RXR Realty, on March 8, formally completed a $7.4 million tenant build-out for the financial services firm INTL FCStone at the Helmsley Building at 230 Park Avenue in Grand Central. The plans, pre-filed on July 30, 2020, call for a renovation of the 420-foot tall, 35-story building. The project is described in the filings as: general construction modifications on the 10th floor and installation of…
Immobiliare Capital, Premier Equities, and Nexus Building Development Group, on March 5, were issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 21-unit, 23,107-square-foot mixed-use condominium at 45 East 7th Street in East Village. Yaniv Cohen, founder of Nexus, filed the plans. The condominium, CD190318, has no sellout price listed with the NYC Attorney General. The plans, pre-filed on February 13, 2018, call for…
Camber Property Group and Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, on March 4, were issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 136-unit, 82,112-square-foot residential building, known as Victory Plaza, at 11 West 118th Street in Central Harlem. Malcolm Punter President and CEO of HCCI, filed the plans. According to the project’s website, the building is an affordable housing development for low-income seniors. The…
Jai Patel through the company Pride Lodging LLC, on March 5, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 39-key, 14,975-square-foot hotel building with eight apartment units at 1275 Pugsley Avenue in Parkchester. The plans, pre-filed on November 14, 2018, call for the construction of a 68-foot tall, six-story hotel. The time from pre-file to TCO was two years and four months….
The Meshberg Group, on March 5, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 14-unit, 20,093-square-foot condominium, known as The Parkmor, at 310 West 113th Street in Central Harlem. Justin Meshberg, CEO of the firm, filed the plans. The condominium, CD170324, has a current sellout price of $29.37 million with the New York State Attorney General. Justin Meshberg is one of six…
Sterling Town Equities, on March 5, was given a permit for construction of a 43-unit, 67,572-square-foot residential building at 533 Pacific Street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Paul Amit filed the plans. The plans, pre-filed on June 19, 2019, call for the construction of a 124-foot tall, 11-story residential building. The ground floor of the building, per the plans, will have a retail store, community space,…
B&B Urban, on March 4, was given permits for construction of a total of 170 units in two projects in Williamsbridge, the Bronx. The larger is an 87-unit, 94,430-square-foot residential building at 718 East 212th Street and the other is an 83-unit, 77,047-square-foot residential building at 713 East 211th Street. Alan Bell, a principal of B&B Urban, filed both of the plans. According to a…
Binyamin Beitel’s Beitel Group, on March 4, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 261 Grand Concourse in Mott Haven, the Bronx. The plans, pre-filed on March 4, 2021, call for the demolition of a two-story building. The project is described in the filings as: full demolition to a two-story structure. While no new building plans have been filed yet, the…
Gilbane Development Company, on March 4, was given a permit for a $9.1 million rehabilitation of several floors of a 312-unit building at 353 Ford Street in Fordham. Gilbane Development Company, along with Dantes Partners, Kraus Organization, Apex Building Group, and social services provider BronxWorks, are the development team responsible for upgrading and preserving the affordable housing building. The project is part of New York…
The NYC School Construction Authority, on March 4, formally completed two rehabilitation projects, totaling $19.5 million, of school buildings in Coney Island and the Bronx. The first plans, pre-filed on September 23, 2014, call for a rehab of the cellar, roof, and all floors of a 37-foot tall, three-story building at 2929 West 30th Street in Coney Island. The project is described in the filings…
Property Markets Group, on March 2, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 12-unit, 29,638-square-foot condo at 111 Leroy Street in West Village. Richard Lam, a partner at the firm, filed the plans. The condominium, CD160101, currently has a sellout price of $75,765,000 with the New York State Attorney General. The plans, pre-filed on December 8, 2015, call for the construction…
By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo The combined square feet of all new building projects filed with the city’s Department of Buildings fell last month for the second month in a row, dropping to 1.4 million square feet, the lowest monthly total since July of 2019, according to an analysis of DOB filings by PincusCo Media. The five largest plans called for 434,244-square-feet of new construction. For comparison,…
Miki Naftali’s Naftali Group, on March 3, was given a permit for construction of a 12-unit, 62,688-square-foot residential building at 1165 Madison Avenue in the Upper East Side. Michael Witek filed the plans. According to reports, the building will be a boutique condo. Naftali filed a “test the market” condo plan with the New York State Attorney General in November 2020. The DOB permits were…
Aurora Capital Associates, on March 2, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for a $4.5 million project to convert a restaurant and loft building into a 44,651-square-foot retail and office building at 405 West 13th Street in West Village. Matthew Abreu, director of acquisitions at Aurora Capital Associates, filed the plans. The plans, pre-filed on February 14, 2018, call for the change in use…
RXR Realty and LBA Logistics, on March 2, were given a permit for construction of a 770,822-square-foot storage building at 55-15 Grand Avenue in Maspeth. Todd Rechler of RXR filed the plans. Amazon signed a lease for the entire building, its largest warehouse at the time of the report, in June of 2020. The permit is a new building permit. The developers received foundation permits…
Jacob Ganzfried through the company WGL Lenox Group LLC, on March 2, was given a permit for construction of a 47-unit, 34,382-square-foot residential building at 323 Lenox Road in Flatbush. The permit is a new building permit. The developer received initial foundation permits last month. The plans, pre-filed on December 2, 2019, call for the construction of a 74-foot tall, seven-story residential building. The project…
On March 3, the city issued a permit for construction of a 30-unit, 20,570-square-foot residential building at 1306 Findlay Avenue in Longwood Melrose, the Bronx. The owner of the property is Joel Mittelman. The permit issued is a plumbing permit. The developer received the initial new building and foundation permits in December. The plans, pre-filed on April 1, 2019, call for the construction of a…
Vanbarton Group, on March 3, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for a $1.8 million project which increased by 60-units the number of apartments in the 386,382-square-foot residential building at 990 Sixth Avenue in the Garment District. The plans, pre-filed on June 22, 2018, call for an increase of 60 units in the 240-foot tall, 24-story building, bringing the residential unit count to 380….
The New York City Health + Hospitals, on March 3, was given a permit for a $13.3 million rehabilitation of a building’s exterior at 689 New York Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The building is part of the Kings County Hospital Center. The plans, pre-filed on April 30, 2020, call for a rehab of the facade and roof of the 81-foot tall, nine-story building. The project is…
Spaxel, on March 1, filed a permit application for construction of a 73-unit, 49,654-square-foot residential building at 2702 Creston Avenue in Riverdale. The developer acquired four adjacent lots for $3.75 million last month. The plans call for the construction of a 113-foot tall, 12-story residential building. The project is described in the filings as: construction of a 12-story residential building. According to the plans, floors…
