Permits have been filed for a 70-foot tall apartment building at 435 Tompkins Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Located on the corner of Tompkins Avenue and Halsey Street, the lot is diagonally opposite from Potomac Playground. The Kingston-Throop Avenues subway station, serviced by the A and C trains, is three blocks away. Benjamin Pinover of Dragonfly Design Build is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a nine-story mixed-use building at 601 Baltic Street, in Brooklyn. Located on major thoroughfare 4th Avenue in the Gowanus neighborhood, the corner lot is five blocks south of Atlantic Avenue Barclays Center Station, serviced by the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R, and W trains. Yiannes Einhorn of Einhorn Development Group is listed as the owner behind applications.
After breaking ground back in July of 2018 and rising 30 floors in only six months, Greenwich West has officially topped-out over Hudson Square, in Lower Manhattan. Located at 110 Charlton Street, the new residential tower will have 170 residences, which already launched sales this past fall. The project is one of the tallest buildings in the area, and will have views of the Hudson River, Lower Manhattan, and the Midtown skyline. Strategic Capital, Cape Advisors, and Forum Absolute Capital Partners are the developers, while Loci Anima and Adamson Associates are the designers.
Caisson pilings and ongoing foundation work have been spotted for the site of 215 West 28th Street, on the northern edge of Chelsea. Dubbed, “HAP Eight,” the project is set to stand 20 floors and 210 feet when complete. Comprised of two adjoining buildings, the site is being designed by DXA Architects and developed by HAP investments. The lot sits directly to the north of The Fashion Institute of Technology, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The nearly 300,000 square-foot project will consist of two separate buildings, one addressed as 215-219 West 28th Street, and the second addressed as 221-229 West 28th Street.
Once again, January has arrived, alongside New York YIMBY’s annual pipeline report. After our mid-2018 update portended a banner year for new construction, the 2019 report has confirmed it, as the total number of multi-family units filed with the Department of Buildings saw a tremendous surge over the past 365 days. 2018 saw 32,580 multi-family units filed with the DOB, beating 2017’s total of 19,180 units by a whopping 70%. The full 2019 report, containing all 2,482 of 2018’s new building filings in spreadsheet format, is available at the following link for $199.
