Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 1446 Bryant Avenue in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. Located between Freeman Street and Jennings Street, the lot is three blocks from the Freeman Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Eduard Haxhari under the REK Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Exterior work is nearing completion on Ruby, a 22-story two-tower residential complex at 241 West 28th Street in Chelsea. Designed by COOKFOX and developed by MAG Partners, Atalaya, Safanad, and Qualitas, the 400,000-square-foot project will yield 480 rental units with 144 reserved for low- and middle-income households, as well as 8,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Urban Atelier Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located on a through-block parcel between Seventh and Eighth Avenues with frontage on both West 28th and 29th Streets. The developers are aiming for LEED Silver certification.
The Jersey City Planning Board has approved proposals to construct a new six-story rental property at 316 Forrest Street in New Jersey. Located in the in the Jackson Hill section of Jersey City, the building is designed by Hampton Hill Architecture for an anonymous LLC based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Proposals to construct a new 2,040-seat charter school at 79 Caven Point Avenue in Jersey City‘s Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood are now under review by the Jersey City Planning Board. Friends of Quality Education is the local non-profit organization behind the applications to construct the school, which will debut as the Canal Crossing Charter Public School Campus.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 6020 3rd Avenue, a five-story residential building in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Designed by Tan Architect and developed by Ai Yun Chen, the structure yields 53 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 16 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $99,258 to $187,330.
