Articles by Reid Wilson

The Lowline

Lower East Side’s Lowline Underground Park Moves Forward with First City Approval

The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED) have selected the team behind the Lowline proposal to lease the vacant, 60,000-square-foot Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal, located under Delancey Street between Clinton and Norfolk streets on the Lower East Side. This marks the first city approval for the project, bringing it significantly closer to reality. The public park would take up roughly 43,500 square feet of the abandoned terminal.


30 Hudson Yards

Glass Curtain Wall Being Installed on 90-Story Supertall 30 Hudson Yards

The first few glass panels have been installed on the lower levels of what will be the 90-story, 2.6-million-square-foot office tower known as 30 Hudson Yards, being built on the corner of Tenth Avenue and West 33rd Street. The structure appears to have also gained a story or two since YIMBY’s update earlier this month. The progress can be seen thanks to photos posted to the YIMBY Forums by user Robert Walpole. As previously reported, the tower will eventually top out at 1296 feet, 11 inches. The entirety of the building’s office space has already been reserved for tenants, including Time Warner Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, KKR, Related Companies, and Oxford Properties Group. The last two are the project’s developers. Kohn Pedersen Fox is the design architect. Completion is expected in 2019.


56 Fulton Street

23-Story, 120-Unit Mixed-Use Building Rises to 10th Floor at 56 Fulton Street, Financial District

Since rising above street level in March of 2016, the 23-story, 120-unit mixed-use project under development at 56 Fulton Street, on the corner of Cliff Street in the Financial District, has grown to 10 stories. The construction progress can be seen thanks to a photo taken by Tectonic. The 128,540-square-foot tower will eventually host 5,865 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 120 rental apartments, ranging from 450-square-foot studios to 1,250-square-foot two-bedrooms. Twenty percent of them, or 24 units, will rent at below-market rates through the housing lottery. Amenities include storage for 61 bikes, a fitness center, laundry facilities, a lounge, a dining room for events, a game room, and an outdoor terrace on the 23rd floor. The Parkland Group and Socius Development Group are the developers. Goldstein, Hill & West Architects is the design architect, with Andrés Escobar designing the interiors. Completion can probably be expected in early 2017.


1604 Williamsbridge Road

Three-Story, 5,400-Square-Foot Medical Office Building Filed at 1604 Williamsbridge Road, Morris Park

Bronx-based Maurice Realty Inc. has filed applications for a three-story, 5,397-square-foot medical office building at 1604 Williamsbridge Road, in the East Bronx’s Morris Park section. The structure will host 4,700 square feet of medical space on all three levels, in addition to accessory storage space in the cellar. Gino Longo’s College Point-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 3,978-square-foot property, located at the corner of Pierce Avenue, is vacant. The Westchester Square-East Tremont Avenue stop on the 6 train is 10 blocks southeast.


170-19 105th Avenue

Two Three-Story, Two-Unit Residential Buildings Coming to 170-19 105th Avenue, Jamaica

Queens-based Samiara & Max Holding has filed applications for two three-story, two-family buildings at 170-17 – 170-19 105th Avenue, located on the corner of 171st Street in Jamaica (just east of its downtown). The new buildings will measure 3,358 square feet and 3,322 square feet respectively. Across both, the residential units should average a family-sized 1,202 square feet apiece. In each structure, there will be one unit on the ground floor, followed by another on the second and third floors. Amenities include a rooftop recreation area atop the buildings, a total of three off-street parking spots (two enclosed), and storage space in the cellar. Bakhtiar Shamloo’s Kew Gardens-based Tabriz Design Group is the architect of record. The 5,000-square-foot corner lot is occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits were filed in April.


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