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Michel Perle of Timber Equities, on September 8, filed a permit application for construction of a 60-unit, 43,203-square-foot mixed-use building at 5055 Broadway in Inwood, Manhattan. The job description indicates it is a New York City Housing Preservation and Development project. These are the fourth new building plans filed in Inwood so far this year. The plans call for the second most residential units in…

PincusCo is taking a look at zoning diagrams for some of the most significant projects filed over the last several months. The three plans are from projects filed by Jeff Sutton’s Wharton Properties, Starrett Development, and Lendlease. These schematic drawings are not fleshed out architectural designs, and are not meant to represent the final design of the building. PincusCo is publishing these to give readers…

Slate Property Group closed yesterday on the purchase of the 42-unit dormitory building at 118 West 13th Street in Greenwich Village for $22.85 million from The New School, according to Steve Figari, managing director at Slate Property Group. Slate is led by Martin Nussbaum and David Schwartz. According to Crains, The New School was looking for $40 million for the building when they originally put…

Yu Liu, on September 7, was given a permit for construction of a 51-unit, 39,442-square-foot mixed-use building at 27-20 42nd Road in Long Island City, Queens. The plans, pre-filed on September 4, 2020, call for the construction of a 99-foot tall, eight-story mixed-use building. The project is described in the filings as: construct new eight-story mixed-use building as per plans filed. According to the plans,…

On September 7 the demolition of a 45,654-square-foot building was formally completed at 51-30 Northern Boulevard in Woodside, Queens. The New York City School Construction Authority purchased the parcel, along with 53-20 Northern Boulevard and 53-22 Northern Boulevard, for $40 million on October 11, 2019. According to local reports, the NYC SCA is planning to construct a six-story, 304,617-square-foot school at the site. The article…

Related Companies, on September 7, formally completed a $51.4 million rehabilitation of one floor at 10 Columbus Circle at the Time Warner Center. The plans, pre-filed on April 21, 2020, call for work on the 11th floor of the 750-foot tall, 54-story building. The project is described in the filings as: removal and installation of interior non-bearing partitions and related finishes as per plans filed…

Vornado Realty Trust, on September 8, filed plans for a $7.3 million rehabilitation of two floors at 1 Penn Plaza in Manhattan. 1 Penn Plaza is a 2.7 million-square-foot office building between Seventh and Eighth avenues and 33rd and 34th streets. The plans call for work on floors 35 and 36 of the 699-foot-tall, 57-story building and were filed with the New York City Department…

Prosper Property Group, on September 3, filed a permit application for construction of a 133-unit, 90,926-square-foot mixed-use building at 85-03 68th Road in Rego Park, Queens. Damien Smith, the founder of the firm, filed the plans. These are the largest new building plans filed in the neighborhood, in terms of residential units, since at least the start of 2018. The plans call for the construction…

Leo Greenfield, on September 6, filed a permit application for construction of a 41-unit, 22,706-square-foot building at 375 Lefferts Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. These are the third new building plans filed in the neighborhood so far this year. Perhaps more significantly, these are the most residential units filed for in the neighborhood since at least the start of 2018. The plans call for…

The Shefa School, on September 3, filed plans for a $13.3 million project which aims to convert a business school and office building to a primary and middle school at 17 West 60th Street in Lincoln Square, Manhattan. The plans also call for a slight vertical enlargement of the building, in addition to the change in use. The Shefa School, a Jewish day school which…

Hackman Capital Partners, on September 2, filed permit applications for the demolition of three buildings at 32-05 Greenpoint Avenue, 32-11 Greenpoint Avenue, and 52-29 35th Street in Long Island City, Queens. The developer purchased the properties in a transaction which included seven total parcels, which have a total buildable of 19,992 square feet, for $5.3 million form Joseph Lazo in May of this year, according…

Heritage Realty Services, on September 2, filed plans for a $7.2 million project that aims to convert retail space to office space on two floors at the office condominium located at 420 Fifth Avenue in the Garment District, Manhattan. At least part of the space is owned by the nonprofit Rockefeller Foundation, who owns five floors in the building. They occupied the space in the…

Arshad Jamal through the company Accentors LLC, on September 1, filed a permit application for construction of a 25-unit, 28,505-square-foot mixed-use building at 172-10 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. There have been 35 new building plans filed in the neighborhood so far this year. Of those 35 plans, seven, including these plans, have been multifamily residential buildings. The plans call for the construction of an…

Madison Capital, on September 1, filed two permit applications for the demolition of industrial buildings at 688 Court Street and 702 Court Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. These are the first demolition plans filed in the neighborhood this year. The developer has not filed new building plans yet, since acquiring the properties for $45 million on May 27, 2021. At the time of the purchase,…

A&R Properties Group, on August 30, was given a permit for construction of a 94-unit, 74,405-square-foot mixed-use building at 71-82 Parsons Boulevard in Flushing, Queens. Joshua Asherian, managing director of development and acquisitions at A&R, filed the plans. The plans, pre-filed on January 27, 2021, call for the construction of an 82-foot tall, eight-story mixed-use building. There have been 55 new building plans filed in…

Hampshire Properties, on August 27, was given a permit for construction of a 59-unit, 51,111-square-foot residential building at 2343 Nostrand Avenue in East Flatbush. Robert Rosenthal, founder of the firm, filed the plans. The project is one of nine plans filed since the start of 2019 that call for the construction of a building 20,000 square feet or greater in size in East Flatbush. Of…

Arjan Gjushi, on August 30, was given a permit for construction of a 59-unit, 43,411-square-foot residential building at 1591 Jesup Avenue in Highbridge, the Bronx. The plans, pre-filed on November 6, 2020, call for the construction of a 64-foot tall, eight-story, residential building. There have been 14 new building plans filed in the neighborhood so far this year. Since the start of 2020 there have…

ParkIt Management, on August 31, filed plans for a $3.2 million project which aims to convert a parking garage to a school building at 528 West 162nd Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Gary Spindler filed the plans. The project will increase the building’s size by 25,548-square-feet. The plans call for the increase in size of the building from a 44-foot tall, three-story building to a…

Morgan Stanley, on August 31, filed plans for a $4.3 million project to modify the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system on one floor of their headquarters building at 1585 Broadway in Times Square, Manhattan. The plans call for work on the third floor of the building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number M00534577. The project is…

Davis Companies, on August 30, filed a permit application for construction of a 123-unit, 199,736-square-foot mixed-use building at 570 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Stephen Skolas, VP of development at the firm, filed the plans. Slate Property Group purchased the site for $22.9 million on September 18, 2015. In 2018, reports circulated that the developer was planning to construct a 40-story residential building at the…