Articles by Vanessa Londono

247 Cherry Street and 252 South Street, image from JDS

NIMBY Lawsuits Fail Against Two Bridges Supertalls, On Manhattan’s Lower East Side

This week the New York State Court of Appeals shut down a lawsuit opposing the development of four new skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood, as reported in The Broadsheet. This legal move upheld the August ruling by Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court in favor of a group of developers, including JDS Development Group, CIM Group, L+M Development Partners, and Starrett Corporation, to build four more towers along the Two Bridges waterfront on the Lower East Side. The site is bound by Cherry Street to the north, South Street to the south, mid-block between Pike Slip and Rutgers Street to the west, and mid-block between Clinton and Montgomery Streets to the east.

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142-26 and 142-38 Roosevelt Avenue

Renderings Reveal Mixed-Use Residential Building at 142-26 and 142-38 Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing, Queens

Developer Eastone Equities is planning to develop an eight-story mixed-use residential building in Flushing, Queens. Located at 142-26 and 142-38 Roosevelt Avenue, the structure will hold 40,000 square feet of residential space, 33,000 square feet of commercial space, and two sub-grade levels of parking. This week Columbia Pacific Advisors Bridge Lending announced it has secured a $15 million loan to refinance the development.

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Kingsley House at 41 Barker Avenue in White Plains, via Google Maps

Affordable Senior Living Kingsley House Will Get $35.8 Million Renovation in White Plains

Kingsley House, an affordable senior housing in Westchester County will soon get a major rehabilitation to the tune of $35.8 million. New York State Homes and Community Renewal, MDG Design + Construction LLC, Smith & Henzy Advisory Group, Inc. are partnering up to renovate and preserve the affordability of 164 units in the Mitchell-Lama housing development at 41 Barker Avenue in White Plains.

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