YIMBY recently captured the progress of seven low- and mid-rise residential projects underway in Astoria, Queens. The developments, which are taking shape around the 30th Avenue corridor, are representative of the continuous wave of smaller-scale construction rising across the five boroughs.
New renderings have been revealed for the renovation of the Brunswick Square Mall, a retail complex in East Brunswick, New Jersey. The 750,000-square-foot redevelopment is owned by Paramount Realty and Edgewood Properties and is bounded by Route 18 and Rues Lane. Construction broke ground on December 15.
Demolition is progressing at 185 East 80th Street, the site of a 34-story residential skyscraper on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and developed by Skyline Developers, the 497-foot-tall structure will yield 61 condominium units and 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Hill West Architects is the architect of record for the project, which is alternately addressed as 1410–1418 Third Avenue and located at the corner of Third Avenue and East 80th Street.
Renderings have recently been revealed for three new low- and mid-rise projects in Newark, New Jersey. Though more modest in scale than many of the large projects transforming the city and its skyline, they nonetheless represent an encouraging sign of growth and will create much-needed new housing for the region. The projects are located in the Ironbound and University Heights districts.
A rendering has been revealed for The Lowell Modern, a proposed office-to-hotel conversion and expansion of 509 Madison Avenue, a 21-story commercial building in Midtown, Manhattan. Developed by Kensico Properties, the project involves the addition of nine floors to the 249-foot-tall structure and the replacement of its Art Deco façade with a modern glass curtain wall. The conversion would span 139,000 square feet and yield 96 guest rooms, 3,300 square feet of ground-floor retail, and a collection of guest amenities. The property is located at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and East 53rd Street.
