Renderings from OPerA Studio Architecture are the first to reveal a new condominium building at 222 North 8th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. When the project was initially filed with the Department of Buildings, WSQ Global was the project’s developer.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 168 West 136th Street, an eight-story residential building in Manhattan’s Central Harlem. Designed by architect Nicholas Kazalas and developed by Haussmann Development and Coltown Properties, the structure yields 27 rental units. Available on NYC Housing Connect are nine units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $107,658 to $198,250.
Permits have been filed to convert a one-story commercial structure into a five-story mixed-use building at 97 Walworth Street in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located between Park Avenue and Myrtle Avenue, the lot is near the Flushing Avenue subway station, serviced by the G train. Mordechai Retek under the Jacob Hart LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is moving along on the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (SBPCR), an integrated coastal flood risk management system at the southern tip of Battery Park City. Led by architect and engineer AECOM, the $221 million project involves the creation of an elevated landscaped waterfront esplanade spanning from the Museum of Jewish Heritage to Pier A Plaza, as well as the reconstruction of the Wagner Park Pavilion with a new design by Thomas Phifer and Partners. The SBPCR is one component of the 3.5-mile-long Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) master plan, which is engineered to reduce the risk of flood damage from storm events like Hurricane Sandy. Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is the owner and EW Howell Co. is the general contractor for the property, which is addressed on permits as 20 Battery Place.
Construction is set to commence at 303 Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where a one-story commercial property is being expanded into a five-story mixed-use condominium building. Designed by ND Architecture & Design PC, the new 55-foot-tall structure will span 22,874 square feet and yield 22 residential units with an average scope of 1,004 square feet, as well as 6,074 square feet of commercial space, 395 square feet of community facility space, and a cellar level. B Contractors Group LLC is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of Wythe Avenue and South 2nd Street.
