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Queens’s Second Tallest Tower, Tower 28 at 42-12 28th Street in Long Island City, Tops Out at 58 Stories

11:00 am on April 5, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In February, YIMBY brought you two construction updates on the nearly topped out 58-story, 477-unit residential tower at 42-12 28th Street, in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island City. The project, dubbed Tower 28, has since topped out at 647 feet above street level, per the Court Square Blog, becoming the second tallest building in Queens and the city’s tallest residential building outside of Manhattan. The 398,702-square-foot tower will eventually contain rental apartments that average 823 square feet apiece. The bottom portions of the structure host a 50-car parking garage, bike storage, and many other amenities, in addition to 5,878 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Heatherwood Communities is the developer and Goldstein, Hill & West Architects is behind the design. Completion is expected in 2017.

Nine-Story, Eight-Unit Condominium Project Filed at 30 Thompson Street, SoHo

10:00 am on April 5, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In June of 2015, news broke that a Karim Rashid-designed condominium project would be coming to 30 Thompson Street, in SoHo, and now new building applications have been filed for the project. The 18,000-square-foot project will rise nine stories, or 113 feet, above street level. It will contain a total of eight residential units, each averaging a spacious 1,741 square feet, indicative of condominiums. The ground floor and a mezzanine level will host a lobby, a small parking garage, and mechanical equipment, and the full-floor apartments will begin on the second floor. Weis Group, Mavrix Group, and Walker Ridge are the developers, while Heritage Architecture is serving as the architect of record. Completion is expected in late 2017. Demolition permits were filed in 2015 for the single-story warehouse occupying the site.

287 East Houston Street, rendering via Hogg Holdings

Revealed: Condos at 287 East Houston Street

8:00 am on April 5, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Last July, developer Hogg Holdings filed plans for 11 stories of condos at 287 East Houston Street, between Suffolk and clinton Streets on the Lower East Side. Now, YIMBY has a new rendering of the facade.

Construction at 41-21 28th Street. Photo by Tectonic

Construction Update: 41-21 28th Street, Long Island City

7:00 am on April 5, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

Long Island City is hot. If you want one gauge of how hot, consider that YIMBY has written close to two dozen stories about or involving Long Island City just this year. While many projects are speeding along, one project – 41-21 28^thStreet – is moving a little more slowly, as seen in photos sent to us by our friend Tectonic.

27-Story, 168-Unit Residential Building Rises To Third Floor At 27-19 44th Drive, Long Island City

4:00 pm on April 4, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Foundation work kicked off in February for the 27-story, 168-unit residential building underway at 27-19 44th Drive, in the Court Square section of the Long Island City, and now The Court Square Blog reports the structure has since risen three stories above street level. The rapidly ascending 151,021-square-foot project, dubbed Watermark Court Square, will eventually host rental apartments ranging from studios to two-bedrooms. The residential units should average 730 square feet apiece and the ground-floor will feature 2,807 square feet of retail space. Amenities will include a rooftop terrace, a sky lounge, work lounges featuring meeting spaces, a garden, a café, and a fitness center. Twining Properties is the developer and Handel Architects is behind the design. Completion is currently expected in the summer of 2017.

Four-Story, Six-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed At 98 Thatford Avenue, Brownsville

3:00 pm on April 4, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Maspeth-based Aasrah Holdings Corp. has filed applications for a four-story, six-unit mixed-use building at 98 Thatford Avenue, in Brownsville, located 10 blocks south of the Rockaway Avenue Station on the A/C trains. The new structure will measure 8,500 square feet and will include 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Two per floor, the residential units begin on the second floor and should average 750 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Akeeb Shekoni’s Jamaica-based Askon Architects is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,502-square-foot lot is currently vacant.

Three-Story, Four-Unit Residential Project Planned At 1625 West 6th Street, Gravesend

2:00 pm on April 4, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Hong Bin Zhu has filed applications for a three-story, four-unit residential building at 1625 West 6th Street, in northern Gravesend, located four blocks from the Bay Parkway stop on the N train. The project will encompass 7,168 square feet and its residential units should average a spacious 1,335 square feet apiece. They will likely be condominiums, and there will be two located in the ground floor, followed by two full-floor units. Sugnam Chang’s Brooklyn-based Basic Groups Corp. is the architect of record. The 40-foot-wide, 4,000-square-foot lot is currently occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits have not yet been filed.

Four-Story, Four-Unit Residential Building Planned At 100 16th Street, South Slope

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

Property owner Jack Cheng, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, four-unit residential building at 100 16th Street, in South Slope, located a block north of the Prospect Avenue stop on the R train. The structure will measure a total of 6,538 square feet and its residential units should average a spacious 1,280 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. There will be one unit per floor, although the fourth-floor unit will feature additional space in a penthouse level. Shi Ming Tam’s Borough Park-based firm is the architect of record. The 20-foot-wide, 2,562-square-foot lot is currently occupied by a two-story townhouse. Permits to demolish it have not yet been filed.

33-Story, 270-Unit Residential Project Rises To 16th Floor At 44-26 Purves Street, Long Island City

11:00 am on April 4, 2016 By Reid Wilson

It was in April of 2015 that YIMBY revealed renderings of the 33-story, 270-unit residential building planned at 44-26 Purves Street, in the Court Square section of Long Island City. Last November, construction of the structure was two stories above street level, and now the building is 16 stories up, as seen in photos by Tectonic. Once complete, the new building will encompass 247,934 square feet and its residential units should average 766 square feet apiece. The rental apartments will come in studio, one-, and two-bedroom configurations. A two-story podium will include much of the building’s 26,300 square feet of amenities as well as 2,600 square feet of retail space. The Gotham Organization and Brause Realty are the developers, with FXFOWLE Architects behind the design. Completion can be expected in 2017.

346 Broadway: rendering by Beyer Blinder Belle, photograph by the author

Mixed Rulings for Conversion of 346 Broadway, TriBeCa

8:00 am on April 4, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

It was back in December of 2014 that the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved (on its second attempt) the residential conversion of the former New York Life Insurance Company Building, later a city office building, at 346 Broadway, in TriBeCa. However, in just the past two weeks, two rulings have come down that will impact the plan from developers Peebles Corporation and Elad Group, being marketed using the alternate address 108 Leonard Street.

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