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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454 Carroll Street

Seven-Story Manufacturing Building Coming To 454 Carroll Street, Gowanus

6:30 am on July 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Michel Cohen has filed applications for a seven-story, 10,470 square-foot manufacturing building at the vacant lot of 454 Carroll Street, in Gowanus, three blocks from the R train’s Union Street stop. The building will house manufacturing space and accessory offices, as well as a care-takers dwelling unit, according to the Schedule A. Thomas Barry’s Opera Studio Architecture is designing.