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5 Atlantic Avenue

Backfilling Begins For 84-Unit Residential Development At 5 Atlantic Avenue, East Rockaway

Beechwood Organization has demolish the dilapidated warehouses at 5 Atlantic Avenue, in East Rockaway, and is now backfilling the property to make way for an 84-unit residential development. The project, dubbed Marina Pointe, will consists of four-story buildings in the form of attached townhouses and condominiums, LI Herald reports. Site preparation should be complete by early 2016, with construction following shortly after. Completion is expected before 2017. The site is located across the street from the East Rockaway Long Island Rail Road station, in southern Nassau County.


500 Avenue At Port Imperial

Financing Secured For 364-Key Hotel Project At Port Imperial Ferry Terminal, Weehawken

Roseland, a branch of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, has landed $94 million to build a 364-key hotel development at 500 Avenue At Port Imperial, in Weehawken, New Jersey. According to Real Estate Weekly, the project will include a 210-key Renaissance hotel and a separate 154-key Residence Inn, both to be operated by Marriott. The hotel will be built atop an existing multi-level parking garage, and 15,000 square feet of outdoor space is planned on the sixth floor. Completion is expected near the end of 2017.


315 South Harrison Street

Seven-Story, 150-Unit Mixed-Use Project At 315 South Harrison Street Lands Financing, East Orange

Newark, New Jersey-based Blackstone 360 has secured $43.5 million in financing for their planned seven-story, 105-unit mixed-use project at 315 South Harrison Street, in East Orange, New Jersey. The building will be rentals and includes 30,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Unfortunately, the structure will take on a tower-in-the-park configuration, per renderings by the developer. According to Real Estate Weekly, the financing will also be used to purchase Indigo 141, a 12-story, 105-unit apartment building a few blocks away at 141 South Harrison.


Brooklyn Strand

Renderings Of Brooklyn War Memorial & Cadman Plaza Park Renovations, Brooklyn

Earlier this year, Curbed posted renderings of a proposal to renovate and reposition Downtown Brooklyn’s parks and public spaces, dubbed the Brooklyn Strand. And this week, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams revealed parts of the project, which includes renovating the long-vacant, 27,600 square-foot Brooklyn War Memorial in Cadman Park Plaza. The plan also features a landscaped platform over the Brooklyn Bridge’s off-ramps to the park’s northern end. The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and the Cadman Park Conservancy are involved, and WXY Architecture is designing.


55 Pearl Street

Construction Complete On Five-Story, Five-Unit Townhouse Project At 55 Pearl Street, Dumbo

Earlier this year, Brownstoner reported that construction was finishing up at Alloy Development’s five-story, five-unit residential project at 55 Pearl Street, in Dumbo, and now Dezeen has the latest photos of the completed building. The structure is actually broken up into individual, 18-foot-wide townhouse units, each measuring 3,500 square feet. The façade is made of concrete, wood, metal and glass, and the project reportedly sold out in 2013.


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