A skinny townhouse at 27 East 61st Street, between Park and Madison Avenues on the Upper East Side, is getting a modern revamp, and YIMBY has renderings that illustrate its transition to a taller brick-clad building.
Curbed reports that Cadence Property Group has launched a teaser site for their five-story, 30-unit building — dubbed The Sorting House — at 320 West 52nd Street, in Hell’s Kitchen. The residential expansion is currently being constructed atop the existing two-story post office building, and sales are expected to begin this summer. Architecture Outfit is designing.
BCB Property Management has acquired two four-story apartment buildings spanning 239-245 Ocean Parkway, in northern Kensington, for $10.3 million, reports the Commercial Observer. The buildings have 32 residential units, half of which are rent-stabilized. The other 16 units are vacant. The new owner plans to renovate the buildings.
Solomon Schwimmer, doing business as Winthrop Heights LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, 10-unit residential building measuring 8,260 square feet at 83 Winthrop Street, in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Diego Aguilera is designing, and an existing two-story house must first be demolished.
In 2013, Fosun International Ltd. bought One Chase Manhattan Plaza. They have re-branded it as 28 Liberty Street and now they want to re-develop the landmark. The proposal includes ground floor retail and major changes to the plaza, and was presented to the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday, but the commissioners had issues. So, the team will have to re-work their plan before they get the go-ahead.
