222 East 13th Street

Three-Story Building At 222 East 13th Street Being Turned Into Supportive Housing, East Village

2:00 pm on July 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

At 222 East 13th Street, in the East Village, a dilapidated & vacant four-story townhouse has begun its conversion into Bea Arthur Residence, a 18-bed supportive housing facility for homeless LGBT youth, according to EV Grieve. NYC HPD owns the property, which has gotten ULURP approvals, and opening is expected in 2016. The building will expand by 6,030 square feet, according to the DOB, and Magnusson Architecture & Planning is designing.

24 4th Avenue

Church At 24 4th Avenue Being Demolished For Development, Boerum Hill

12:30 pm on July 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The Church of the Redeemer, at 24 4th Avenue near the Barclays Center in Boerum Hill, is slated for demolition this fall to make way for a yet-to-be-determined development, according to The Wall Street Journal. Jackson Group acquired the property for $20 million in 2010, and the contents of the church will likely be sold. Demolition permits were filed in May, and a pre-demolition inspection conducted earlier this July passed.

481 St Marks Avenue

Vacant Townhouse At 481 St Marks Avenue Getting Six-Unit Renovation, Crown Heights

11:00 am on July 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Danny Gazal, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications to renovate and expand the vacant four-story townhouse at 481 St Marks Avenue, in northwestern Crown Heights, six blocks from the Franklin Avenue stop on the 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains. A fifth-floor penthouse will be added up top, and six residential units — each averaging 930 square feet — will be sculpted out of the building. Philip Toscano is the architect of record.

43 Madison Street

Residential Conversion Planned For Factory At 43 Madison Street, Paterson, New Jersey

10:00 am on July 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Alma Realty is converting the enormous William Strange factory — on the block bound by Beech, Madison, Morton and Essex streets, in Paterson, New Jersey — into a residential complex, according to NorthJersey.com. The four- and three-story buildings, with two central courtyards, will house a total of 240 apartments. Some buildings have already been renovated, but completion of the entire complex is expected by mid-2016.

56 Leonard

Construction Update: 56 Leonard Finally Tops Out

8:00 am on July 21, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

The race to the sky in Lower Manhattan continues at a breakneck pace, and while projects like 30 Park Place have sped right along towards completion, the process of building other new towers has not been nearly as easy. That’s especially true at 56 Leonard Street, but now YIMBY has news that the Herzog & de Meuron-designed skyscraper is finally topping-out.

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