The Borden Complex Tops Out at 23-30 Borden Avenue in Long Island City, Queens

Construction has partially topped out on The Borden Complex, a five-story industrial building at 23-30 Borden Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by KSS Architects for Innovo Property Group, which acquired the property for $75 million with Atalaya Capital Management and Nan Fung Group, the 166-foot-tall structure will span 840,000 square feet and house logistics and warehouse space featuring truck courts, a distribution center, two stories of film and television studios, office space, and on-site vertical parking. Earlier this summer, IPG closed on a $435 million loan from Starwood Property Trust and JPMorgan to refinance the development. March Associates Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is located between Borden Avenue and Newton Creek. HLW is the designer of the studio facility within the building.

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A completed battery storage facility in the Bronx - NineDot Energy

NineDot Energy Secures $85 Million Loan for 11 Renewable Community Energy Projects

NineDot Energy, one of the leading developers of community-accessible clean energy projects in the New York City region, has secured an $85 million loan for 11 new projects in The Bronx, Staten Island, Queens, and Long Island. The funding supports the completion of battery storage facilities that will provide sources of redundant, clean energy to existing grid infrastructure during peak demand, which helps avoid costly outages and unexpected service interruptions.

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Permits Filed for 152 Meserole Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 152 Meserole Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of McGuinness Boulevard and Meserole Avenue, the lot is within walking distance of the Nassau Avenue subway station, serviced by the G train. Balkrishen Tuli of Consort Construction and Development under the 152 Meserole Avenue LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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Rendering of 50 West 66th Street - Snøhetta

50 West 66th Street Rises on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

The 13th-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is 50 West 66th Street, a 69-story residential skyscraper on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Snøhetta with SLCE as the executive architect, and developed by Extell and Tennor Holding B.V., the 775-foot-tall structure will yield 127 condominium units and secure the distinction of the tallest building in Manhattan north of 59th Street. Lendlease is the general contractor for the property, which is located between West 66th Street to the north, West 65th Street to the south, Central Park West to the east, and the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue to the west.

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One Madison Avenue’s Tower Expansion Tops Out in Flatiron District, Manhattan

Construction has topped out on One Madison Avenue, a 27-story commercial building in the Flatiron District. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by SL Green, the National Pension Service of Korea, and Hines, the project involves the gut renovation and expansion of a former eight-story structure and will yield 1.4 million square feet of office space as well as retail space and a slate of amenities. Banker Steel provided the steelwork,  NYC  Constructors is assembling the new expansion, and AECOM Tishman is the construction manager for the property, which occupies a full block at the southeast corner of Madison Square Park.

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