50 West Street is Topped Out And Nearing Exterior Completion

8:00 am on October 23, 2015 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Exterior completion is approaching for one of the most dramatic additions to the Downtown skyline in decades. The Helmut Jahn-designed residential skyscraper at 50 West Street reached its full height of 784 feet in September. As of today, most scaffolding has been removed from the crown, revealing a slanted concrete halo. The elegant concrete band will soon be obscured by a cocoon of curvy glass, which is being installed only nine floors below.

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25-29 Cox Place in April 2015. photo by Christopher Bride for PropertyShark

Permits Filed: Cypress Hills Townhouses, 25-29 Cox Place

7:30 am on October 23, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

As the administration’s East New York rezoning marches through the public review process, small market-rate developments are growing on the neighborhood’s outskirts, away from the rezoning area south of Atlantic Avenue. One such project is in the works in Cypress Hills, the northern section of the neighborhood that stretches from Atlantic up to the acres of cemeteries along the Brooklyn-Queens border.

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10 Sullivan's curved facade

10 Sullivan Street Nears the Finish Line in Soho

7:00 am on October 23, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The flatiron-shaped facade at 10 Sullivan Street in Soho has most of its hand-laid Norman bricks and curved glass, and workers are busily installing bathroom tile and gas fireplaces. The building will eventually top out at 16 stories and hold 22 condos on a triangular lot wedged between Sullivan Street, 6th Avenue, Spring, and Broome Streets.

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526 Union Avenue

Six-Story, 37-Unit Residential Project Filed At 526 Union Avenue, Williamsburg

6:30 am on October 23, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Alliance Private Capital Group has filed applications for a six-story, 37-unit residential building at 526 Union Avenue, in north Williamsburg, located four blocks north of the G train’s stop at Metropolitan Avenue. The building will measure 26,389 square feet, which translates into an average unit of 713 square feet, indicative of rentals. De-Jan Lu’s Manhattan-based architectural firm DJLU Architect filed for the permit, and the 10,000 square-foot lot is currently being used for parking. The developer picked up the plot for $9.6 million late last year.

34-22 35th Street

Reveal For Seven-Story, 65-Unit Residential Project At 34-22 35th Street, Astoria

6:00 am on October 23, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Back in February, YIMBY reported on applications for a seven-story, 65-unit residential building at 34-22 35th Street, in southern Astoria, equidistant to subway stops on the N/Q and M/R trains. Now, Real Estate Weekly has the project’s reveal. According to the latest permits, the building will feature 1,352 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and rental units will average 665 square feet apiece. Fairfield County-based Valyrian Capital is developing, while Kutnicki Bernstein Architects is designing. The vacant property was acquired for $16 million in an off-market deal.

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