Articles by Reid Wilson

444 Park Avenue South

Loan Recapitalizes 20-Story, 190-Key Hotel Project At 444 Park Avenue South, NoMad

Moin Development and SBE have received a $109 million loan for their planned SLS Hotel at 444 Park Avenue South, in NoMad, Commercial Observer reports. The former 14-story office building is being expanded to 20 stories and converted to 190 hotel rooms; multiple restaurants are also planned. Fortress Investment Group provided the loan, which recapitalizes and restructures existing debt. Completion is slated for Spring 2016.


786 Park Place

Seven-Story, Seven-Unit Rental Building Filed At 786 Park Place, Crown Heights

Eugene Khody, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a seven-story, seven-unit residential building at the 25-foot-wide vacant lot of 786 Park Place, in eastern Crown Heights, four blocks north of the Nostrand Av. stop on the 3 train. The building will measure just 4,865 square feet, which means units will likely be rentals, averaging 695 square feet. Richard Walsh, of Citiscape Consulting, is the applicant of record.


150 1st Avenue

Expansion/Renovation Underway For Five-Story Community Center At 150 First Avenue, East Village

The five-story, 43,220 square-foot building dubbed 122 Community Center, at 150 1st Avenue, in the East Village, is currently being renovated and expanded to 52,380 square feet. EV Grieve notes interior demolition is currently underway, and the building will house The AID Service Center NYC, Mabou Mines, Painting Spaces 122 and PS122 when completed in Spring 2016. The Department of Cultural Affairs owns the building, and Deborah Berke Partners is designing the overhaul.


146 Pierrepont Street

19-Story, 68-Unit Building Planned At 146 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights

In 2014, Jonathan Rose Companies acquired the thru-block commercial property at 181 Montague/140 Pierrepont Street, in Brooklyn Heights; the developer also owns the five-story building at 146 Pierrepont Street. Now, new building applications have been filed with the DOB calling for a 19-story, 68-unit mixed-use building. Units will average a condo-sized 1,860 square feet in the 132,715 square-foot building. Retail space will also measure 6,230 square feet on the ground floor.


25-19 43rd Avenue

Nine-Story, 86-Unit Condo Building Revealed At 25-19 43rd Avenue, Long Island City

In March, Ekstein Development began excavation at 25-19 43rd Avenue, in Long Island City, where a nine-story, 86-unit residential building is planned, and now Real Estate Weekly has renderings of the project, dubbed Dutch. The 86 condominiums will spread across 68,145 square feet of residential space, working out to an average unit of just 792 square feet. GF55 Partners is designing, while GACE Consulting Engineers is serving as the structural engineer. Foundation work is currently underway, per TCSB, and completion is slated for January 2017.


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