Richard Hertz through the company 189 & 193 East 205th Realty LLC, on February 23, filed a permit application for construction of an 88-unit, 48,731-square-foot residential building at 189 East 205th Street in Riverdale, the Bronx. The average size of the units will be 553 square feet, according to a calculation of the figures in the application. The plans call for the construction of a…
On February 24, a $7.5 million rehabilitation of two floors was formally completed within the retail portion of 1466 Broadway, the Knickerbocker Hotel, in Times Square. Invesco owns the 35,000-square-foot retail condo in the building, which is owned by the entity Gateway Times Square Retail, L.P. The entity on financing documents has an address at Crown Acquisitions. The hotel is owned by RLJ Lodging Trust,…
New York City School Construction Authority, on February 23, filed a permit application for construction of a 76,883-square-foot school building at 6312 13th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn. C. Colin Albert filed the plans. The plans call for the construction of an 88-foot tall, five-story building. The project is described in the filings as: K676 : construction of a five-story educational structure with cellar and…
Acuity Capital Partners, on February 23, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for a $3.5 million project which converted a school to a 90-unit, 69,093-square-foot residential and retail building at 340 East 117th Street in East Harlem. Elliot Neumann filed the plans. The plans have been in the works for year. Plans were originally filed in 2008 to convert the school, P.S. 185, into…
Prologis, on February 24, formally completed a $3.3 million build-out of an industrial building leased to Amazon at 1055 Bronx River Avenue in Soundview, the Bronx. The plans, pre-filed on May 21, 2020, call for work one the cellar, roof, and only floor of the 31-foot tall, one-story building. The Commercial Observer reported in June 2020 that Amazon had inked a 200,000-square-foot lease for the…
Lincoln Center, on February 23, was given a permit for a $105.8 rehabilitation of the 193,803-square-foot David Geffen Hall at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza in Lincoln Square. The plans are part of a $550 million initiative to renovate and expand the famous performing arts center headed by Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic. Peter Flamm filed the plans. At the time of the filing,…
David Wolkoff’s G&M Realty, on February 22, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a two-tower, 1,122-unit, 1,016,851-square-foot mixed-use building, known as 5Pointz, at 22-44 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The TCO comes after several lawsuits challenged the development. The plans, pre-filed on July 22, 2014, call for the construction of a 498-foot tall, 48-story mixed-use building. The time from…
By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo The number of demolitions filed during the first six weeks of 2021 was lower than the number filed during the same period of 2020. And last year the city had the fewest number of demolition plans filed since 2012. Through February 19 of 2021, there were 187 demolition plans filed across the city. The 187 total plans filed is nearly a 25…
ENY Community Residences LLC is planning to construct a 113-unit affordable mixed-use building at 749 Van Sinderen Avenue, East New York, Brookyln. Joseph Gaon was the signatory on the filing as the applicant’s representative. The new building will be roughly 103,493-square-feet, with 13,000-square-feet of commercial space and 90,493-square-feet of residential space. Of the 119 affordable dwelling units, approximately 24 will be two-bedroom units and six…
Steven Li through the company Grosvenor Realty Group II LLC, on February 22, filed a permit application for construction of a 55-unit, 37,679-square-foot residential building at 82-77 116th Street in Kew Gardens, Queens. In June of 2018, the developer filed plans for a seven-story residential building at 116-17 Grosvenor Lane, on the same block. The plans call for the construction of a 90-foot tall, nine-story…
Ting Zhang through the company 1270 Boston Road LLC, on February 22, filed a permit application for construction of a 26-unit, 29,216-square-foot mixed-use building at 1270 Boston Road in Morrisania, the Bronx. The plans call for the construction of a 70-foot tall, eight-story mixed-use building. The project is described in the filings as: propose new eight-story mixed-use building as per plan. Obtain new certificate of…
New York City Economic Development Corporation, on February 22, was given a permit for construction of a 61,524-square-foot greenmarket facility building at 298 Halleck Street in Hunts Point. Jhaelen Hwenandez-Eli filed the plans. Reports stated the building will be used to aid GrowNYC with produce distribution from local farms. Additionally, the building will be used for food processing, storage, and distribution by vendors. The plans,…
SL Green Realty, on February 22, formally completed a $6.5 million build-out of one floor of an office building, commonly known as One Vanderbilt, at 10 Vanderbilt Avenue in Grand Central. The floor is leased by tenant MFA Financial. The 1,298,506-square-foot office building received its initial TCO in September of 2020. The plans, pre-filed on February 5, 2020, call for work on the 37th floor…
Medical property owner Deerfield Management Company, on February 22, formally completed a $6.5 million fit-out of three floors of an office building at 345 Park Avenue South in Flatiron. This work is just a portion of the total expected to be spent on the renovation of the building. The plans, pre-filed on May 11, 2020, call for work on floors 10 through 12 of the…
Fosun International, on February 22, formally completed a $7.7 million rehabilitation of one floor and the cellar of an office building at 28 Liberty Street in Financial District. The building was previously known as One Chase Manhattan Plaza. The plans, pre-filed on December 18, 2012, call for a rehab of the sub-cellars and ground floor of the 770-foot tall, 60-story building. The project is described…
The Durst Organization is moving forward with plans for its 987,000-square-foot Halletts North complex located on Astoria’s waterfront at 3-15 26th Avenue, in Queens. The developer paid “well over $100 million” for a 90 percent stake in the Astoria megaproject site in 2014. The developer had already completed a 22-story residential tower and a 19-story residential tower at the site, before reports surfaced that the…
Guan Yu Li, on February 4, submitted plans for a 146-unit condominium, known as Dycker Gardens condominium, at 1238 63rd Street in Borough Park. The condominium plan, CD210033, currently has a $146,505,000 sellout with the NYS AG. Guan Yu Li is listed as the principal of sponsor. On February 15, PincusCo reported the filing as part of our residential broker leads. The property was acquired…
ARGO Real Estate and Bsafal, on February 19, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 64 University Place in the West Village. Allen Rezhets, senior project and construction manager of ARGO, filed the plans. The property was acquired for $30 million on June 27, 2019. According to reports, Bsafal, a subsidiary of Safal Constructions India Private Limited, partnered with ARGO on…
Columbia University, on February 18, was given a permit for construction of a 142-unit, 144,513-square-foot residential building at 600 West 125th Street in Manhattanville. Marcelo Velez filed the plans. The permit is a new building permit. The development was given foundation permits in October. The plans, pre-filed on December 4, 2019, call for the construction of a 403-foot-tall, 34-story residential building. The project is described…
Einhorn Development Group, on February 18, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 37-unit, 54,354-square-foot condominium at 145 Central Park North in Central Harlem. Yiannes Einhorn, a principal of Einhorn Development Group, filed the plans. Condominium plans, CD190266, were submitted with the New York State Attorney General on August 14, 2019, for the development. The plans do not list a sellout…
