed Uncle George's Greek Tavern, a popular neighborhood eatery that's sat empty since it closed two years ago.

The owner of the property at 33-19 Broadway is planning to add a fourth floor to the three-story building and expand the second and third floors to construct extra apartments, according to plans filed with the Department of Buildings.

A partial demolition permit was issued in December to remove partitions in the basement and first three floors, according to DOB records.

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http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2015...georges-space#

[chris08876]

Some projects from this week DOB permits:
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93-09 Lamont Avenue

Applications have been filed for an eight-story, five-unit residential building measuring 6,000 square feet at 93-09 Lamont Avenue, in northeastern Elmhurst. Chang Hwa Tan is designing, and an existing 2.5-story structure must first be demolished.

1728 Himrod Street:

Applications have been filed for a five-story, seven-unit residential building measuring nearly 5,000 square feet at 1728 Himrod Street, in western Ridgewood. Barry Goldsmith is designing, and an existing single-story structure must first be demolished.

577 Flushing Avenue:

MBY Holding Corp. has filed applications for an eight-story, 42-unit residential building measuring nearly 29,200 square feet at the vacant lots of 577-581 Flushing Avenue, on the border of Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy. Michael Avramides is designing.

254 Palmetto Street:

Applications have been filed for a four-story, three-unit residential building measuring 3,800 square feet at the vacant lot of 188 Pulaski Street, in northern Bedford-Stuyvesant. BTE Design is the architect, and the site’s three-story predecessor was demolished in 1993.

535 Manhattan Avenue:

An LLC has filed applications for a five-story, two-unit residential building measuring nearly 3,300 square feet at the vacant lot of 535 Manhattan Avenue, in Harlem. Gianni Intili, of Studio GI, is designing.

4607 Park Avenue:

An LLC has filed applications for an eight-story, 90-unit residential building measuring 58,400 square feet at the vacant lot of 4607 Park Avenue, in Belmont. Matthew Cordone Architect is designing.

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Credit: Reid Wilson

[chris08876]

Rendering now available:

Original Post: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=555

[chris08876]

Project: 160 West Street

The first floor will include eight parking spots and bike storage, and is “subject to flooding,” as the Schedule A notes. Thanks to the slope of the Greenpoint waterfront, this building will rise in flood Zone 2.

The 6,000-square-foot lot changed hands last June for $4,500,000, or $250 per buildable square foot. Next door at 170-174 West Street, developer Gal Nagar is planning two more six-story buildings with 15 apartments. They’ll probably be condos too, also featuring an average unit size will of about 1,500 square feet.

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http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/04/per...ensington.html

[chris08876]

Project: 212 North 9th Street

After emerging on the right side of earlier financial troubles, the swath of land on North 9th Street between Roebling Street and Driggs Avenue will soon be under-used no more. The development at 212 North 9th Street has fallen somewhat under the radar (after all, the new building permit was approved back in 2008), but a tipster sent in construction photos showing that the seven-story, 33-unit building is almost done. Designed by the ubiquitous Karl Fischer (because of course it is) and developed by the Meshberg Group, which has a description of the project on its website, the building is constructed of black brick, black granite, and white metal windows. The building will have a roof deck. Construction was slated to be complete in early 2015—so it's a bit behind schedule, but not by much. It'll likely be ready for renters in a few months.

Current Status:


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http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/0...dy_for_you.php

[chris08876]

Project: 27-05 41st Avenue

The original timeline was for a December 2014 delivery, but excavation hadn’t even started on the site yet. The good news is that work has started again at the “six-story, 44-unit mixed-use building with 30,041 square feet of residential space and 6,970 square feet of commercial space.”

As you can see in photos below, construction crews are now working on excavating the site. No word on when the building will deliver.

Current Site:


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http://liccourtsquare.com/2015/04/03...5-41st-avenue/