Permits have been filed for a six-story apartment building at 78 Gerry Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located between Harrison Avenue and Throop Avenue, the lot is three blocks south of the Lorimer Street subway station, serviced by the J and M trains. Sol Moskowitz of Sanford Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill have released a new video featuring Central Park Tower. The future 1,550-foot tall skyscraper will soon eclipse 432 Park Avenue as the tallest residential building in the world. The site is addressed as 217 West 57th Street, and will be the tallest skyscraper on 57th Street, aka “Billionaire’s Row,” within the next few months. Recent photos also show construction getting closer to the 137-story pinnacle.
11-19 Jane Street is an upcoming mixed-use residential and commercial project tightly nestled among the narrow streets of the West Village. The new 31,000 square foot structure will eventually rise six stories from a large rectangular plot of land that once held a two-story parking garage. It is being designed by London-based design firm David Chipperfield Architects, and developed by Edward Minskoff of Minksoff Equities. A total of seven residential units will be housed inside the building, averaging 2,382 square feet each.
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development has announced the construction of two affordable housing projects in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. Together, the 100% affordable housing developments will create more than 250 homes for low-income families and the formerly homeless.
Permits have been filed for a 24-story mixed-use tower at 224 East 135th Street in Mott Haven, The Bronx. The corner lot, also marked as 198 East 135th Street, is located between Major Deegan Expressway and the 3rd Avenue Bridge. Three blocks away is the 3rd Avenue-138 Street subway station, serviced by the 6 train. Cheskel Schwimmer of CGS Builders listed as the owner behind the applications. Cheskel previously filing permits in 2015 for a 25-story building with 465 apartment units.
