Articles by Reid Wilson

228 Spencer Street

Four-Story, Three-Unit Residential Project Planned at 228 Spencer Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant

Esther Y. Krausz, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, three-unit residential building at 228 Spencer Street, in western Bedford-Stuyvesant. The structure will measure 7,514 square feet and its residential units should average 2,287 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. One unit will span the ground and second floors, followed by a single unit on each of the third and fourth floors. Genaro Urueta’s Maspeth-based Studio Gallos is the architect of record. The 35-foot-wide, 3,517-square-foot assemblage consists of two two-story townhouses (one at 228 Spencer Street and the other at 226 1/2 Spencer Street). Demolition permits were filed in May. The site is three blocks from the Bedford-Nostrand Avenues stop on the G train.


725 Lafayette Avenue

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Building Planned at 725 Lafayette Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

Jamaica-based Phoenix Home Realty has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 725 Lafayette Avenue, in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant. The structure will measure 6,974 square feet and its residential units should average 714 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be two apartments per floor on the first three levels, followed by a full-floor apartment on the fourth. Laundry facilities will be located in the cellar. Briarwood-based Gerald J. Caliendo is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot property is currently occupied by a two-story, single-family townhouse. Demolition permits haven’t been filed. The Bedford-Nostrand Avenues stop on the G train is three blocks away.


Baldwin Redevelopment Site

Request for Proposals Launched for Mixed-Use Development at 107 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, Long Island

The Town of Hempstead’s Department of Planning & Economic Development has launched a request for proposals (RFP) to develop a five-acre assemblage of dilapidating properties located at the northwestern corner of Merrick Road and Grand Avenue, in Baldwin. That’s in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island. The aim is for mixed-use project, consisting of commercial space and residential apartments, according to LI Herald. Public recreational space is also part of the vision. The current stretch of street is made of vacant lots, and a mix of underutilized, vacant, and dilapidating single- and two-story commercial buildings. There appears to be bipartisan support for a mixed-use development this time around after similar attempt to build there failed last decade.


1361 First Avenue

Developer Plans Cantilevering 33-Story Condominium Tower at 1361-1363 First Avenue, Upper East Side

CW Realty is planning to develop a 33-story condominium tower at 1361-1363 First Avenue, located on the corner of East 73rd Street on the Upper East Side. The project is expected to measure roughly 120,000 square feet and is being designed by HTO Architects, the New York Post reported. The number of planned apartments wasn’t disclosed, and it’s unclear whether there will be commercial space included. The new building will cantilever over the adjacent four-story tenement at 1365 First Avenue. CW Realty acquired the four-story mixed-use building at 1361 First Avenue earlier this year for $9.4 million and is in contract to purchase the four-story tenement at 1363 First Avenue. The latter sale is expected to close next year, and existing commercial and residential tenants in both properties are already in the process of relocating. The developer will also transfer air rights to the assemblage from other properties on the block. Demolition permits haven’t yet been filed.


145 Clinton Street

Essex Crossing’s 15-Story, 211-Unit Mixed-Use Building Rises at 145 Clinton Street, Lower East Side

The 15-story, 211-unit mixed-use building under development at 145 Clinton Street, located on the corner of Grand Street on the Lower East Side, is now three stories above street level, as seen in photos shot by Tectonic. The latest building permits indicate the project – which is one piece of the mixed-use mega-development known as Essex Crossing – will encompass 283,178 square feet. There will be 73,000 square feet of commercial-retail space across the cellar through second floors. Planet Fitness has already pre-leased 22,000 square feet on the second floor, and a food market is expected to take 30,000 square feet on the ground floor.

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