Brandon Miller and Mark Seigel’s Real Estate Equities Corporation, on September 16, was given a permit for construction of a 134,306-square-foot office building at 2226 Third Avenue in East Harlem. Brandon Klein, an associate with the firm, filed the plans. The developers signed a 99-year ground lease with Lawrence Khedouri’s Khedouri Associates valued at $27.4 million for the property in March 2020. In July 2020,…
New York University, on September 17, filed plans for a $6 million project to replace the boiler in the Warren Weaver Hall at 251 Mercer Street in the West Village, Manhattan. The 14-story building, originally completed in the 1960s, houses mathematics and computer science facilities. The plans call for work on the cellar and ground floor of the building and were filed with the New…
New York City School Construction Authority, on September 16, filed plans for a $9 million rehabilitation of several floors at school building at 40 Irving Place in Gramercy, Manhattan. The building houses multiple public schools and charter schools, including the Success Academy, which claims it is the largest and highest-performing free, public charter school network in New York City, according to its website. The plans…
Silverback Development, on September 15, filed a permit application for construction of a 197-unit, 151,663-square-foot mixed-use building at 586 Gerard Avenue in Longwood Melrose, the Bronx. Sharone Karten filed the plans. Silverback is led by Josh Schuster. The plans call for the construction of a 90-foot-tall, nine-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number X00588660. The development…
On September 14, a condominium plan was submitted by JVP Management for 131 residential units and one commercial unit at 250 West 96th Street in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The condo plan, CD210266, does not have a sellout price listed with the New York State Attorney General. Van Nguyen is listed as the principal and John Illuzzi is listed as the authorized agent….
Citi Builders NY, on September 15, filed a permit application for construction of a 39-unit, 58,893-square-foot residential building at 450 Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Chana Leah Balkany filed the plans. These are the largest new building plans filed in the neighborhood so far this year. The plan call for the construction of an 80-foot-tall, seven-story building and were filed with the New York…
RedSky Capital, JZ Capital, and Witkoff, on September 14, filed a permit application for construction of an 8,312-square-foot retail building at 555 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn. Craig Murphy, executive VP of construction at Witkoff, filed the plans. The joint venture filed a permit application last month for the construction of a 592-unit, 597,824-square-foot building at 589 Fulton Street. The plans call for the…
Nush Sukaj, on September 15, filed a permit application for construction of a 39-unit, 28,393-square-foot residential building at 1550 White Plains Road in Parkchester, the Bronx. The property was acquired with one other property for $883,332 on July 22, 2021. These are only the second new building plans filed in the neighborhood this year. For comparison, there were nine new building plans filed in Parkchester…
Atlas Hospitality, on September 15, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 711 Seventh Avenue in Times Square. The building is 30,328 square feet, according to city records. These are only the second demolition plans filed in Times Square this year. The other demo plans, at 250 West 49th Street, were filed by the Hakimian Organization on August 26 for a…
The Doe Fund, on September 14, filed a permit application for construction of a 96-unit, 47,748-square-foot residential building at 1220 Spofford Avenue in Hunts Point, Bronx. Larry Gordon of the DOE Fund filed the plans. These are the largest new building plans, out of seven total plans, filed in the neighborhood so far this year. Perhaps more significantly, there are the most dwelling units filed…
Tedi Kashi, on September 14, filed two permit applications for construction of a 29-unit, 23,850-square-foot residential building at 42-78 65th Place in Woodside, Queens, and a 14-unit, 10,813-square-foot residential building at 70-01 Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens. According to city records, Hooshang Nematzadeh owns both properties. The first plans call for the construction of a 29-unit, 23,850-square-foot, 94-foot-tall, nine-story building at 42-78 65th Place in…
Yisroel Greenfeld, on September 14, was given a permit for construction of a 21-unit, 15,931-square-foot residential building at 5 Withers Street in Williamsburg. There have been nine new building plans filed in Williamsburg so far this year, compared to 22 in 2020. Joel Schwartz is listed as the owner of the property. The pair have worked together on several developments in the past, such as…
A developer through the company Stamford LLC submitted rezoning plans to facilitate the development of a 134,840-square-foot mixed-use office building at 1459 38th Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn. The developer was not individually identified in the application. Solomon Friedlander is listed as the owner of some of the applicant-controlled parcels. The applicant seeks a zoning map amendment from M1-2, M2-1, and R6 to C4-4A and…
Witold Brend, on September 13, filed a permit application for construction of a 35-unit, 43,696-square-foot building at 1024 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. These are the largest plans, in terms of dwelling units, filed in the neighborhood so far this year. In total there have been seven new building plans calling for a combined 79 dwelling units. The plans call for the construction of a…
PincusCo is taking a look at zoning diagrams for some of the most significant projects filed over the last several months. The plans examined are from projects filed by Gary Barnett’s Extell Development, Turnbridge Equities, Aview Equities, and Jing Gao. These schematic drawings are not architectural designs and do not necessarily represent the final design of the building. PincusCo is publishing these to give readers…
Cun Chen, on September 13, filed a permit application for construction of a 23-unit, 26,887-square-foot mixed-use building at 811 45th Street in Kensington, Brooklyn. The plans call for the construction of a 55-foot-tall, six-story mixed-use building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B00578576. The development site spans three tax lots. There have been 13 new building plans…
Palladium Property Group, on September 13, filed a permit application for the demolition of five buildings on Third Avenue and East 109th Street in East Harlem. Joe Nebenzahl, manager at Palladium Property Group, filed the five plans. The demolition plans come after the firm filed plans in late June calling for the construction of a 215-foot-tall, 16-story, 101-unit, 76,790-square-foot mixed-use building at 185 East 109th…
Straus Group, on September 13, formally completed the demolition of two buildings at 36 West 8th Street and 40 West 8th Street in Greenwich Village. Joseph Straus, a principal at the firm, filed the plans. The plans were filed last summer, along with demolition plans for 38 West 8th Street. However, those plans have not yet been marked completed. 38 West 8th Street is the…
New York City School Construction Authority, on September 13, was given a permit for a $10.6 million rehabilitation of a school building’s exterior at 605 Shepherd Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. The plans, pre-filed on July 5, 2019, call for work on the exterior of the 42-foot tall, four-story building. The project is described in the filings as: exterior masonry repairs, total roof replacement,…
Jack Fang, on September 10, filed a permit application for construction of a 47-unit, 39,427-square-foot mixed-use building at 29-05 38th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. There have been 16 new building plans filed in LIC so far this year. The plan call for the construction of a 75-foot-tall, seven-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number…
