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196 Fourth Avenue

Veterinary Hospital Leases Newly Renovated Two-Story Property At 194 Fourth Avenue, Gowanus

4:00 pm on March 1, 2016 By Reid Wilson

For the past few years, Brooklyn-based landlord Todd Parjonas has been converting the two-story, 12,150-square-foot manufacturing building at 196 Fourth Avenue, between Sackett and Degraw streets in Gowanus, into a commercial-retail or office property. Commercial Observer now reports the Veterinary Emergency & Referral Group, a 24-hour animal hospital, has leased the entire building for the next 15 years, taking both the ground and second floors. The tenant expects to move into the repurposed property later this year, once it builds out its office space. Michael D. Just’s Brooklyn-based Just Architecture is the architect of record.

2615 East 27th Street

Three-Story, Three-Unit Residential Project Coming To 2615 East 27th Street, Sheepshead Bay

3:00 pm on March 1, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Xin Ling Huang has filed applications for a three-story, three-unit residential building at 2615 East 27th Street, in southern Sheepshead Bay, located three blocks north of the waterfront. The structure will measure 3,654 square feet in total and its full-floor residential units should average a spacious 1,197 square feet apiece, which means they will probably be condominiums. The project will also include a 300-square-foot garage for two automobiles. Flushing-based Thomas Tung PE is the applicant of record. The 40-foot-wide lot is currently occupied by one-and-a-half-story house and demolition permits have not yet been filed to knock it down.

brooklyn bridge park pier 6 night rendering

State Puts Approval On Hold For 29-, 14-Story Pier 6 Residential Towers, Brooklyn Heights

6:30 am on March 1, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In June of 2015, YIMBY revealed renderings of the winning proposal that would bring two mixed-use towers to Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, located in southern Brooklyn Heights. The project consists of a 29-story, 192-unit market-rate condominium building with 3,870 square feet of retail and a shorter, 14-story counterpart with 117 affordable and 30 market-rate rental apartments, a preschool, 930 square feet of retail, and a 1,500 square-foot community facility. Curbed NY now reports the project is on hold following relentless community opposition. The Empire State Development Corporation is not approving the project until the city can come to an agreement with the community on it. The city selected RAL Development and Oliver Realty to develop the two vacant sites, with ODA New York as the design architect. Construction was scheduled to begin this spring.

497 3rd Street

Six-Story, Four-Unit Mixed-Use Expansion Project Filed At 497 3rd Street, Park Slope

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

Property owner Peggy Hernandez has filed applications to renovate and expand the dilapidated, vacant tenement building at 497 3rd Street, in Park Slope, located seven blocks north of the 7th Avenue stop on the F and G trains. First reported by DNAinfo, the building would be expanded by 3,254 square feet and would grow from four to six stories. The ground floor would be converted into 455 square feet of retail space and the rest of the expanded structure would have four residential units. There would be one apartment per floor on the second through fourth floors, and a duplex unit on the top two floors. The apartments should average 1,363 square feet apiece, which means condominiums are in the works. Selim Vural’s TriBeCa-based Studio Vural is designing. The property sits outside of Park Slope’s historic districts, so the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s approval is not required.

674 Atlantic Avenue

Pacific Park Developers Consider Building Office Space At 674 Atlantic Avenue, Prospect Heights

11:00 am on February 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Earlier this month, the developers behind the Pacific Park mega-development in Prospect Park – a partnership between Greenland Holdings and Forest City Ratner – proposed the idea of transferring 1.1 million square feet of development rights to 590 Atlantic Avenue in order to build a massive office tower. Now, another site is under consideration for an office development, according to DNAinfo. It’s the site at the southwestern corner of Atlantic and Sixth avenues – 674 Atlantic Avenue, or 2 Sixth Avenue. A 764-unit, mixed-income residential building, with a mix of rentals and condos along with retail space, has long been approved for the site. Now the developers are seeking to transfer commercial development rights to the location so a second office building could be built. The Empire State Development Corporation would have to approve the transfer of air rights. The change in plans also requires an environmental study, and the affordable residential units that were expected at the site would be built elsewhere.

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