149-39 78th Street

30-Unit Townhouse Development Coming To 149-39 78th Street, Lindenwood

11:00 am on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Whitestone-based Zankera Construction Inc. has filed applications for 10 three-story, multi-family residential buildings spanning 149-21 – 149-39 78th Street, in Lindenwood, directly east of Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills. The development will total 30 residential units — three per building — across 35,690 square feet of space, making for spacious average units of 1,190 square feet. Platonic Solids Architecture is designing, and the swath of land is currently vacant.

111 Washington Street

Development Site At 111 Washington Street Placed On The Market, Financial District

10:00 am on August 24, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Late last year, Pink Stone Capital filed applications for a 51-story, 429-unit mixed-use tower with 23,000 square feet of retail space at 111 Washington Street, in the Financial District, and now the developer has tasked Cushman & Wakefield to market the site. In early 2014, YIMBY reported that the assemblage has 362,300 square feet of development rights, and according to the Daily News, Pink Stone expects to sell it for more than $170 million. Handel Architects was the architect of record for the old plans.

Jardim, image by Isay Weinfeld

Full Reveal for 527 West 27th Street, aka Jardim, Designed by Isay Weinfeld

8:00 am on August 24, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

YIMBY previously reported that construction began on the through-block project spanning from 527 West 27th Street to 520 West 28th Street back in January, and we followed up with a partial reveal from the construction documents later that month. Now we have the full renderings for the building, dubbed Jardim, which is being designed by Isay Weinfeld. Centaur Properties and Greyscale Development Group are developing the project, and Pizzarotti IBC is the builder.

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142-22 Queens Boulevard, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 124-22 Queens Boulevard, Kew Gardens

7:30 am on August 24, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

An 11-story, mixed-use building may rise along a busy six-lane stretch of Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens, across the street from Queens Borough Hall and Criminal Court. A New Jersey-based builder has filed applications for a development with apartments, commercial and community facility space at 124-22 Queens Boulevard, between 82nd Avenue and 82nd Road.

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60-74 Gansevoort Street, rendering by BKSK Architects

More Renderings for Gansevoort Street Redevelopment in the Meatpacking District

7:00 am on August 24, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Last week, neighbors in the Meatpacking District expressed their dissatisfaction about plans to redevelop a row of low-slung commercial buildings on Gansevoort Street between Washington and Greenwich Streets, and the Villager offered a glimpse of how Aurora Capital hopes to transform the block. Now YIMBY can reveal a full set of renderings showing the developer’s vision for this prominent corner near the High Line.

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