242 Bedford Avenue

Whole Foods Building At 242 Bedford Avenue Receives Glassy Façade, Williamsburg

11:00 am on May 18, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In January, Brownstoner reported that the new two-story Whole Foods building had topped out at 242 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, and now Gothamist has the latest with photos of façade installation. The 50,000 square-foot building appears to have received a redesign, which notably includes a cleaner and more modern glass envelope. Aurora Capital Associates and Midtown Equities is developing, and completion is opening is expected in Spring of 2016.

177 East 73rd Street

Five-Story Building Marketed As Potential Mansion Conversion At 177 East 73rd Street, UES

10:00 am on May 18, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Sotheby’s International Realty is marketing the five-story, 17,200 square-foot building — currently a parking garage — at 177 East 73rd Street, on the Upper East Side, for $50 million. Per The Wall Street Journal, the building is being advertised as a single-family residential conversion, which would cost a buyer an additional $9 to $20 million, and the structure was built in 1906.

1681 Third Avenue

Revealed: 1681 Third Avenue, Extell’s New Condominium Tower Coming to the Upper East Side

8:00 am on May 18, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

YIMBY first reported on new building permits for 1681 Third Avenue last November, when Extell filed a new job application for the site, located between East 94th and 95th Streets on the Upper East Side. We now have the reveal for the condominium tower coming to the lot, which is substantially taller than the 23-story building indicated in the first DOB filings.

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45-35 11th street long island city queens

Twelve Townhouses Headed for 45-35 11th Street, Long Island City

7:00 am on May 18, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Long Island City’s mixed-use zoning has produced high rises filled with apartments and office space, as well as plenty of smaller residential buildings with ground-floor commercial space, but now the industrial neighborhood might get its first crop of new townhouses in half a century. Plans were filed on Friday for 12 two-family townhouses at 45-35 11th Street, a couple blocks from the Court Square subway stop.

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