ODA-Designed Hotel Rises Above Street Level at 1548 Bedford Avenue, in Crown Heights

The superstructure for ODA’s future five-story hotel at 1548 Bedford Avenue is now above ground in Crown Heights. The site is located along Bedford Avenue between Union Street and Eastern Parkway, and is a couple of blocks away from Prospect Park. The 38,300-square-foot project will yield 100 hotel rooms, a ground-floor banquet hall and restaurant, café, and shared terraces on the third and fourth levels. The fifth floor will be topped with a rooftop garden and a bar. Yoel Schwimmer is the developer.

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142 Lenox Road in Flatbush, Brooklyn

Permits Filed for 142 Lenox Road in Flatbush, Brooklyn

Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 142 Lenox Road in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between Bedford Avenue and Rogers Avenue, the interior lot is three blocks west of the Church Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Besyata Investment Group is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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YIMBY Tours CetraRuddy-Designed 212 West 95th Street, aka Dahlia, on the Upper West Side

YIMBY went on a hard hat tour of Dahlia, a new 20-story condominium on the Upper West Side at 212 West 95th Street. The topped-out structure, which is located on the southeast corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 95th Street, is designed by CetraRuddy with RKTB Architects as the architect of record and JRM as the construction manager. United Management worked in conjunction with Certes Partners to develop the the property. The building contains 38 residences, which range from two- to four-bedroom layouts and include two penthouses and six select homes with private outdoor spaces. Reuveni Real Estate is the exclusive sales and marketing agent for the development.

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Rendering of 3 St. Marks Place - Morris Adjmi Architects

LPC Approves Morris Adjmi-Designed Office Development at 3 St. Mark’s Place in the East Village, Manhattan

This week New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission granted approval to construct a new mixed-use office building at 3 St. Mark’s Place in the East Village, following repeated proposals from Real Estate Equities Corporation (REEC) and Morris Adjmi Architects. Located on the corner of Third Avenue and St. Mark’s Place, the development caused contention over its proposed alterations to an adjacent historic landmark at 4 Saint Mark’s Place known as Hamilton Holly House.

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