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LCOR permitted for construction of two buildings, 461 units in Coney Island

LCOR, on October 14, received permits for the construction of a 322-unit, 221,926-square-foot mixed-use building at 1515 Surf Avenue and a 139-unit, 107,517-square-foot mixed-use building at 2919 West 16th Street in Coney Island. Anthony Tortora, a senior VP with the firm, filed both of the plans. The site had been used as a parking lot for the 100-year-old famous Italian Gargiulo’s Restaurant. In January of…

Plans filed for 20-unit resi building in University Heights

Zef Perpepaj of Midtown Interior Resources, on October 15, filed a permit application for construction of a 20-unit, 13,632-square-foot residential building at 2605 Sedgwick Avenue in University Heights, the Bronx. The plans call for the construction of the second residential new building, and third new building over all, in the neighborhood so far this year. Last year there were five plans filed. The plans call…

George Rigas files plans for 77-unit resi building in Coney Island

George Rigas, on October 12, filed a permit application for construction of a 77-unit, 66,664-square-foot residential building at 2905 West 17th Street in Coney Island, Brooklyn. These are the third new building plans filed in Coney Island this year. Of the plans, these call for the construction of the first residential building. The plans call for the construction of the second most residential units since…

Avery Hall files for demo at Gowanus site with unofficial plans for up to 200 units

Avery Hall, on October 12, filed a permit application for the demolition of a gas station at 204 4th Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Alex Cutrona, development manager at Avery Hall, filed the plans. The firm acquired the site for $29.8 million on November 14, 2019. About seven months prior, The Real Deal reported that the developer was gearing up to construct a 17-story building at…

Ron Karo files plans for 34-unit resi building in Mott Haven

Ron Karo, on October 12, filed a permit application for construction of a 34-unit, 29,680-square-foot residential building at 3220 Tiemann Avenue in Mott Haven, the Bronx. These are the sixth new building plans filed in the neighborhood so far this year. The plans call for the construction of a 38-foot-tall, four-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job…

Zelig Weiss files multiple demolition plans at Gowanus site owned by Rabsky

Zelig Weiss, on October 12, filed multiple permit applications for the demolition of four buildings in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Yoel Goldman’s All Year Management sold the parcels to a partnership led by Rabsky Group for $95 million in August of 2019. Weiss and Goldman have partnered on several projects in the past. The permit applications were filed using a Rabsky email by Zelig Weiss. According to…

Ascend Group, partners submit condo plan with 60 units in LES

On October 5, a condominium plan was submitted by the Ascend Group for 60 residential units at 222 East Broadway in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The development also includes Round Square Development and Optimum Asset Management Group. The condo plan, CD210281, does not have a sellout price listed with the New York State Attorney General. Robert Kaliner, Rodolfo Misitano, and Wayne Heicklen are…

Sterling Town Equities submits condo plan with 41 units in Boerum Hill

On October 5, a condominium plan was submitted by Sterling Town Equities for 41 residential units at 533 Pacific Street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The development site has an alternate address of 546 Atlantic Avenue. The condo plan, CD210282, does not have a sellout price listed with the New York State Attorney General. Paul Amit and Yossef Ariel are listed as the principals. The founder…

Hakimian Org. permitted for 346-unit building, most units filed in Elmhurst in 10 years

The Hakimian Organization, on October 13, received a permit for construction of a 346-unit, 286,274-square-foot mixed-use building at 72-01 Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens. Jason Hakimian filed the plans. The plans were one of 18 new building plans filed in Elmhurst in 2019. The plans called for the construction of the most dwelling units in the neighborhood in at least the last 10 years, per…

Rybak Development permitted for 32-unit mixed-use building in UES

Rybak Development, on October 12, received a permit for construction of a 32-unit, 63,888-square-foot mixed-use building at 126 East 86th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Sergey Rybak, founder and principal at the firm, filed the plans. The property was acquired for $26 million on November 2, 2020 from JPMorgan Chase Bank. The plans were one of two new building plans filed in…

Mount Sinai files plans for $8.8M project in Carnegie Hill

Mount Sinai Health System, on October 12, filed plans for an $8.8 million million project described as mechanical modifications at 3 East 101st Street in Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is located at that address. Last month Mount Sinai filed plans for a $23.2 million project and a $9.8 million project at the building. The plans call for work…

Werber Real Estate files plans for 77-unit mixed-use building in Jackson Heights

Werber Real Estate, on October 8, filed a permit application for construction of a 77-unit, 160,575-square-foot mixed-use building at 37-63 72nd Street in Jackson Heights, Queens. Benjamin Werber filed the plans. The developer purchased the building for $24 million from Delwar Hussain’s Delco Properties in early June of last year. Werber borrowed $12 million from Signature Bank to acquire the property. There have been five…

Rajive Maret files plans for 44-unit resi building in Riverdale

Rajive Maret, on October 11, filed a permit application for construction of a 44-unit, 26,800-square-foot residential building at 2769 Creston Avenue in Riverdale, the Bronx. The plans are one of 14 new building plans filed in Riverdale this year, a neighborhood that was among the most active for new development in the first half of the year, according to an analysis from PincusCo. Other recent…

United Construction & Development Group files plans for LIC demo

Jiashu Xu’s United Construction & Development Group, on October 7, filed a permit application for the demolition of a commercial building at 37-08 34th Street in Long Island City, Queens. The developer acquired the property for $7.6 million on July 29, 2021. The previous owner of the property filed plans in 2015 for the construction of a 53-foot tall, five-story, 29,530-square-foot mixed-use building with 42…

Peter Fine files plans for 67K sf school in Tremont

Peter Fine, on October 8, filed a permit application for construction of a 67,220-square-foot school building at 1956 Jerome Avenue in Tremont, the Bronx. The developer acquired the building for $5.5 million earlier this year. In January, the developer filed a permit application for construction of a 107,373-square-foot school building at 1016 Fox Street in Morrisania. The plans are one of 24 new building plans…

Amarjit Singh files plans for 25-unit resi building, first NB plans filed in Bronxwood this year

Amarjit Singh, on October 8, filed a permit application for construction of a 25-unit, 14,945-square-foot residential building at 3020 Williamsbridge Road in Bronxwood, the Bronx. The plans are the first new building plans filed in the neighborhood so far this year. Last year there were 17 new building plans filed in Bronxwood. Last month the developer filed plans for a 16-unit, 10,655-square-foot residential building at…

Vorea files plans to demolish three LIC buildings ahead of 499-unit development

The Vorea Group, on October 7, filed three permit applications for the demolition of a three buildings in Long Island City. In late august, Peter Papamichael’s Vorea Group filed a permit application for construction of a 499-unit, 443,449-square-foot mixed-use building at 2-33 50th Avenue, the address of one of the three demolitions. The new building plans were among the largest plans filed this year, and…

Hospital permitted for $81.3M project to add six stories, 86K sf to Lenox Hill hospital

Hospital for Special Surgery, on October 7, received a permit for an $81.3 million vertical expansion of a medical building at 537 East 71st Street in Lenox Hill. Lisa Goldstein filed the plans. The plans are the third most expensive alteration plans filed in the neighborhood since the start of 2019. The plans are one of two alteration plans filed at the building since the…

Columbia University permitted for 50K sf indoor sports complex in Inwood

Columbia University, on October 12, received a permit for construction of a 50,112-square-foot sports complex building at 603 West 218th Street in Inwood, in Manhattan. Edward McArthur filed the plans. The developer received foundation permits for the project, in this latest action. The plans were one of three new building plans filed in Inwood in 2020. So far this year there have been plans for…

City permitted for $20M exterior rehab of high school in Gravesend

New York City School Construction Authority, on October 8, was given a permit for a $20 million rehabilitation of a school building at 50 Avenue X in Gravesend. The building is known as John Dewey High School. The plans, pre-filed on July 2, 2019, call for work on all floors and the roof of the 54-foot tall, three-story building. The project is described in the…