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City finishes $7.8M rehab of Jamaica high school

The New York City School Construction Authority, on May 24, formally completed a $7.8 million exterior rehabilitation of Edison High School at 165-65 84th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The plans, pre-filed on April 29, 2014, call for a rehab of the roof and all floors of the 47-foot tall, four-story building. The project is described in the filings as: Edison High School: exterior masonry repairs…

Plans filed for 67-key expansion of hotel in Chelsea

On May 21, a permit application was filed for a project to add 67 hotel rooms to a hotel at 116 West 28th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Ice Cheng filed the plans. Hiu Ian Cheng was the signatory for a $4.6 million loan at the property in 2015. The building is known as the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott New York Manhattan/Chelsea. The plans…

$54.9M condo plan submitted in Midtown East at former Lutèce restaurant site

A condominium plan for 27 residential units was submitted at 249 East 50th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. The site was previously occupied by the famous French restaurant, Lutèce, which closed in 2004 after 43 years. A consortium of families bought the site in 2014 for $17 million. The condo plan, CD210147, has a sellout price of $54.9 million with the New York State Attorney…

$23.2M condo plan with 30 units submitted in Flushing

Kevin Yang, through the company 146 Northern LLC, submitted a condominium plan for 30 residential units and two commercial units at 35-20 146th Street in Flushing, Queens. The condo plan, CD210145, has a sellout price of $23.2 million with the New York State Attorney General. Kevin Yang is listed as the principal of sponsor, while Chun Min Kwok and Joyce Pik Wan Cheng are listed…

Amritpal Sandhu permitted for 77-key hotel with 18 apartments in Tremont

Amritpal Sandhu through the company Third Ave BX LLC, on May 21, was given a permit for construction of a 77-key, 37,424-square-foot hotel building at 4477 3rd Avenue in Tremont. The building will also have 18 residential apartments. Both new building and foundation permits were issued. The plans, pre-filed on December 17, 2019, call for the construction of a 92-foot-tall, nine-story mixed-use hotel building. The…

Josil Group permitted for 24-unit resi building in Hunts Point

Josil Group, on May 21, was given a permit for construction of a 24-unit, 16,478-square-foot residential building at 661 Manida Street in Hunts Point, the Bronx. Joseph Silberman of the Josil Group filed the plans. The plans, pre-filed on September 14, 2020, call for the construction of a 55-foot tall, four-story residential building. The project is described in the filings as: proposed four-story with cellar…

Mitsui Fudosan finishes $13.4M build-out in Midtown West

Mitsui Fudosan, on May 20, formally completed a $13.4 million build-out of two floors for DLA Piper at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown West. The law firm occupies several floors in the building. In 2016 the company signed a new deal with Mitsui Fudosan to occupy 200,000-square-feet of space on five full consecutive floors, the 24th through the 28th. The plans, pre-filed on…

Brookfield finishes $11.1M build-out in Fort Greene

Brookfield Properties, on May 20, formally completed an $11.1 million build-out for National Grid at 2 Hanson Place in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The multinational electricity and gas utility company signed a 15-year, 87,000-square-foot lease at the building last year. The plans, pre-filed on May 21, 2020, call for work on floors 11 and 12 of the 210-foot tall, 14-story building. The project is described in…

City permitted for demolition of Sunnyside building ahead of 600-seat school

New York City School Construction Authority, on May 20, was given a permit for the demolition of a building at 38-04 48th Street in Sunnyside, Queens. The plans, pre-filed on September 6, 2018, call for the demolition of two-story building. The city agency proposed plans for a 600-seat middle school at the property in 2016. According to a report, the SCA was waiting for City…

State AG asks city’s DOB to remove phone, email records to prevent identity theft

By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo The Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James requested the New York City Department of Buildings to remove phone and email records from portions of the website in an attempt to limit identity theft, a spokesperson for the DOB told PincusCo Media. The contact information was removed in recent days from portions of the DOB website that are easily scraped….

Aview Equities files plans for 131-unit resi building in Kensington

Aview Equities, on May 18, filed a permit application for construction of a 131-unit, 150,900-square-foot residential building at 23 Ocean Parkway in Kensington, Brooklyn. Abraham Leifer filed the plans. 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 number B00501131. The development site spans one tax lot. The project is…

Anbau files plans for 32-unit resi building in Chelsea

Anbau, on May 18, filed a permit application for construction of a 32-unit, 46,809-square-foot residential building at 428 West 19th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Alexander Glascock filed the plans. According to his LinkedIn page he a principal and cofounder of Lockhill Properties. Stephen Glascock, his father, is the Chairman of the firm, which owns the building according to city records. The plans call for the…

Neriya Borukhov files plans for 37-unit mixed-use building in Forest Hills

Neriya Borukhov through the company Herkimer Ventures, LLC, on May 18, filed a permit application for construction of a 37-unit 31,006-square-foot mixed-use building at 105-31 65th Road in Forest Hills, Queens. The developer filed similar plans in 2019, which were ultimately disapproved. The plans call for the construction of a 74-foot tall, eight-story building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings…

Extell files demo plans for 1710 Broadway to clear way for 670-key hotel

Extell Development, on May 18, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 1710 Broadway in Midtown West. The plans call for the demolition of a six-story building. The project is described in the filings as: full demolition of six-story structure using hand held and mechanical means to assist. Gary Barnett’s Extell Development is planning to construct a 670-key, 242,759-square-foot, mixed-use hotel…

Radson Development permitted for 160-unit mixed-use building in East New York

Daniel Rad’s Radson Development, on May 18, was given a permit for construction of a 160-unit, 175,701-square-foot mixed-use building at 573 Emerald Street in East New York. The permit issued was a new building permit, the developer received foundation permits in February. The plans, pre-filed on January 29, 2019, call for the construction of a 85-foot tall, eight-story mixed-use building. The project is described in…

Boston Properties finishes $14.9M single-floor rehab of 399 Park Avenue

Boston Properties, on May 19, formally completed a $14.9 million rehabilitation of one floor of an office building at 399 Park Avenue in Plaza District. The plans, pre-filed on October 3, 2019, call for a rehab of the fourth floor of the 482-foot tall, 43-story building. The project is described in the filings as: interior renovation as per plans filed herewith. No change in use…

Rockefeller finishes $12.7 multi-floor build-out at 1271 Avenue of the Americas

Rockefeller Group, on May 19, formally completed a $12.7 million build-out of four floors of a building at 1271 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown West. The building was formerly known as the Time-Life Building. The plans, pre-filed on March 17, 2020, call for a build-out of floors 34, and 36 through 38 of the 574-foot tall, 47-story building. The project is described in the…

22-unit resi condo plan submitted in Red Hook

BHLD Capital submitted a condominium plan for a development with 22 residential units at 199 Conover Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The condo plan, CD210139, has no sellout price listed with the New York State Attorney General. Lee Cohen is listed as the principals of sponsor. In April of 2020, Lee Cohen filed new building plans with the New York City Department of Buildings calling…

Shimon Kleinman files plans for six-story expansion of Bed-Stuy building

Shimon Kleinman, on May 16, filed a permit application for a six-story enlargement of a 13,873-square-foot commercial building at 16 Spencer Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The plans call for the increase in size of the building from a 14-foot tall, one-story building to a 60-foot tall, seven-story building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00522931. The development site…

$10M condo plan submitted in Woodside

Weiye Luo, through the company 5216 Roosevelt Ave LLC, submitted a condominium plan for 10 residential units and three commercial units at 52-16 Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens. The condo plan, CD210141, has a sellout price of $10 million with the New York State Attorney General. Weiye Luo is listed as the principal of the sponsor. In February of 2019, Weiye Luo through the company…