Karl Fischer

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Permits Filed: 243 4th Avenue, Park Slope

An 11-story condo building may replace another one of Fourth Avenue’s auto shops. New building applications were filed this morning to erect a 118-foot-tall residential development at 243 4th Avenue, between President and Carroll Streets and just a block south of the R train stop at Union Street.

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940 First Avenue

14-Story, 13-Unit Condo Building Filed At 940 First Avenue, Midtown East

Bed-Stuy-based CS Real Estate has filed applications for a 14-story, 13-unit mixed-use building at 940 First Avenue, in Midtown East, three blocks from the E, M or 6 subways caught on Lexington Avenue at 51st or 53rd Streets. The building will measure 17,450 square feet in total, and will feature 1,073 square feet of commercial-retail space on the first floor. Above, full-floor units will measure 1,210 square feet apiece, likely indicative of condos. Karl Fischer is the architect of record, and an old four-story tenement must first be demolished.



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Permits Filed: 25-Story Apartment Building at 198 East 135th Street, Mott Haven

Development is on fire in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx, but yesterday’s filings brought the largest ground-up project the neighborhood has seen in decades. Williamsburg-based builder Cheskel Schwimmer filed new building applications for a 25-story residential development at 198 East 135th Street, next the Major Deegan Expressway, the Park Avenue Bridge, and the Third Avenue Bridge.

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408 Evergreen Avenue

Four-Story, 21-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed At 408 Evergreen Avenue, Bushwick

Moishe Braver, of Hold Bushwick, LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, 21-unit mixed-use building at 408 Evergreen Avenue, in central Bushwick, located five blocks from the J and Z trains’ stop at Gates Avenue. The building will measure a total 18,485 square feet, and includes 2,513 square feet of health care facility on the ground floor. Residential units, averaging 880 square feet apiece, will begin on the second floor, with seven per level through the top floor. Karl Fischer is the architect of record.


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