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Boston Properties to demolish 341-347 Madison Avenue ahead of new Midtown tower

Boston Properties, on February 5, filed three permit applications for the demolition of three buildings located at 341-347 Madison Avenue in Grand Central. Elizabeth Reilly filed each of the plans. Boston Properties plans to build an office skyscraper at 343 Madison Avenue, on land leased from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which used to occupy the buildings before relocating Downtown. While no new building plans have…

Sky Management receives TCO for 140-unit mixed-use building in Yorkville

Sky Management, on February 5, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 140-unit, 108,427-square-foot mixed-use building at 511 East 86th Street in Yorkville. Benjamin Ohebshalom, president at Sky Management, filed the plans. The plans, pre-filed on March 31, 2017, call for the construction of a 230-foot tall, 22-story mixed-use building. The time from pre-file to TCO was three years and 11…

TCO for 70-key SoBro Park Hotel in Mott Haven

Trise Development, on February 5, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 70-unit, 22,213-square-foot hotel building at 2568 Park Avenue in Mott Haven, the Bronx. Moe Yaghoubi of Trise filed the plans. The firm was formerly known as Upper Manhattan Development Corporation. The plans, pre-filed on October 21, 2016, call for the construction of a 113-foot tall, 11-story hotel. The time…

TCO for 70-key hotel in Tremont

Samir Patel through the company Anmol Realty LLC, on February 4, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 70-key, 18,221-square-foot hotel at 2008 Webster Avenue in Tremont, the Bronx. The plans, pre-filed on October 23, 2018, call for the construction of a 46-foot tall, four-story hotel. The time from pre-file to TCO was two years and three months. The project is…

HPD and East Brooklyn Congregation receive TCO for 80-unit mixed-use building in East New York

The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development and East Brooklyn Congregation, on February 4, were issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of an 80-unit, 69,754-square-foot residential and office building at 516 Schroeders Avenue in East New York. Rona Reodica of HPD filed the plans. According to reports, the East Brooklyn Congregation is the main entity behind the development. The building is part…

Leonid Bogomolniy permitted for 29-unit mixed-use building on Ocean Parkway

Leonid Bogomolniy, on February 4, was given a permit for construction of a 29-unit, 21,388-square-foot residential building at 571 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn. The plans, pre-filed on August 13, 2020, call for the construction of an 85-foot tall, eight-story, 21,388-square-foot residential building with 29 residential units. The project is described in the filings as: proposed new eight-story mixed-use building with 29 residential units and one…

Developer permitted for 38-unit mixed-use building in Morrisania

Volvi Hirsch through the company 1169 Hoe LLC, on February 5, was given a permit for construction of a 38-unit, 21,153-square-foot residential building at 1169 Hoe Avenue in Morrisania, the Bronx. The plans, pre-filed on September 11, 2019, call for the construction of a 75-foot tall, seven-story, 21,153-square-foot residential building with 38 residential units. The project is described in the filings as: proposed seven-story plus…

Skyward Developers permitted for 25-unit mixed-use building in Highbridge

Skyward Developers, on February 5, was given a permit for construction of a 25-unit, 18,980-square-foot mixed-use building at 1000 Woodycrest Avenue in Highbridge. Joel Mittelman filed the plans. The plans, pre-filed on July 8, 2020, call for the construction of a 75-foot tall, seven-story mixed-use building with 25 residential units. The project is described in the filings as: seven-story mixed-use building. The ground floor of…

Marriott finishes $16.8M multi-floor rehab of Times Square hotel

New York Marriott Marquis, on February 5, formally completed a $16.8 million rehabilitation of several floors of a hotel building at 1535 Broadway in Times Square. The plans, pre-filed on December 31, 2019, call for a rehab of floors seven through nine of the 574-foot tall, 50-story building. The project is described in the filings as: removal and installation of interior partitions, ceilings and doors…

Developer planning eight-story commercial building in Greenpoint

Shlomo Karpen, through the company One Wythe LLC, is planning an eight-story commercial and industrial building at 1 Wythe Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The three lots that compose the site total 16,652 square feet of lot area, and is the entire triangle-shaped city block bounded by Wythe Avenue, Banker Street and North 15th Street. Karpen bought the three parcels in October 2018 for $15.3 million….

January new building review: Rabina, Gotham, Naftali file plans

By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo While the total amount of new construction filed for in January was down from December, last month was among the most active months over the past year, with several significant new developments planned. The five largest plans, which called for over 1.5 million square feet of new construction, accounted for over half of the month’s total. Two of the five largest new…

Developer planning 86K sf warehouse in Astoria

A developer through the company 2650 BQE LOR LLC is moving forward with plans for a 86,408-square-foot warehouse with office space at 26-50 Brooklyn Queens Expressway West in Astoria, Queens. Per the filing, the building will have 77,438-square-feet of warehouse space and 8,970-square-feet of accessory office space and will stand three-stories tall. The structure will span to lots, owned by different entities, per city records….

L&L Holding permitted for $32.9M multi-floor build-out at 425 Park Avenue

L&L Holding Company, on February 3, was given a permit for a $32.9 million built-out of eight floors of 425 Park Avenue in the Plaza District. The developer was issued its initial temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of the 511,538-square-foot office building last month. The plans, pre-filed on June 1, 2020, call for a rehab of floors 10 through 17 of the 892-foot tall,…

Taconic permitted for $5.7M plan, part of conversion to life sciences building in Lincoln Square

Taconic Partners, on February 2, was given a permit for a $5.7 project which aims to convert several floors to laboratory space in the 342,933-square-foot building at 125 West End Avenue in Lincoln Square. The plans, pre-filed on December 20, 2019, call for work on the basement and floors one through seven of the 104-foot tall, seven-story building. The project is described in the filings…

City receives TCO for $8M basement expansion in Chelsea resi building

New York City Housing Authority, on February 3, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for an $8 million project to expand the basement of a residential building at 119 9th Avenue in Chelsea. The building is part of a four-building tax lot with 272 units. The plans, pre-filed on February 6, 2014, call for a rehab and expansion of the basement of the 60-foot…

Boston Properties finishes $12.7M multi-floor rehab of 399 Park Avenue

Boston Properties, on February 2, formally completed a $12.7 million rehab of three floors of an office building at 399 Park Avenue in Plaza District. The plans, pre-filed on May 21, 2019, call for a rehab of floors 33 through 35 of the 482-foot tall, 43-story building. The project is described in the filings as: installation of interior non-bearing partitions and related finishes as per…

Monadnock permitted for $3.4M interior rehab of resi building in Central Harlem

Monadnock Development, on February 3, was given a permit for a $3.4 million rehabilitation of several floors of a residential building at 120 West 140th Street in Central Harlem. The building is part of a two-building tax lot with 126 residential units. The plans, pre-filed on August 21, 2020, call for a rehab of the cellar and all floors of the 89-foot tall, five-story building….

Margaret Ling files plans for 154-key hotel in Flushing

Margaret Ling through the company 40th Road Realty Group LLC, on February 1, filed a permit application for construction of a 154-key, 46,055-square-foot hotel at 131-28 40th Road in Flushing, Queens. The plans, pre-filed on February 1, 2021, call for the construction of a 123-foot tall, 12-story, 46,055-square-foot hotel building with 154 rooms. The project is described in the filings as: hereby filing for a…

Arben Mitaj receives TCO for 43-unit mixed-use building in Riverdale

Arben Mitaj, on February 1, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 43-unit, 28,949-square-foot mixed-use building at 3053 Villa Avenue in Riverdale, the Bronx. The plans, pre-filed on February 26, 2016, call for the construction of a 74-foot tall, eight-story mixed-use building. The time from pre-file to TCO was five years. The project is described in the filings as: new eight-story…

Rabsky Group permitted for 118 units in East Williamsburg

Rabsky Group, on February 1, was given permits for construction of a 60-unit, 119,762-square-foot mixed-use building at 251 Wallabout Street in East Williamsburg and for construction of a 58-unit, 159,098-square-foot mixed-use building at 269 Wallabout Street in East Williamsburg. Simon Dushinsky, co-owner of Rabsky Group, filed both of the plans. Both of the permits issued were new building permits. The developments received their initial foundation…