Infrastructure

Excavation Underway for Holiday Inn Express at 4729 Third Avenue in Belmont, The Bronx

Excavation is underway at 4279 Third Avenue, the site of a nine-story Holiday Inn Express by InterContinental Hotels in the Belmont section of The Bronx. Designed by Michael Kang Architect and developed by Neelam Chadha, the 172-foot-tall structure will span 43,789 square feet and yield 86 guest rooms. Supreme Builders Corp. is the general contractor and 2918 Arnow Real Estate Group is the owner of the 6,229-square-foot property, which is bound by Third Avenue to the east, Park Avenue to the west, and East 188th Street to the south.

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Construction Underway on Abolitionist Place Public Park in Downtown Brooklyn

Construction is underway on Abolitionist Place, a 1.15-acre public park in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by landscape designer Hargreave Jones, the plaza will feature lawns surrounded by winding pathways and seating, a playground, dog run, and memorial art honoring Brooklyn’s abolitionist history. The park was made possible through a $15 million allocation from The New York City Economic Development Corporation and was renamed from Willoughby Square Park in June 2021. The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) will be responsible for managing the art installations at the park, which is bound by Willoughby Street to the north, Albee Square West to the east, and Duffield Street to the west, and FXCollaborative‘s One Willoughby Square skyscraper to the south.

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Gowanus Canal Combined Sewer Overflow Facilities Project Readies for Excavation in Gowanus, Brooklyn

Excavation is about to get underway for the Gowanus Canal Combined Sewer Overflow Facilities project, a wastewater retention complex spanning three properties at 242 and 270 Nevins Streets and 234 Butler Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Selldorf Architects and managed by the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the development will consist of a two-story head house with underground water retention tanks and a 1.6-acre public park with landscaping by DLAND Studio. Hazen and Sawyer, and Brown and Caldwell are engineering consultants and Gowanus Canal Constructors is the general contractor for the project, which occupies a full block bound by Butler Street to the north, DeGraw Street to the south, Nevins Street to the east, and the Gowanus Canal to the west.

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