YIMBY Reveals Interior Renovations of One Wall Street’s Red Room, in Financial District

8:00 am on June 23, 2019 By Michael Young

In the midst of the largest office-to-condo conversion in New York City history at One Wall Street, its famous Red Room is undergoing a 16-month-long renovation. Designed in 1931 by renowned muralist Hildreth Meière, the former banking hall’s walls and ceilings are lined with 8,911 square feet of oxblood, orange, and gold glass tile mosaic, some of which has become damaged over the years. The Red Room will likely serve as retail space when the building reopens, which is expected to be in 2021. Macklowe Properties is the developer of the $1.5 billion Financial District conversion and expansion. CORE is handling sales and marketing of the planned 566 housing units in the rest of the Ralph Walker-designed skyscraper. SLCE Architects is serving as the architect of record.

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ODA-Designed Hotel Rises Above Street Level at 1548 Bedford Avenue, in Crown Heights

7:30 am on June 23, 2019 By Michael Young

The superstructure for ODA’s future five-story hotel at 1548 Bedford Avenue is now above ground in Crown Heights. The site is located along Bedford Avenue between Union Street and Eastern Parkway, and is a couple of blocks away from Prospect Park. The 38,300-square-foot project will yield 100 hotel rooms, a ground-floor banquet hall and restaurant, café, and shared terraces on the third and fourth levels. The fifth floor will be topped with a rooftop garden and a bar. Yoel Schwimmer is the developer.

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142 Lenox Road in Flatbush, Brooklyn

Permits Filed for 142 Lenox Road in Flatbush, Brooklyn

6:30 am on June 23, 2019 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 142 Lenox Road in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between Bedford Avenue and Rogers Avenue, the interior lot is three blocks west of the Church Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Besyata Investment Group is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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YIMBY Tours CetraRuddy-Designed 212 West 95th Street, aka Dahlia, on the Upper West Side

8:00 am on June 22, 2019 By Michael Young

YIMBY went on a hard hat tour of Dahlia, a new 20-story condominium on the Upper West Side at 212 West 95th Street. The topped-out structure, which is located on the southeast corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 95th Street, is designed by CetraRuddy with RKTB Architects as the architect of record and JRM as the construction manager. United Management worked in conjunction with Certes Partners to develop the the property. The building contains 38 residences, which range from two- to four-bedroom layouts and include two penthouses and six select homes with private outdoor spaces. Reuveni Real Estate is the exclusive sales and marketing agent for the development.

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