Candor Capital plans 31-unit building in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
117 and 123 Winthrop Street (Credit - Cyclomedia)
Chaim Wurzberger, president of Candor Capital submitted a new building construction project for a 31-unit, 22,707 square-foot residential (R-2) building at 117 Winthrop Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. The plan was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings on June 7, 2024 under job number B01060740. It calls for the construction of a seven-story building. The project is described in the filing as: note: Proposed new seven-story residential building. The architect is NA Design Studio.
The lot is 8,798 square feet with 83 feet of frontage on Winthrop Street on two tax lots, 117 and 123 Winthrop Street. No recent sales have been recorded for either property.
117 Winthrop Street, Job B01060740
| wdt_ID | floor | comment | description | persons_permitted | occupancy_label | zoning_use | dwelling_units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Space | 9 CAR PARKING SPACES. | Parking Garage | 20 | Storage | 2B | |
| 2 | 1 | LOBY. PACKAGE ROOM. RECREATION SPACES 627.8 SF. 16 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES 146.19 SF. STORAGE ROOMS. UTILITY ROOMS. TRASH COMPACTOR ROOM. | Apartment | 22 | Residential | 2B | |
| 3 | 1 | 7 CAR PARKING SPACES. | Parking Garage | 10 | Storage | 2B | |
| 4 | 2 | SIX (6) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 2A | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | SIX (6) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 2A | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | SIX (6) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 2A | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | SIX (6) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 2A | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | FOUR (4) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 2A | 4 |
| 9 | 7 | THREE (3) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 2A | 3 |
| 10 | Roof | STAIR AND ELEVATOR BULKHEADS. ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM. MECHANICAL ROOM. HVAC UNITS. RECREATION SPACE 1740.71 SF | Apartment | 11 | Residential | 2B | |
| floor | comment | description | persons_permitted | occupancy_label | zoning_use | dwelling_units |
Violations and lawsuits
According to city public data, the property has received $240 in OATH penalties in the last year.
There were no lawsuits or bankruptcies filed against the property for the past 24 months.
The neighborhood
In Prospect Lefferts Gardens, The majority, or 55 percent of the 11.1 million square feet of commercial built space are elevator buildings, with walkup buildings next occupying 24 percent of the space. In sales, Prospect Lefferts Gardens has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $71.5 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 40th highest in Brooklyn. For development, Prospect Lefferts Gardens has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 35th highest in Brooklyn. It had 196,844 square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 2 percent of the neighborhood’s built space. There was one pre-foreclosure suit filed among other development buildings in the past 12 months.
The block
On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of eight of the 10 commercial properties representing 146,649 square feet of the 156,221 square feet. The largest owner is Michael Israel, followed by Moses Eckstein and then Moses Mutzen. On the tax block, there were three new building construction projects totaling 37,806 square feet. The largest is a 31-unit, 22,707 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Candor Capital and filed by Chaim Wurzberger with plans filed June 7, 2024 and it has not been permitted yet. The second largest is a 10-unit, 8,161 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Nigel Boyden and filed by Nigel Boyden with plans filed October 22, 2018 and permitted April 12, 2022.
The surrounding
This is the first commercial real estate event of interest identified within the 400-foot radius of 117 Winthrop Street in the past 24 months.
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