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Permits Filed for SRO To Hotel Conversion At 2327 Grand Concourse, Fordham Heights

SROs, or single room occupancy hotels, house some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in New York City, but policies created dating to the 1950s and 1960s have resulted in residential hotels being gradually converted to market-rate housing or hotels. Yesterday, an SRO owner in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx filed plans to convert his five-story building at 2327 Grand Concourse to a hotel or a dormitory.

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2230 Adams Place

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Planned At 2230 Adams Place, Belmont

A Queens-based property owner has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building planned at 2230 Adams Place, in the West Bronx’s Belmont section. The project will measure 7,449 square feet and its residential units should average 736 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Bakhtiar Shamloo’s Kew Gardens-based Tabriz Design Group is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot property is currently vacant. Metro-North Railroad’s Fordham station is nine blocks northwest.


529 East 187th Street

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Filed At 529 East 187th Street, Belmont

An anonymous Bronx-based LLC has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 529 East 187th Street, located on the corner of Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx’s Belmont neighborhood. The new building will measure 6,875 square feet and its residential units should average 688 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Giuliano Penna’s Bronx-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot property is currently vacant. Metro-North Railroad’s Fordham station and Fordham University are three blocks away.


11-Story, 64-Unit Hotel Nears Completion At 926 Sedgwick Avenue, Highbridge

An 11-story building is nearing completion at 926 Sedgwick Avenue in the Highbridge section of the Bronx. At 117 feet high, the building stands as a minor but noticeable addition to the Harlem River skyline, perched upon the high river bank alongside both pre-war buildings and recent residential developments that flank the Major Deegan Expressway. Listed as a “transient hotel” in the building permits, the property will feature 64 units spread across 29,370 square feet of its 33,000-square-foot interior. Gerald J. Caliendo of Caliendo Architects is the applicant of record. Prasanna Venkatesha of Sita Ram LLC is listed as the owner.

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994 Tinton Avenue

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Project Planned At 994 Tinton Avenue, Morrisania

TNE Building has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 994 Tinton Avenue, in the South Bronx’s Morrisania section. The project will measure 6,450 square feet and its residential units average approximately 649 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Pirooz Soltanizadeh’s Jamaica-based Royal Engineering is the applicant of record. The 20-foot-wide, 2,000-square-foot lot is vacant. Its predecessor was a two-story townhouse, which was demolished back in 2010. The Prospect Avenue stop on the 2 and 5 trains is located four blocks away.


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