SJP Properties and Scotto Properties celebrated the topping out of M Station West, a seven-story commercial building in Morristown, New Jersey. Designed by Gensler, the structure will add 260,000 square feet to the M Station complex, joining the six-story, 120,000-square-foot M Station East, which was completed in July 2022. The developers are aiming for LEED certification.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 160-14 Hillside Avenue, a seven-story mixed-use building at 88-06 161st Street in Jamaica, Queens. Designed by ARC Architecture + Design Studio and developed by A&R Properties Group, the structure yields 45 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 14 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $102,858 to $198,250.
Work is nearing completion on Fashion Institute of Technology‘s ten-story New Academic Building at 220 West 28th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 110,000-square-foot structure is engineered to LEED Gold standards and will yield new classrooms, administrative offices, review and exhibition spaces, and a student quad illuminated by skylights. Forte Construction Corp. is the general contractor for the property, which stands on a shallow plot between Seventh and Eighth Avenues on the northernmost edge of the FIT campus.
Demolition is underway at 370 Livingston Street, the site of a 22-story residential building in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by NY Building Associates Inc. and developed by Yitzchok Katz of Developing NY State, the 235-foot-tall structure will span 186,076 square feet and yield 105 condominium units with an average scope of 1,703 square feet, as well as 7,162 square feet of commercial space, a cellar level, a 20-foot-long rear yard, 53 bicycle parking spaces on the third floor, and 57 enclosed parking spaces. The architect and developer are also responsible for the adjacent 362 Livingston Street, a 15-story residential building standing 150 feet tall and yielding 75 rental units with an average scope of 567 square feet, a cellar level, and a 27-foot-long side yard. The two properties sit by the intersection of Livingston Street and Flatbush Avenue.
The Waterfront Alliance has announced that the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project has become the 13th project nationally to achieve Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG) verification. This distinction places the project, which is located at 20 Battery Place in Lower Manhattan, at the forefront of resilient, ecological, and accessible waterfront design.
