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101 Pennsylvania Avenue, photo by Tectonic

Seven-Story Medical Office Building Grows At 101 Pennsylvania Avenue, East New York

7:30 am on November 9, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

When plans were filed to build a medical office building on the site of a late 19th century bank in East New York, neighbors rallied to try and save the neglected Renaissance Revival bank. But they were too late. The building already had demolition plans on file, which meant that the city could not give it landmark protections. Now we’re checking in on the construction of its replacement at 101 Pennsylvania Avenue, with photos from Tectonic.

Three-Story, Four-Unit Residential Project Planned At 1345 70th Street, Dyker Heights

12:00 pm on November 8, 2016 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Brooklyn-based corporation has filed applications for a three-story, four-unit residential building at 1345 70th Street, in Dyker Heights. The project will measure 7,034 square feet and its residential units should average 1,339 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. There will also be four off-street parking spaces, two of which will be housed in a garage. Emmanuel J. Katerinis’s Lower Manhattan-based engineering firm is the applicant of record. The 40-foot-wide, 4,000-square-foot plot is occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits have not been filed.

77 Wythe Avenue. rendering via Cayuga Capital

New Design Revealed For Nine-Story Office Building At 77 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg

7:30 am on November 8, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Two years ago, YIMBY brought you a look at Cycle Cities’ futuristic design for an office building at 77 Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg. Now we’ve got a fresh rendering from the new architects behind the nine-story project, which will join 25 Kent Avenue as one of the first major ground-up office developments in Brooklyn in decades.

121-Unit Partial Residential Conversion Underway At Eight-Story Commercial Building, 248 Duffield Street, Downtown Brooklyn

12:00 pm on November 7, 2016 By Reid Wilson

United American Land is currently converting the top five floors of the Offerman House, an eight-story commercial building and individual landmark at 248 Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn, into 121 residential units. The units will be rental apartments ranging from studios to three-bedrooms, the New York Times reported. The lower floors of the property are currently leased to retailers, including Nordstrom Rack and Old Navy. GreenbergFarrow is designing the conversion. Occupancy is expected in the spring of 2017.

Developer To Move Forward With As-Of-Right Plans At Long Island College Hospital Property, Cobble Hill

8:00 am on November 7, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In 2015, Fortis Property Group laid out plans to redevelop the Long Island College Hospital property, located on several blocks in Cobble Hill. One proposal was for as-of-right development, while the other required an individual rezoning, approved through the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP). The developer has decided to move forward with the as-of-right plan, which will not include any affordable residential units, Politico reported.

776 Decatur Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed For Five-Story, 10-Unit Apartment Building At 766 Decatur Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant

7:00 am on November 7, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Vacant lots along Broadway, on the border between Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant, serve as a reminder of when both neighborhoods were victims of neglect and abandonment. But they are quickly disappearing. Plans were filed over the weekend for a five-story apartment building at 766 Decatur Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, between Broadway and Thomas S. Boyland Street. New building applications call for 10 apartments and 5,500 square feet of residential space, for tiny apartments averaging 550 square feet apiece. Each floor would have two apartments, and the top floor would host a pair of duplex penthouses.

Four-Story, Six-Unit Residential Building Planned At 191 Withers Street, Williamsburg

6:00 am on November 7, 2016 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Queens-based LLC has filed applications for a four-story, six-unit residential building at 191 Withers Street, in northern Williamsburg. The project will measure 6,325 square feet and its residential units should average 627 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Woody Chen’s Elmhurst-based Infocus Design & Planning is the architect of record. The 41-foot-wide, 2,418-square-foot property is occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits have not been filed.

Rentals Grow at 44 Kent Street in Greenpoint

3:00 pm on November 4, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Apartments are finally taking shape on a long-vacant lot at the corner of Kent and West streets, along the Greenpoint waterfront. Tectonic swung by the site at 44 Kent Street to bring us an update on the project, which is one of several new buildings rising in this former industrial neighborhood.

Mixed-Use Project Planned On Newly Acquired Site At 1101 Avenue M, Midwood

11:00 am on November 4, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Midtown South-based HH Realty Equities acquired, for $6.8 million, the single-story, 10,750-square-foot vacant commercial building at 1101 Avenue M, located on the corner of Coney Island Avenue in the heart of Midwood. The new owners plan to develop a mixed-use project with retail and residential units, Commercial Observer reported. The 10,750-square-foot site can accommodate up to 43,000 square feet of development. Neither demolition permits nor new building applications have been filed. The Avenue M stop on the Q train is five blocks away.

Single-Story, 6,000-Square-Foot Manufacturing Building Planned At 504 Liberty Avenue, East New York

10:00 am on November 4, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A Jamaica-based property owner has filed applications for a single-story, 6,000-square-foot manufacturing building at 504 Liberty Avenue, located on the corner of Van Siclen Avenue in East New York. The project will house manufacturing, office, and storage space. Jose A. Velasquez’s architectural firm, based in South Ozone Park, is the applicant of record. The 60-foot-wide, 6,000-square-foot plot is vacant. The site is located within the East New York rezoning area approved earlier this year, allowing up to 12,000 square feet of manufacturing space or 18,000 square feet of residential space to be built as-of-right on the site.

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