Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into a four-story residential building at 433 Vermont Street in East New York, Brooklyn. Located between Blake Avenue and Sutter Avenue, the interior lot is two blocks from the Van Siclen Avenue subway station, serviced by the A and C trains. Joel Friedman is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Façade work is nearing completion on Gotham Point North Tower, a 57-story residential skyscraper at 1-15 57th Avenue in Hunters Point South, Queens. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Gotham Organization and Riseboro Community Partnership, the 559-foot-tall structure is also known as Parcel F in a two-tower development along with the adjacent Parcel G, and will yield 692 units. The building rises from a plot bound by Center Boulevard to the north, 56th Avenue to the east, and 57th Avenue to the west.
Leasing has launched for The Arch, a 16-story residential building at 1101 President Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Marvel Architects and developed by Brooklyn-based BFC Partners, the structure yields 323 rental units in studio to three-bedroom floor plans.
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 228 13th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Located between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, the lot is a short walk to the 4th Avenue-9th Street subway station, serviced by the F, G, and R trains. Robert Saffayeh under 205 14th Street LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction has broken ground on Baez Place, a 154-unit affordable housing development at 334 East 176th Street in Claremont, The Bronx. Designed by ESKW Architects and developed by Community Access, the structure will comprise 105 studios, 21 one-bedrooms, 22 two-bedrooms, and six three-bedroom apartments. A total of 154 homes will be reserved for households at 30 to 80 percent area median income (AMI). The remaining 86 units will be available to the formerly homeless, who will also have access to on-site support services rendered by Community Access. Each apartment will come equipped with free broadband internet access.
