Permits have been filed to expand a three-story structure into a six-story residential building at 972 Myrtle Avenue in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn. Located between Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Throop Avenue, the lot is near the Flushing Avenue subway station, served by the J and M trains. Yehuda Kohn of City Framers Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The 23rd-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is 7 Platt Street, a 464-foot-tall mixed-use building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by The Moinian Group, the 37-story structure will span 250,000 square feet and yield 250 rental apartments in studio- to two-bedroom layouts, including a penthouse residences with an accompanying penthouse lounge, interiors by Fogarty Finger, as well as 43,740 square feet of retail space on the first five stories and 34 below-grade parking spaces. AECOM is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 110 John Street and located on an interior lot bound by John Street to the north and Platt Street to the south.
New renderings have been revealed for the renovation and mixed-use conversion of the former William Ulmer Brewery, a landmarked five-story building at 81 Beaver Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed by DXA Studio and developed by Rivington Company, the two-phase project involves the full gut renovation of the 19th century structure and will yield residential space on the upper four floors and commercial space on the ground and cellar levels. The property is located at the corner of Beaver and Belvidere Streets and required a rezoning that was approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission and the State Historic Preservation Office.
At number 24 on our countdown of the tallest buildings under construction in New York is Hanover House, a 463-foot-tall residential tower at 17 Hanover Place in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Fogarty Finger and developed by Lonicera Partners, the 34-story structure spans 295,000 square feet and yields 314 rental apartments in one- to two-bedroom layouts, with 95 reserved for affordable housing, as well as 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Rabina is the co-developer of the property, which was formerly addressed as 23 Hanover Place and is located at the corner of Livingston Street and Hanover Place.
A rendering has been revealed for 133 Kent Avenue, a forthcoming six-story mixed-use building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by BKSK Architects and developed by Joyland Group and Prospect Development, the 72,000-square-foot structure will yield 43 condominium units and more than 17,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The project will rise from a 20,000-square-foot lot at the corner of Kent Avenue and North 6th Street.
