YIMBY recently visited Red Hook, Brooklyn to check in on five low-rise residential and commercial buildings under construction. The projects are all located west of Dwight Street in the northern end of the district, within walking distance of the Red Hook ferry terminal, and are emblematic of the city’s steady transformation of former industrial areas into vibrant mixed-use communities.
YIMBY checked in on four ongoing projects in Midtown East, Manhattan, including three office-to-residential conversions and one commercial modernization. The projects are located between East 51st and 57th Streets and are representative of the wave of adaptive reuse efforts unfolding across the city to increase the supply of housing and make offices more tenant friendly.
New renderings have been revealed for phase one of Canal Crossing, a forthcoming ten-story residential building at 880-900 Garfield Avenue in the Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Boraie Development, the structure will yield 293 rental units, with 59 dedicated to affordable housing. The project will also include 11,426 square feet of ground floor retail split between three storefronts.
Construction is complete on Rockaway Village, an eight-building mixed-use complex in Far Rockaway, Queens. Designed by Marvel and developed by Phipps, the project was constructed in five phases and yields a total of 1,700 affordable homes along with 125,000 square feet of commercial and community facility space. The masterplan also features a supermarket, pharmacy, coffee shop, and more than 550 parking spaces, all connected by landscaped public plazas. The development is bounded by Nameoke Avenue to the north, Mott Avenue to the south, Central Avenue to the east, and Redfern Avenue to the west.
Construction is underway on phase one of Modera Garden State Plaza, a mixed-use complex by the Westfield Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, New Jersey. Designed by Rogers Partners Architects and developed by a joint venture between Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and Mill Creek Residential, the project will consist of two five-story structures yielding 575 market-rate apartments under Mill Creek’s Modera brand. The development will also include nearly 50,000 square feet of retail space, a 1-acre town square park, new public green space, and parking with electric vehicle charging stations.
