Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 2678 Creston Avenue in Fordham Manor, The Bronx. Located between East Kingsbridge Road and East 196th Street, the lot is within walking distance of two Kingsbridge Road subway stations, serviced by the B, D, and 4 trains. Ben Zahler under the 2678-2680 Creston LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
At number 23 on our year-end countdown is Journal Squared Tower 3, a 60-story residential skyscraper under construction in Jersey City‘s Journal Square neighborhood. Designed by HWKN Architecture and Handel Architects and developed by Kushner Real Estate Group and National Real Estate Advisors, the tower is the final component of the three-skyscraper complex and will top out as the second tallest, yielding 600 rental apartments with interiors designed by Major and Handel Architects. The development is bound by Pavonia Avenue to the north and Summit Avenue to the east. Groundbreaking occurred in early October.
At number 24 on YIMBY’s annual construction countdown is Haus25, a 626-foot-tall mixed-use skyscraper nearing completion at 25 Columbus Drive in Jersey City. Designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects and developed by Veris Residential, the 57-story tower will yield 750 units with interiors designed by Fogarty Finger and a school designed by KSS Architects in the low-rise podium. Melillo + Bauer Associates is the landscape designer, DeSimone Consulting Engineers is the structural engineer, Inglese Architecture + Engineering is the Civil Engineer, and AMA Consulting Engineers is the mechanical engineer for the project, which is bound by Christopher Columbus Drive to the north, Montgomery Street to the south, Washington Street to the east, and Warren Street to the west.
Tantum Real Estate recently joined community leaders and elected officials to celebrate the grand opening of a new affordable housing property for veterans and the formerly homeless in Jersey City. The building is located at 526 Ocean Avenue in the city’s Greenville neighborhood and houses a collection 20 apartments and a 1,500-square-foot community space on the ground floor.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 2484 Bedford Avenue, a six-story residential building in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Designed by S. Wieder Architect, the structure yields 25 residences and a garage for 13 vehicles. Available on NYC Housing Connect are eight units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $65,143 to $167,570.
