Guiding Eyes for the Blind has closed on a 12-acre development site at 3241 Crompond Road in Yorktown Heights, where the non-profit intends to construct a 30,000-square-foot school and kennel for guide dogs and companion animals. With operations in northern Westchester County, the organization connects vision-impaired people with animals to support their journey to greater independence.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for the third phase of Rockaway Village, a massive multi-building development that will bring 1,700 units of new affordable housing to Far Rockaway, Queens when fully complete. Developed by Phipps Houses and designed by Marvel, the lottery units are spread out across four buildings: three towers with modern elevator access and one building with 26 duplex units with interior staircases. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 282 units for residents at 30 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $16,252 to $140,080.
Façade installation is moving along quickly on 450 Eleventh Avenue, a 51-story hotel skyscraper in Hudson Yards. Designed by DSM Design Group and developed by Marx Development Group, the 642-foot-tall structure will house a 379-room Aloft hotel with a business center, a ballroom, and a fourth-floor restaurant with a bar and outdoor terrace. Atria Builders is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of West 37th Street and Eleventh Avenue, directly across from the Jacob K. Javits Center.
Demolition of a multi-story parking garage has wrapped up at 85 DeKalb Avenue, the site of a planned 29-story residential building in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Long Island University and RXR Realty under the RXR LIU Developer TRS LLC, the 348-foot-tall structure will span 288,849 square feet and yield 275 rental units with an average scope of 883 square feet, as well as 45,981 square feet of community facility space, a cellar level, a 30-foot long rear yard, two loading berths, and 198 enclosed parking spaces. Capital Industries Corp. is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the intersection of DeKalb Avenue and Rockwell Place.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 1166 Fox Street in Foxhurst, The Bronx. Located between Home Street and Intervale Avenue, the lot is two blocks from the Freeman Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Peter Abowitz is listed as the owner behind the applications.
