Fujian restaurant Nin Hao has signed a lease to occupy 1,890 square feet on the ground floor of 595 Dean Street, a two-tower residential development in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The restaurant’s interior was designed by Plan Plan and integrates traditional Chinese design with modern elements, featuring a 16-foot-tall dining area, an aquarium, and art installations.
A feasibility study has been commissioned for Flatbush Tower, a 12-story residential building which would potentially be located at 399-401 Flatbush Avenue near Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Heights. OPerA Studio was tasked to evaluate the potential for developing the site, which presently houses a small commercial building and a four-story residential structure.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 480 St. John’s Place in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Located between Classon Avenue and Washington Avenue, the lot is near the Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum subway station, serviced by the 2, 3, and 4 trains. Yitzi Gantz of Hig Associates is listed as the owner behind the applications.
New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has selected a trio of companies to convert an existing parking lot into a low income housing property for seniors and the formerly homeless. Located at 542 Dean Street in Prospect Heights, transformation of the city-owned lot will be led by Jobe Development Corp., Mega Group Development, and the Institute for Community Living, a non-profit agency based in New York.
YIMBY recently went on a tour of the amenities at 595 Dean Street, a two-tower residential development within the Pacific Park master plan in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by TF Cornerstone, the 28-story East Tower and 23-story West Tower hold a combined unit count of 798 rental apartments ranging from studios to two-bedroom layouts, with 240 offered through the affordable housing lottery on NYC Housing Connect. In addition to 28,750 square feet of outdoor amenity space, exclusive to residents, this development is contributing nearly 60,000 square feet of public park and plaza space, designed by landscape architecture firm MNLA.
