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City files to demolish the Tombs, Manhattan’s notorious pretrial jail

The City of New York, through the Department of Design and Construction, filed a plan to demolish a 19-story building within the Manhattan Detention Complex, known as the Tombs, at 125 White Street in the Civic Center neighborhood near City Hall in Lower Manhattan. The plan was filed on approximately September 27. The job is described as: Full demolition of nineteen-story building, using hand held…

Two-tower high-rise with 353 units planned for Cypress Hills

Coleen Ceriello, executive director of Rocklyn Asset Corp., which manages non-religious real estate for the Roman Catholic Church’s Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, submitted a new building construction project for a 353-unit, 319,196 square-foot residential (R-2) building at 2797 Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on September 28, 2022. It calls for the construction of a 140-foot-tall, 14-story, two-tower building and…

Yitzchok Katz files plan for 75-unit building in Downtown Brooklyn, paid $25M last month for site

Yitzchok Katz submitted a new building construction project for a 75-unit building at 362 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The plan was filed on September 28, 2022. It calls for the construction of a 150-foot-tall, 15-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B00781447. The plan says the building will have 42,587 square feet and be 150…

$19.5M condo plan with 16 units filed in Bed-Stuy

Yair Yaish as principal of 114 Lexington Condominiums LLC, submitted a plan to create 16 residential units in a building at 114 Lexington Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, called 114 Lexington Avenue Condominium that has a $19.5 million sellout, according to an September 19, 2022 submission to the New York State Attorney General. Over the past five years, there have been five NYC Department of Buildings…

$13M condo project with 10 units submitted in Murray Hill, Queens

Zhou Xu as a principal of the sponsor FHP Management LLC, submitted a plan to create 10 residential units and 2 commercial units in a building at 150-15 Barclay Avenue in Murray Hill, Queens, called Barclay I Tower that has a $13.1 million sellout, according to an September 19, 2022, submission to the New York State Attorney General. Meiyun Chen submitted a new building construction…

Developer submits 8-unit, $16.4M condo plan in Greenpoint

Yishai Shalev Barkai as principal of the sponsor 144 Freeman St LLC, filed to create eight residential condominium units in a building at 144 Freeman Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, called the 144 Freeman Street Condominium that has a $16.4 million sellout, according to a September 19, 2022 submission to the New York State Attorney General, CD220205. Iluz Shai of 144 Freeman St LLC submitted a…

Citi Builders NY submits 39-unit condo plan in Clinton Hill, $45M to $50M sellout

Citi Builders NY, on August 31, submitted a condominium plan with 39 residential units at 450 Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Chana Leah Balkany, company president and founder, filed the plans. The submission does not yet specify the total sellout price, but Balkany told PincusCo it would be in the range of $45 million to $50 million. This is the largest condo filed in…

FSA Capital files plans for 102-unit project in Flushing

Benjamin Clyburn of FSA Capital submitted a new building construction project for a 102-unit, 171,713-square-foot mixed-use building at 133-09 37th Avenue in Flushing, Queens. The plan was filed on September 22, 2022. It calls for the construction of a 17-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q00783360. The architect is Hill West Architects. The project is…

Joseph Inzlicht plans 10-unit building in Borough Park

Joseph Inzlicht submitted a new building construction project for a 10-unit, 23,121-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 5222 14th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on September 23, 2022. It calls for the construction of a 65-foot-tall, six-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B08003030. The project is described in the filing as: new…

Michael Calabrese files plans for 29-unit residential building in Brooklyn Heights

Michael Calabrese submitted a new building construction project for a 29-unit, 27,776-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 91 Court Street. The plan was filed on September 23, 2022. It calls for the construction of a 91-foot-tall, nine-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B00683718. The architect is Noesis Designs Architecture PLLC. The project is described in the…

Bentley Zhao’s New Empire files plans for 131-unit project in Woodside

Bentley Zhao of New Empire Corp. submitted a new building construction project for a 131-unit, 94,609-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 58-01 Queens Boulevard in Woodside, Queens. The plan was filed on September 22, 2022. It calls for the construction of a 120-foot-tall, 12-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q00790556. The architect is Tang Studio Architect…

Madison Capital clearing Red Hook dev site acquired for $45M last year

The city’s Department of Buildings reported that Madison Capital had demolished four buildings on two tax lots in Red Hook, Brooklyn, clearing the way for a future development. Madison Capital acquired the two sites for $45 million last year from Jack Guttman. No new building plans have been filed on the parcels, according to a PincusCo review of buildings filings. Madison Capital filed to demolish…

Extell seeks to increase height of 543-unit East Harlem resi project

Extell Development filed an application September 21 with the Department of City Planning seeking to increase the height of a proposed 543-unit mixed-use project at 180 East 125th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan to 15 stories. The application envisions a 412,223-square-foot building with 387,083 square feet of residential. Of that, up to 30 percent would be affordable. The ground floor would be occupied by approximately…

Cai Yu Chen submits $44.6M condo plan in Flushing

Cai Yu Chen as manager submitted plans for a condominium building called Penrose Tower at 136-80 41st Avenue in Flushing, Queens, with 44 residential units, six commercial units and a parking unit with a total sellout of $44.6 million, according to the filing, submitted September 6, 2022 with the New York State Attorney General’s office. LINK The identified members for the sponsorship, in addition to  Cai…

155 units envisioned for funeral home site in Bensonhurst

The owner of a Brooklyn funeral home submitted plans seeking a zoning change in order to replace the current structure and build a 155-unit residential, commercial and community facility building including affordable units at 2525 65th Street, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The application identifies the neighborhood as Midwood. The Dahill Funeral Home owns the property and occupies a portion of it. Ed Sparacio, a manager at…

Timberland affiliate takes space at 550 Broadway, build-out underway

Timberland or an affiliated brand, leased ground floor retail space as well as cellar space at the five-story commercial building at 550 Broadway in Soho, according to Department of Buildings records and sources. The building is owned by an affiliate of Milton Steinberg, and Lu Steinberg signed on behalf of ownership. Timberland is owned by VF Corporation, which owns brands such as Vans, The North…

Big Dream Developers to convert factory to 28K sf retail, office in Bed-Stuy

Big Dream Developers, by its CEO Ascher Berkowitz, filed plans September 20 to convert a factory building located at 470 Flushing Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, into a 28,048-square-foot retail and office building. The plans were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under the job number B08002955. The project is described as: interior renovation converting existing factory building into retail store and offices….

Kingsdel Real Estate files plans for 2 buildings in Brooklyn with 55 units in total

Nigel Boyden, co-founder of Kingsdel Real Estate filed plans for two buildings in Brooklyn with a total of 55 residential units, in two separate applications. In the larger, Boyden submitted a new building construction project for a 45-unit, 43,380-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 625 New York Avenue in East Flatbush. The plan was filed on September 16, 2022. It calls for the construction of a…

Armand Paganelli files plans for 11K sf corner retail building in Belmont

Armand Paganelli of 703 East 187th Street LLC submitted a new building construction project for an 11,149-square-foot retail (M) corner building at 720 East 187th Street, in Belmont, the Bronx. The plan was filed on September 19, 2022. It calls for the construction of a 30-foot-tall, two-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number X00755147. The architect…

Roy Moussaieff files plans for 16-unit building in East Flatbush

Roy Moussaieff submitted a new building construction project for a 19,173-square-foot residential building at 2723 Snyder Avenue in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on September 15, 2022. It calls for the construction of a 16-unit, five-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B07995953. The architect is Arc Architecture + Design Studio. The project is…