Permits have been filed for a 10-story mixed-use building at 116 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The corner lot, also addressed as 100 Essex Street, is steps from the Delancey Street–Essex Street subway station, served by the F, J, M, and Z trains. David Lowin of NYC Economic Development Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The first phase of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project has officially opened at East River Park on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The project features a series of interconnected, elevated parks spanning 2.25 miles along the East River waterfront that function as both public recreation areas and flood protection infrastructure. Led by the NYC Department of Design and Construction, the $1.45 billion initiative was designed by BIG–Bjarke Ingels Group in collaboration with Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, ONE Architecture & Urbanism, AKRF, and local residents.
Offering a calm respite from the lively Lower East Side, 66 Clinton is a new boutique condominium building with serene, design-forward residences in Manhattan’s downtown neighborhood. Developed by Vault Development Partners together with TLM Equities and designed by architecture and interiors firm TalliTien, 66 Clinton houses twelve meticulously crafted homes, including a showstopping full-floor penthouse with private roof deck. The architecture of 66 Clinton offers contextual harmony with the streetscape of Clinton Street and textural restraint with Nordic influences from the brick façade to the limestone-clad lobby.
Developers have secured financing for The Ridge Street Apartments, a 16-story affordable senior housing building at 145 Broome Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Grand Street Guild, Catholic Homes of New York, and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the structure will yield 190 100-percent affordable units in studio, one-, and two-bedroom layouts. The bulk of the homes will be available for seniors aged 62 and older earning up to 50 percent of the area median income, with 30 percent reserved for formerly homeless seniors aged 55 and older. The property is located between Ridge and Attorney Streets.
A new rendering has been revealed for 290 Henry Street, a 21-story residential building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Designed and developed by Fulcrum Properties with Think! Architecture and Design as the design architect, RKTB as the architect of record, and Li-Saltzman Architects as the restoration architect for the landmarked church, the 96,638-square-foot structure will yield 130 affordable housing units and connect to the adjacent 196-year-old St. Augustine’s Church, which will undergo a full restoration. The new tower will also contain a 1,959-square-foot community facility and 3,762 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property is located on an interior through-lot parcel bounded by Henry, Madison, and Scammel Streets.