Luce Popaj, on June 14, was issued a certificate of occupancy for formally completing construction of a 22-unit, 12,845-square-foot residential building at 1728 Townsend Avenue in Tremont, the Bronx. The developer was never issued a TCO, so this is the first certificate of occupancy issued at the development. The plans, pre-filed on March 26, 2018, call for the construction of a 56-foot tall, six-story residential…
The Nightingale Group and Wafra, on June 14, filed plans for a $6.8M rehabilitation of several floors of a commercial building at 111 Wall Street in the Financial District, Manhattan. The plans call for work on floors one through 24 of the 255-foot tall, 24-story, building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number M00515768. The project is described in…
The New York City School Construction Authority, on June 14, filed plans for a $3.3M project to upgrade accessibility at a school building at 2944 Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn. The plans call for a rehab of the 80-foot tall, five-story building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00519708. The project is described in the filing as: filing herewith…
Enning Xu, on June 11, filed a permit application for construction of a 10-unit, 15,189-square-foot mixed-use building at 321 Franklin Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The plans call for the construction of a 70-foot tall, six-story mixed-use building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00481199. The development site spans one tax lot. The property is owned by Abdul Matin,…
Stagg Group, on June 11, was given a permit for construction of a 51-unit, 33,783-square-foot residential building at 2441 Crotona Avenue in Tremont, the Bronx. Jay Martino, senior vice president of construction for Stagg, was the owner representative in the filing. The developer received both new building and foundation permits. The plans, pre-filed on September 1, 2020, call for the construction of a 68-foot tall,…
Madison Realty Capital, on June 11, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 14 Fifth Avenue in the West Village. The plans call for the demolition of a four-story building. The project is described in the filings as: full handheld demolition of an existing four-story residential structure. In 2017, the developer filed plans calling for the construction of a 210-foot tall,…
The Elghanayan family’s Rockrose Development, on June 11, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 98 Dekalb Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The plans call for the demolition of a four-story building. The project is described in the filings as: full demolition of four-story structure, using hand held and mechanical to assist. In April of 2020, the developer filed plans for…
JCS Realty, on June 11, was given a permit for construction of a 151-unit, 134,589-square-foot mixed-use building at 322 Grand Concourse in Mott Haven. Simon Kaufman filed the plans. The permit issued was a new building permit. The developer received initial foundation permits in December. The plans, pre-filed on March 28, 2019, call for the construction of a 145-foot tall, 14-story mixed-use building. The project…
Related Companies, on June 11, was given a permit for a $20 million build-out of three floors at an office building at 415 Tenth Avenue, known as 50 Hudson Yards, in Hudson Yards. The plans, pre-filed on November 13, 2020, call for work on floors three through five of the 1,011-foot tall, 58-story building. The project is described in the filings as: filing herewith interior…
Jianfei Chen, on June 9, filed a permit application for construction of a 204,163-square-foot mixed-use building with 202 hotel units and 150 residential units at 133-25 37th Avenue in Flushing, Queens. Gary Tsan and Jianfei Chen acquired the property, along with two others, for $58.5 million on February 20, 2020. The plans call for the construction of a 167-foot tall, 16-story mixed-use building, and were…
Samuel Landau, on June 8, filed a permit application for construction of a 52-unit, 45,794-square-foot mixed-use building at 1351 Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The plans call for the construction of a 74-foot tall, seven-story mixed-use building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00529604. The development site spans seven tax lots. The project is described in the filing…
Ranco Capital is seeking zoning map and zoning text amendments to construct a 48,268-square-foot mixed-use building at 703 Myrtle Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Izzy Rosenbaum, CFO at Ranco Capital, is listed as the primary applicant. The plans were disclosed in a proposed zoning map amendment from M1-1 to R7D/C2-4 and a zoning text amendment to create a new mandatory inclusionary housing area (ZR Appendix F)…
Moshe Altmark’s Altmark Group, on June 7, filed plans for a $3 million project which aims to convert a 55,831-square-foot commercial building into a 55-unit residential building at 2447 Third Avenue in Mott Haven, the Bronx. The plans call for the change in use of the 55-foot tall, five-story building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number X00530025. The…
Rivington Company, on June 8, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 21 Garden Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The plans call for the demolition of a two-story building. The project is described in the filings as: full demolition of two-story building. On July 24 of last year, the developer filed a permit application for construction of a 50-unit, 46,015-square-foot residential building…
Google, on June 8, filed plans for a $10.6 million rehabilitation of one floor of the 2.2-million-square-foot building they own at 111 Eighth Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan. In December 2010, Google purchased the building for $1.77 billion. Prior to the acquisition, Google had leased space there. The plans call for a rehab of the sixth floor of the 205-foot tall, 17-story building, and were filed…
The Durst Organization, on June 9, formally completed a $14.7 million fit-out for Nasdaq at 151 West 42nd Street in Times Square. Nasdaq first announced they were moving their headquarters to the building in 2018. In 2019 they signed a lease for an additional 35,512 square feet of space, bringing their total leased space at the property to 180,000 square feet. The plans, pre-filed on…
The development firm Double U Realty is seeking zoning special permits to construct a 214,915-square-foot commercial and light industrial building at 29-41 Wythe Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Double U is led by Jay Weitzman and Michael Weitzman. The plans were disclosed in an application requesting zoning special permits. In total, a special permit pursuant to Zoning Resolution (ZR) § 74-962, to modify M1-2 FAR and…
A condominium plan for 70 residential units and two commercial units was submitted at 37-26 32nd Street in Long Island City, Queens. The condo is known as Eden Condominium, per the submission. The condo plan, CD210158, has a sellout price of $71.1 million with the New York State Attorney General. Zhongyin Lyu and Jianfei Chen are listed as the managing members. While no new building…
Gabby Sakaff, on June 7, filed a permit application for construction of a 48-unit, 32,571-square-foot residential building at 1515 Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The plans call for the construction of a 70-foot tall, eight-story residential building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00500327. The development site spans five tax lots. The project is described in the…
By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo The combined square feet of all new building projects filed with the city’s Department of Buildings decreased last month, after spiking in April because of several significant hotel plans. The 2.3 million square feet in May was slightly lower than the monthly average of 2.6 million since the start of 2020. For the analysis, PincusCo used the total building square footage figures…
