New York University, on April 28, filed plans for a $6M rehab of several floors of a dormitory building at 20 East 16th Street in Flatiron, Manhattan. Last month the university filed plans for a $15 million fit-out for the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine at 540 First Avenue in Kips Bay. The plans call for work on floors two through six of the 124-foot-tall,…
Plans for the development of new office buildings has significantly declined each year since 2019, according to an analysis of plans filed with the city’s Department of Buildings. From 2019 through last year, the total square feet for ground up office building construction declined sharply each year, dropping 48 percent from 2019 to 2020 and 31 percent from 2020 to 2021. Last year, from January…
Nearly two years ago, in July of 2020, PincusCo took an in depth look at 10 delayed hotel developments, accounting for over 3,500 planned units, in Queens. Today, PincusCo is checking back in on some of the plans filed from developers like Chris Jiashu Xu, Toyoko Inn Co., and Century Development Group to see if there has been any new activity at the sites. For…
Joel Werczberger, on April 25, filed a permit application for construction of a 48-unit, 40,952-square-foot residential building at 138-25 Barclay Avenue in Flushing, Queens. There have been 54 new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. Back in 2020, Meir David Tabak and Wolfe Landau of the Brooklyn development firm Watermark Capital signed a 49-year lease with St. Michaels…
An applicant operating under the entity 42-18 Development LLC is seeking a zoning map amendment and a zoning text amendment which would facilitate the construction of a 38,188-square-foot mixed-use building with 33 dwelling units and a 25,837-square-foot mixed-use building with 20 dwelling units at 42-18 31st Avenue in Astoria, Queens. The Rezoning Area is bounded by 31st Avenue to the north, 44th Street to the…
5 Boro Real Estate Partners, on April 25, filed a permit application for construction of a 63,955-square-foot mixed-use building at 3251 Westchester Avenue in Pelham Bay, the Bronx. Moshik Regev, a managing partner at 5 Boro Real Estate Partners, filed the plans. There have been five new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the…
Jack Weiss, on April 25, was given a permit for construction of a 154-unit, 116,509-square-foot mixed-use building at 299 East 161st Street in Longwood Melrose, the Bronx. Both foundation and new building permits were issued. The plans, pre-filed on March 27, 2020, call for the construction of a 124-foot tall, 13-story mixed-use building. Below are zoning diagrams of the development. The project is described in…
The New York City School Construction Authority, on April 25, received a permit for construction of a 122,541-square-foot school building at 2058 Lafayette Avenue in Soundview, the Bronx. The development is on a large parcel owned for decades by the city. Both foundation and plumbing permits were issued. The plans, pre-filed on April 21, 2020, call for the construction of an 82-foot tall, three-story, building….
Abe Betesh’s AbeCo Organization, on April 25, filed plans for $5.5 million of foundation work related to the construction of a 41-unit, 40,364-square-foot mixed-use building at 1 Putnam Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. On March 25, the developer filed a permit application for construction of a 41-unit, 40,364-square-foot mixed-use building at the site. Below are zoning diagrams of the development. Per the new building plans,…
Himmel + Meringoff Properties, on April 23, filed plans for a $4 million rehabilitation of multiple floors an office building at 462 Broadway in Soho, Manhattan. Earlier this month, plans were filed for a $15.5 million rehab at the same building. The plans call for work on floors three through six of the building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings…
Windfall Group, on April 21, filed two permit applications for construction of a 113-unit, 85,344-square-foot mixed-use building at 89-26 162nd Street and a 52-unit, 50,122-square-foot mixed-use building at 89-25 162nd Street in Jamaica, Queens. Eddie Ni, president of the firm, filed the plans. There have been 38 new building plans, including these two, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The first plans…
Real Estate Equities Corporation, on April 21, filed a permit application for construction of a 72,441-square-foot mixed-use commercial building at 156 Bowery in Nolita, Manhattan. Brandon Klein, VP of Real Estate Equities Corporation, filed the plans. According to an analysis of plans filed with the city’s Department of Buildings, these are the first new building plans filed in Nolita since 2016. The plans call for…
On April 21, a permit application was filed for construction of a 96-unit, 62,612-square-foot residential building at 158 Lott Street in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Jacob Bistricer of Clipper Equity filed the plans. PincusCo reached out to Clipper Equity but emails were not immediately returned. Jacob Bistricer, using the name J Bistricer, has now filed four new building plans over the last couple of months calling for…
RXR Realty and LBA Realty, on April 21, filed a permit application for construction of a 255,370-square-foot commercial warehouse at 683 Court Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Todd Rechler, chief construction and development officer and president of RXR’s construction and development companies, filed the plans. The property was acquired with additional other properties for $19.5 million on December 17, 2021. The acquisition was part of…
Yevgeniy Lvovskiy through the company 350 West 44 LLC, on April 21, filed a permit application for construction of a 29-unit, 31,497-square-foot mixed-use building at 350 West 44th Street in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. There have been four new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 66-foot-tall, seven-story building and were filed…
Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, on April 22, filed plans for $6.4M of work at a Queens College building at 66-40 Kissena Boulevard in Flushing, Queens. The building is known as Razran Hall. The plans call for a HVAC upgrade the building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q00720576. The project is described in…
Acadia Realty Trust, on April 22, filed plans for a $4.6M rehabilitation of one floor of a building at 445 Gold Street in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The plans call for work on the third floor of the 118-foot-tall, five-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B00706860. The project is described in the filing as: application filed…
Elena Borokhovich’s Affordablelivingny, on April 20, filed a permit application for construction of a 83-unit, 62,300-square-foot residential building at 733 Crotona Park North in East Morrisania, Bronx. There have been 19 new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 70-foot-tall, seven-story building and were filed with the New York City Department…
Toll Brothers submitted a condominium plan for 81 residential units at 2688 Broadway in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan. The condo plan, CD220088, does not have a sellout price listed with the New York State Attorney General. David Von Spreckelsen, President of Toll Brothers, is listed as the group president. The developer purchased the site for $44 million in August 2019. The purchase…
East End Capital, on April 19, filed a permit application for construction of a 216,255-square-foot industrial building at 48-02 48th Avenue in Sunnyside, Queens. Denis Iserovich, head of construction at East End Capital, filed the plans. There have been eight new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The developer paid $41.7 million to Empire Office for the industrial…
