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Eight-Story, 17-Unit Residential Conversion Approved At 350 Henry Street, Cobble Hill

10:00 am on September 9, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Back in June, YIMBY reported on filings to convert the eight-story Polhemus Building at 350 Henry Street, in Cobble Hill, into 17 residential units. Since the building is landmarked, approval from the LPC is required, and according to Brooklyn Daily Eagle, plans have received the green light. The units will likely be condos, averaging a spacious 2,520 square feet apiece in the 43,187 square-foot structure. Fortis Property Group is developing, and BKSK Architects is designing.

717 Sutter Avenue

Permits Filed: 727 Sutter Avenue, East New York

7:00 am on September 9, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The city hopes to kick off its big East New York rezoning within the next few weeks, and it plans to subsidize the construction of 1,200 new affordable apartments in the transit-rich area near Broadway Junction. Meanwhile, market-rate development is slowly growing in the southern half of the neighborhood, where new construction comes in the form of small three- and four-story buildings—the only thing that pencils out right now.

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2346 Boynton Place

Three Stories, Nine Residential Units Coming To 2346 Boynton Place, Gravesend

4:00 pm on September 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Forest Hills-based developer Sharon Cohen has filed applications for three three-story, multi-family residential buildings at 2344-2346 Boynton Place, in southern Gravesend, a block from stops on the F or N subways, at Avenue X or 86th Street, respectively. Each building will contain three units. The development’s nine apartments will spread across 11,631 square feet of space, for average units of 1,292 square feet. Long Island-based Shahriar Afshari is the architect of record, and an existing home must first be demolished.

237 Pacific Street

Schematics Show Four-Story, Three-Unit Mixed-Use Project At 237 Pacific Street, Boerum Hill

3:00 pm on September 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Late last year, YIMBY reported on filings for a four-story, three-unit mixed-use building at 237 Pacific Street, in Boerum Hill, and now a schematic drawing of the building has been posted on-site, per Brownstoner. The new building will measure a total 5,512 square feet, and will feature 1,614 of retail space on the ground floor, followed by full-floor units averaging 1,300 square feet each. The units will actually be rentals, and Nicola Quinoes is the developer. Brooklyn-based Teresa Byrne Salter is the architect. The site’s single-story predecessor was demolished in January.

514 Maple Street

Four-Story, 10-Unit Residential Building Filed At 514 Maple Street, East Flatbush

2:00 pm on September 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based ANM Real Estate has filed applications for a four-story, 10-unit residential building at 514 Maple Street, in northern East Flatbush, five blocks from the 2 and 5 trains’ stop at Sterling Street. The building will measure a total 7,829 square feet, and units will average 782 square feet apiece; the two fourth-floor apartments will also share the fifth-floor penthouse. Leonid Segal’s Borough Park-based Tecnico Engineering is the applicant of record, and the site’s two-story predecessor was demolished in 2000’s.

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