Plans for a Hampton Inn at 110 East 149th Street in The Bronx have been scrapped according to new designs revealed by Dattner Architects. The forthcoming development will instead debut as a mixed-use commercial structure comprised of ground-floor retail with five floors of office area above. The building will top out at six stories and is expected to debut by 2020.
Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 3327 White Plains Road in Williamsbridge, The Bronx. Located between Rosewood Street and Magenta Street, the lot is two blocks north of the Burke Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Victor Gjonaj is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 222 North 8th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located between Driggs Avenue and Roebling Street, the lot is one block from the Bedford Avenue subway station, serviced by the L train. W Square, the development arm of WSQ Global, is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction has surpassed the podium levels at 66 Hudson Boulevard, aka The Spiral, one of the largest buildings under construction in New York City. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and developed by Tishman Speyer, the 65-story 1,031-foot-tall skyscraper sits at the northernmost end of the first phase of Hudson Yards. Turner Construction Company is the construction manager and Banker Steel is in charge of fabricating the nearly $3.7 billion ground-up supertall.
Excavation continues at the site of 450 Eleventh Avenue, while the first portions of the reinforced concrete foundation walls are beginning to form what will become a 487-foot-tall hotel from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Designed by DSM Design Group and developed by Marx Development Group, the project is located between West 36th and 37th Streets, directly across Eleventh Avenue from the Jacob K. Javits Center and just to the north of Related Companies’ Hudson Yards master plan.
