149-45 17th Road

Twin Two-Story, Two-Family Houses Coming to 149-45 17th Road, Whitestone

2:00 pm on July 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

South Richmond Hill-based property owner Peter Pavlou has filed applications for two two-story, two-family houses at 149-45 – 149-47 17th Road, in Whitestone. They will each measure 3,101 square feet. Across both, the full-floor residential units should average 899 square feet. There will also be a total of four off-street parking spaces, two of which will be housed in 308-square-foot garages. Whitestone-based Platonic Solids Architecture is the architect of record. The 60-foot-wide, 6,000-square-foot site’s former two-story predecessor, a single-family home, was demolished in June. The property was subdivided into two tax lots in May.

599 Johnson Avenue

Two-Story, 26,000-Square-Foot Mixed-Use Commercial Redevelopment Underway at 599 Johnson Avenue, East Williamsburg

11:00 am on July 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Bushwack Capital is currently redeveloping the two-story, 16,600-square-foot former industrial building at 599 Johnson Avenue, in western Bushwick, into a 26,000-square-foot mixed-use commercial property. The Williamsburg-based club Glasslands Gallery is expected to lease a roughly 24,000-square-foot venue, dubbed Elsewhere, for events on the ground floor, Commercial Observer reported. Another 2,300-square-foot space on the ground floor is intended for a restaurant, and 2,250 square feet on the second floor will be utilized as commercial-office space geared towards the arts. Chelsea-based Kossar + Garry Architects is the architect of record and Greco Construction Development is the general contractor. Completion is expected this fall. Bushwack acquired the property for $4.45 million in February of 2015, and a few months after, YIMBY reported on applications for the conversion project.

207 North 5th Street

Three-Story, Single-Family Townhouse Planned at 207 North 5th Street, Williamsburg

10:00 am on July 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Lower Manhattan-based Fiocchi Group has filed applications for a three-story, single-family townhouse at 207 North 5th Street, in Williamsburg. The structure will measure 4,457 square feet and will rise 47 feet above street level. The basement will include a pool, a fitness center, a steam room, and storage space, followed by 4,325 square feet of residential space on the three floors above. Bryan M. Brown’s Upper East Side-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot property was previously occupied by a three-story, three-unit residential building, which was demolished last December. The Bedford Avenue Station on the L train is located three blocks away.