Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Economic Development Corporation have announced plans to transform the Downtown Manhattan Heliport into a facility with the capacity to support electric flight technologies. This initiative is part of a broader effort to enhance urban sustainability and reduce noise pollution in New York City.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Grosvenor Senior Apartments, a nine-story residential building at 82-77 116th Street in Kew Gardens, Queens. Designed by Tan Architect and developed by Steven Li under Grosvenor Realty Group…
Construction tops out on 218 Front Street, a seven-story two-building residential complex in Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by S. Wieder Architect and developed and built by Chess Builders, the ground-up project will yield 218 rental apartments with 66 affordable housing units, as well as 350 square feet of commercial space and 180 square feet of community space on the ground floor. The large interior lot is bound by Front Street to the north and York Street to the south, and was formerly occupied by a one-story industrial warehouse with an open-air lumber yard.
Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have unveiled the master plan for the Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) Kips Bay, a new life sciences hub located on Hunter College’s Brookdale Campus at East 25th Street and First Avenue in Kips Bay. Designed to transform a city block in Manhattan, SPARC Kips Bay is expected to create over 15,000 jobs and generate an economic impact of $42 billion over 30 years.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 2971 Shell Road in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Neptune Avenue and Shell Road, the lot is near the Neptune Avenue subway station, serviced by the F train. Elie Fouerti of 1266 Park Place LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
