Urby’s next residential community will soon debut at 155 Washington Street in Newark, New Jersey. Known simply as Newark Urby, the property will comprise 250 rental apartments ranging from studios up to three-bedroom floor plans.
YIMBY attended the ribbon cutting ceremony marking the grand opening of The Willoughby, a 34-story mixed-use tower at 196 Willoughby Street on Long Island University‘s Downtown Brooklyn campus. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by RXR Realty, the 445-foot-tall structure yields 476 residential units ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, as well as new academic and office spaces, an adjacent athletic field to the east, and parking for 564 vehicles directly below. Hunter Roberts Construction Group served as the general contractor for the Brooklyn project, which is bound by Willoughby Street to the north, Ashland Place to the east, DeKalb Avenue to the south, and Flatbush Avenue Extension to the west. The building dedicates 30 percent of units as rent stabilized apartments for middle-income households.
Colonial II Apartments at 310 Cottage Street in Rome, New York, will soon be one of the most sustainable public housing buildings in the state. A renovation project led by Beacon Communities, current owners of the 99-unit property, includes a host of high-tech sustainability upgrades that will drastically reduce building carbon emissions and achieve net-zero energy use.
Permits have been filed for a six-story affordable housing building at 1405 Boston Road in Morrisania, The Bronx. Located between Prospect Avenue and East 170th Street, the lot is within walking distance of the Freeman Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Frederick Shack of Urban Pathways Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 155 Clarkson Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. Located between Bedford and Rogers Avenues, the lot is near the Winthrop Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Mohammed Quashem Bhuyain of Reliant Electrical Contracting is listed as the owner behind the applications.
