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1721 West 6th Street

Seven-Story, 15-Unit Residential Building Filed at 1721 West 6th Street, Gravesend

1:00 pm on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Rong Wu, head of Brooklyn-based The Style Development LLC, has filed applications for a seven-story, 15-unit residential building at 1721 West 6th Street, in northern Gravesend. The structure will encompass 17,976 square feet and its residential units should average 901 square feet apiece. It’s not known if the apartments will be rentals or condominiums. Amenities include a 12-car parking garage on the ground and cellar levels, and a rooftop recreational area. Harry Hong’s Chinatown-based H2 Consulting is the applicant of record. The 40-foot-wide, 4,000-square-foot plot is currently occupied by the partially demolished remains of a single-story structure. Permits were filed in March to remove the remnants. The Kings Highway stop on the N train is located three blocks away.

28 Spencer Place, photo by Rebecca Baird-Remba

Permits Filed: 29 Spencer Place, Bed-Stuy

7:00 am on June 29, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Folks who live near the Franklin Avenue C train stop in southern Bed-Stuy are probably familiar with an oddly shaped vacant lot on the corner of Fulton and Spencer streets. Recently, it’s been full of painted Airstream trailers and vans. Now, it will become apartments.

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1423 45th Street

Four-Story, Four-Unit Residential Building Planned at 1423 45th Street, Borough Park

1:00 pm on June 28, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Yacov Levine has filed applications for a four-story, four-unit residential building at 1423 45th Street, in the heart of Borough Park. The structure will measure 4,336 square feet, which means its full-floor residential units should average 1,084 square feet apiece, indicative of family-sized configurations. Peter Gee’s South Slope-based Gee 2000 Architect is the architect of record. The 20-foot-wide, 2,004-square-foot plot is currently occupied by a two-story townhouse. Demolition permits have not yet been filed. The site is located four blocks from the Fort Hamilton Parkway stop on the D train.

210 Livingston Street

Construction Reaches Street Level for 25-Story, 368-Unit Mixed-Use Project at 210 Livingston Street, Downtown Brooklyn

11:00 am on June 28, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Construction has reached street level at the site of a planned 25-story, 368-unit mixed-use building at 210 Livingston Street, in Downtown Brooklyn. A photo of the progress was posted to the YIMBY Forums by Tectonic. Under development is a 405,002-square-foot project that will feature nearly 20,000 square feet of retail on the ground and cellar levels. Residential units will begin on the third floor and should average 825 square feet apiece. The apartments will be rentals, and 74 of them will rent at below-market rates through the affordable housing lottery. Amenities include a 130-car underground garage, storage for 184 bikes, “accessory amenity spaces” on the second floor, outdoor terraces on the second and 15th floors, and a lounge on the 15th floor. Benenson Capital Partners and Rose Associates are the developers, while Handel Architects is behind the architecture. Completion is expected in late 2017.

111 Troutman Street

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Planned at 111 Troutman Street, Bushwick

1:00 pm on June 27, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based New Green Holdings has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 111 Troutman Street, in western Bushwick. The structure will measure 7,592 square feet and its residential units should average 686 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be two units per floor, with one of the ground floor units also containing space in the cellar level, and one of the fourth-floor apartments featuring space in a penthouse. Michael Avramides’ Midtown East-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot lot is currently occupied by a three-story townhouse. Demolition permits were filed in April. The site is located three blocks from the Myrtle Avenue stop on the J/M/Z trains.

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