Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 650 Madison Street in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn. Located between Malcolm X Boulevard and Stuyvesant Avenue, the lot is near the Gates Avenue subway station, serviced by the J and Z trains. Solomon Schwimmer of Twin Group Associates Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Work continues to progress on the renovation and partial residential conversion of the Waldorf Astoria at 305 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Developed by Andrew Miller of Dajia US, the project is dubbed “The Towers of the Waldorf Astoria” and will yield 375 residences designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Jean-Louis Deniot that range from studios to sprawling penthouses, as well as an extensive amenity offering. Douglas Elliman Development Marketing is handling sales and marketing of the units, Suffolk Construction Corporation is the general contractor, Pierre-Yves Rochon is in charge of the revamped hotel interiors, and Simon de Pury is the residential art curator for the 625-foot-tall Art Deco landmark, which occupies a full city block bound by Park Avenue to the west, East 49th Street to the south, East 50th Street to the north, and Lexington Avenue to the east.
Joe Coffee is the newest addition to the Stella, a 28-story residential tower at 10 Lecount Place in downtown New Rochelle. The retail store is the brand’s premiere location in Westchester and represents a strong period of growth and expansion for Joe Coffee, which currently operates 24 brick-and-mortar stores in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 203 Sutter Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Sutter Avenue and Thomas S Boyland Street, the lot is near the Rockaway Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2, 3, and 4 trains. Aryeh Simon is is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Below-grade work is continuing at 15 Beekman Street, the site of a 27-story academic center and dormitory for Pace University in the Financial District. Designed by Manish Chadha of Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by SL Green Realty, the 338-foot-tall structure will yield 213,084 square feet of classrooms, dorm rooms, a dining facility, a library, and a learning center. The building will also have a cellar, sub-cellar, and a 20-foot-long rear yard. New Line Structures & Development LLC is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Beekman and Nassau Streets and is alternatively addressed as 126-132 Nassau Street.
