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134-138 Bowery in October 2014, image via Google Maps

Developer Closes On 138 Bowery Assemblage, Eight-Story Mixed-Use Development, Nolita

10:00 am on October 22, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Early last September, YIMBY reported on filings for an eight-story mixed-use building, with 64 hotel rooms and 21 residential units, at 134-142 Bowery, in Nolita. Now, developer Emmut Properties has purchased the assemblage for $47 million. The new development will measure roughly 47,000 square feet, and the residential units will probably be rentals, averaging just 659 square feet. Demolition permits were filed over the past year to raze the existing two- and three-story buildings.

Three-Story, Three-Unit Residential Building Coming To 136-19 Booth Memorial Avenue, Queensborough Hill

4:00 pm on October 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Feng Lin, doing business under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a three-story, three-unit residential building at 136-19 Booth Memorial Avenue, in Queensborough Hill. The building will measure 3,948 square feet, which means the full-floor units will be spacious, averaging 1,316 square feet. Xiaohong Zhao’s Queens-based Ameriland Brook is the applicant of record, and applications were recently filed to demolish an existing 1.5-story single-family home on the site.

Four-Story, Six-Unit Mixed-Use Building Planned At 105-05 Northern Boulevard, East Elmhurst

3:00 pm on October 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Charles Guo, doing business as an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, six-unit mixed-use building at 105-05 Northern Boulevard, in East Elmhurst, with direct access to the Q66 bus running between Flushing and Long Island City. The building will measure 6,410 square feet, and includes 1,780 square feet for retail space on the ground and cellar levels. Residential units will begin on the second floor and average 772 square feet, although a fourth-floor unit will also feature a fifth-floor penthouse. Robert Lin’s Flushing-based A&T Engineering is the applicant of record.

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Coming To 2823 Snyder Avenue, Flatbush

2:00 pm on October 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Solomon Feder’s Velocity Framers USA has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 2823 Snyder Avenue, in Flatbush, two blocks south of the Church Avenue stop on the 2 and 5 trains. The building will measure 5,667 square feet, and units will average 708 square feet, indicative of rentals. Velocity Framer’s David Silberman is the architect of record, and demolition permits were filed back in 2008 to raze an existing dilapidating two-story home.

Fortis Releases Renderings & Breakdowns For Two Versions Of LICH Redevelopment, Cobble Hill

11:00 am on October 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Amid news of a possible student dormitory component in Fortis Property Group’s redevelopment of the Long Island College Hospital property, in Cobble Hill, full breakdowns of the developer’s as-of-right and ULURP-proposed plans have been released. According to The Wall Street Journal, the as-of-right plans call for 528,935 square feet of market-rate residential space, 262,555 square feet of community facility — the dormitory component — as well as 23,375 square feet of public space, but no retail or affordable housing.

Retail Building Planned At 401 East 34th Street Won’t Need ULURP Approval, Kips Bay

10:00 am on October 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

UDR, owner of the Rivergate residential building at 401 East 34th Street, in Kips Bay, will be allowed to build a small retail building on the corner of First Avenue and East 35th Street, according to DNAinfo. Since part of the property is public space, some thought UDR should have to go through the ULURP process, but Community Board 6 voted against that. The retail building will measure 2,000 square feet in total, and the park will also undergo a renovation with upgrades.

Large Commercial Development Site At 40-70 Delong Street Purchased, Flushing

6:30 am on October 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Sam Chang’s Great Neck-based McSam Hotel Group has sold their development site at 40-70 Delong Street, in downtown Flushing, to Flushing Point Holdings LLC for $44.5 million, according to Commercial Observer. The property consists of two tax lots currently occupied by a two-story warehouse building, but boasts 394,930 square feet of commercial development rights or 557,549 square feet of rights with the inclusion of community facility space. Plans for the site have not been disclosed.

New Renderings Of Essex Crossing’s Below-Grade Commercial Matrix, Lower East Side

6:00 am on October 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

New renderings have been published of Essex Crossing‘s 150,000 square-foot bi-level market, dubbed Market Line, per Curbed. The food market will span under Norfolk and Suffolk Streets, on the Lower East Side, connecting to three separate buildings planned on different blocks within the development. The future location of the Essex Street Market will feature an above-grade, two-level promenade, in addition to 9,000 square feet of garden space. A slew of retail options will be made available, in addition to the previously disclosed attractions, including a Regal Cinema and bowling ally. SHoP is designing the Market Line component.

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Apartment Building Filed At 57-27 Granger Street, Corona

4:00 pm on October 20, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Anthony Federici, doing business as AFMM LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 57-27 Granger Street, in Corona, a few blocks north of the LIE and a slew of bus lines. The building will measure 6,688 square feet, and units will average 836 square feet. Queens-based Gerald Caliendo is the architect of record, and demolition kicked off on the existing recessed two-story home late last month.

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Project Planned At 694 Monroe Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant

3:00 pm on October 20, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Eyal Ovadia, doing business as an LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 694 Monroe Street, in central Bedford-Stuyvesant, seven blocks south of the J train’s stop at Kosciuszko Street and Broadway. The building will measure 4,953 square feet, and units will average a rental-sized 707 square feet. Queens-based Gerald Caliendo is the architect of record, and a two-story home must be demolished before construction begins.

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