By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo The combined square feet of all new building projects filed with the city’s Department of Buildings fell last month for the second month in a row, dropping to the lowest monthly total in the past year. The total square feet dropped from 2.2 million in June to 1.6 million in July, a 24 percent decrease. Since the start of 2019, only July…
Joseph Brunner, on August 5, filed a permit application for construction of a 61-unit, 42,267-square-foot residential building at 125 Kings Highway in Gravesend. The plans call for the construction of a 74-foot tall, seven-story residential and community facility building. The project is described in the filings as: proposed new seven-story and cellar residential and community facility building. partitions as per plan. The ground floor of…
NYC School Construction Authority, on August 4, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for construction of a 49,421-square-foot school building at 311 East 237th Street in Woodlawn. The plans, pre-filed on July 26, 2017, call for the construction of a 75-foot tall, four-story school building. The time from pre-file to TCO was just over three years. The project is described in the filings as:…
Abraham Posner, on August 5, filed a permit application for construction of a 29-unit, 21,113-square-foot mixed-use building at 82 4th Avenue in Boerum Hill. The plans call for the construction of a 95-foot tall, nine-story mixed-use building. The project is described in the filings as: proposed new nine-story and cellar residential, commercial and community facility building. Partitions as per plan. The cellar of the building…
Fuhao Yang through the company 2008 Steinway LLC, on August 5, filed a permit application for construction of a 26-unit, 19,374-square-foot residential building at 20-08 Steinway Street in Astoria. The property has an alternate address of 20-18 Steinway Street. The plans call for the construction of a 45-foot tall, four-story residential building. The project is described in the filings as: four-story new building. The ground…
NYC Health + Hospitals, on August 5, formally completed a $20.7 million rehabilitation of multiple floors of a hospital building at 227 Madison Street in Chinatown. The building is home to the Gouverneur nursing and rehabilitation facility. The plans, pre-filed on March 12, 2009, call for a rehab of the sub-cellar, cellar, and floors one through 13 of the 150-foot tall, 13-story, building. The project…
Brookfield Properties, on August 5, formally completed an $11.2 million rehabilitation of one floor of 1 New York Plaza in the Financial District. The plans, pre-filed on September 5, 2018, call for a rehab of the 10th floor of the 640-foot tall, 50-story, building. The project is described in the filings as: removal and installation of interior non-bearing partitions and finishes as per plans filed…
On August 4, a $5.6 million rehabilitation of one floor of an industrial building was completed at 98 Co-op City Boulevard in Morrisania. The plans, pre-filed on May 29, 2015 by Riverbay Corporation, the corporate entity that manages Co-op City, call for a rehab of the ground floor of the 55-foot tall, 2-story, building. The project is described in the filings as: dismantling and removal…
Toby Moskovits’s Heritage Equity Partners, on August 5, filed a permit application for a $4.5 million tenant fit-out on one floor of an office building at 25 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. The building also has an alternate address of 19 Kent Avenue. The plans call for a tenant fit-out of the seventh floor of the 153-foot tall, 10-story, building. The project is described in the…
SL Green Realty, on August 4, formally completed a $2.6 million rehabilitation of the lobby of a commercial building, formerly known as the J.P. Stevens Tower, at 1185 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown West. The plans, pre-filed on July 3, 2017, call for a rehab of the ground-floor lobby of the 420-foot tall, 42-story building. The project is described in the filings as: interior…
Durst Organization, on August 4, completed a $2.5 million rehabilitation of one floor of an office building at 1155 Sixth Avenue in Times Square. The plans, pre-filed on July 30, 2019, call for a rehab of the 12th floor of the 511-foot tall, 40-story, building. The project is described in the filings as: interior renovation of existing office space. No change in use, egress, or…
Paramount Group, on August 5, formally completed a $2.5 million build-out of two floors of an office building, known as the Plaza District building, at 745 Fifth Avenue in the Plaza District. The plans, pre-filed on September 11, 2019, call for a build-out of floors 26 and 27 in the 350-foot tall, 35-story, building for tenant Searchlight Capital. The project is described in the filings…
The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, on August 4, was given a permit for a $2.4 million rehabilitation of the outside of a building at 8 Olmsted Drive, within the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, in Queens. The plans, pre-filed on November 2, 2017, call for a rehab of the outside space of the 18-foot tall, one-story, building. The project is described in the filings as:…
Amit Tank of Samnon Associates, on August 3, filed a permit application for construction of a 95-unit, 86,064-square-foot residential building at 406 Remsen Avenue in Flatbush. The plans call for the construction of a 80-foot tall, eight-story, 86,064-square-foot residential building with 95 residential units. The project is described in the filings as: new building application herewith being filed for proposed eight-story with community facility and…
A condominium declaration was recorded for the 165-unit project that Jeffrey Gershon’s Hope Street Capital is developing at 98 Front Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The declaration was filed April 9, 2020 and recorded on August 3, 2020. The declaration is a required step a building must take before condo units can be sold. The building is currently under construction with sales launched in the summer…
NYC School Construction Authority, on August 3, formally completed a $6.6 million rehabilitation of several floors of a school building at 1980 Lafayette Avenue in Castle Hill in the Bronx. The plans, pre-filed on June 14, 2014, call for a rehab of the basement, roof, floors one through three, and outside space of the 50-foot tall, four-story, building. The project is described in the filings…
Paramount Group, on August 3, formally completed a $3.6 million rehabilitation of one floor at 1325 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown West. The building has an alternate address of 138 West 54th Street. The plans, pre-filed on August 23, 2018, call for a rehab of the ground floor lobby of the 460-foot tall, 46-story, building. The project is described in the filings as: architectural…
Ferdinand Markushi through the company GF Gunhill Road LLC, on August 3, filed a permit application for construction of a 16-unit, 11,515-square-foot residential building at 1429 East Gun Hill Road in Morrisania. The plans call for the construction of a 37-foot tall, four-story residential building. The project is described in the filings as: construct new apartment building. The ground floor of the building will have…
Brookfield Properties, on August 3, filed a permit application for a $2.6 million rehabilitation of a building at the Staten Island Mall at 283 Platinum Avenue in Staten Island. The building has been home to Sears and Primark as well as other tenants. The plans call for a rehab of both floors of the 34-foot tall, two-story, building. The project is described in the filings…
Ariel Akkad’s HH Realty Equities, on August 3, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for a $1.8 million project which converted a 10,723-square-foot funeral parlor to a school building at 1623 Coney Island Avenue in Midwood. The plans, pre-filed on August 23, 2018, call for no change in size but a change in use of the 13-foot tall, one-story building. The time from pre-file…