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EMP Capital files for rezoning to build 204-unit mixed-use building in Crown Heights

EMP Capital Group is planning to construct a 152,000-square-foot mixed-use building with 204 dwelling units at 1034-1042 Atlantic Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on the border of Prospect Heights. To achieve this, the applicant filed for a zoning map amendment and a zoning text amendment to facilitate the development. The building is part of a larger, two-tower project which calls for a total of 223,417-square-feet…

Plans filed for 10-unit resi building in Morrisania

Shimshon Grunstein, on April 16, filed a permit application for construction of a 10-unit 7,502-square-foot residential building at 4831 White Plains Road in Morrisania, the Bronx. The plans call for the construction of a 40-foot tall, four-story residential building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number X00502411. The development will occupy one tax lot. The project is described in…

Station Companies submits $31.7M condo plan in East Village

Station Companies submitted a condominium plan for a development with 10 residential units at 14 Second Avenue in the East Village, Manhattan. The condo plan, CD210103, has a sellout price of $31.7 million with the New York State Attorney General. Daniel Vislocky and Enrique Gittes are listed as the principals of the sponsor. In April of 2019, Daniel Vislocky filed new building plans with the…

Olshan Properties permitted for 221-unit resi building in Parkchester

Olshan Properties, O’Connor Capital Partners and the NYC Housing Partnership, on April 13, were given a permit for construction of a 221-unit, 141,015-square-foot residential building at 1701 Purdy Street in Parkchester, the Bronx. Brett Buehrer of O’Connor Capital Partners filed the plans. The plans, pre-filed on June 27, 2019, call for the construction of an 80-foot tall, eight-story residential building. The project is described in…

Yoel Werzberger permitted for 52-unit resi building in East Williamsburg

Yoel Werzberger through the company Watermark Capital LLC, on April 13, was given a permit for construction of a 52-unit, 61,667-square-foot residential building at 173 Johnson Avenue in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The permits were new building and foundation permits. The plans, pre-filed on January 30, 2019, call for the construction of a 74-foot-tall, seven-story residential building. The project is described in the filings as: proposed…

Related finishes $23.9M multi-floor rehab at 30 Hudson Yards

Related Companies, on April 13, formally completed a $23.9 million rehabilitation of several floors of an office building at 30 Hudson Yards in Hudson Yards. The plans, pre-filed on April 27, 2020, call for a rehab of floors one, 46 through 51, and 60 of the 1,269-foot tall, 68-story building. The project is described in the filings as: general construction modifications taking place on the…

Empire State Realty Trust finishes $11.8M multi-floor rehab of office space at 1400 Broadway

Empire State Realty Trust, on April 13, formally completed an $11.8 million rehabilitation of several floors of an office building at 1400 Broadway in the Garment District. The plans, pre-filed on August 1, 2019, call for a rehab of floors six, seven, 26, and 27 of the 360-foot tall, 36-story building. The project is described in the filings as: general construction modifications taking place on…

Jiashu Xu files plans for 66-unit mixed-use building with retail in LIC

Chris Jiashu Xu’s United Construction & Development Group filed a permit application for construction of a 66-unit, 72,085-square-foot mixed-use building at 46-30 21st Street in Long Island City, Queens. The plans call for the construction of a 95-foot tall, nine-story mixed-use building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number Q00479380. The development will occupy one tax lot. The project…

PincusCo spotlight: Rocky rollout for DOB’s new filing platform

By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo Over the last few months, the New York City Department of Buildings has rolled out phases of its new construction filing platform, called DOB NOW: Build. The interface will ultimately replace the legacy system, known as BIS Web (Buildings Information System). And it’s not going well, according to a non-scientific survey PincusCo Media conducted last week. According to respondents, the new platform…

Franc Gjini files plans for 55-unit resi building in Morrisania

Franc Gjini through the company 2625 Grand Avenue Corp., on April 11, filed a permit application for construction of a 55-unit 41,472-square-foot residential building at 3418 Third Avenue in Morrisania, the Bronx. In the project description and scope of work the developer indicates the building will be seven-stories, however, the zoning information indicates the building stories as defined in the building code is nine. The…

Dong Guo files plans for 21-unit resi building in Jamaica

Dong Guo through the company Guoco Development LLC, on April 10, filed a permit application for construction of a 21-unit, 23,624-square-foot residential building at 87-85 153rd Street in Jamaica, Queens. The plans call for the construction of a 74-foot tall, seven-story residential building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number Q00498792. The development will occupy one tax lot. The…

Stagg Group permitted for 72-unit resi building in Concourse

Stagg Group, on April 9, was given a permit for construction of a 72-unit, 47,997-square-foot residential building at 305 East 165th Street in Longwood Melrose. Jay Martino, senior vice president of construction at Stagg Group, filed the plans. Both foundation and new building permits were issued. The plans, pre-filed on May 26, 2020, call for the construction of a 68-foot tall, seven-story residential building. The…

JJ Operating files plans to demolish 40K sf of retail in Chelsea

The Jemal family’s JJ Operating, on April 8, filed a permit application for the demolition of a two-story, 40,000-square-foot commercial building at 278 8th Avenue in Chelsea. The building spans a full block on Eighth Avenue between West 23rd street and West 24th street. Per a report from Yimby, the store currently houses a Gap retail store, New York Sports Club facility, and a CVS…

Permit for 23K sf commercial building in East Williamsburg

On April 8, a permit was given for construction of a 23,832-square-foot commercial building at 53 Scott Avenue in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The permits are both foundation and new building permits. Pamela Gaslow of Erika Warehouse Corp. filed the plans before the property was sold to Thomas Ta for $5.1 million in October of last year. The Gaslow family had owned the property since 1980….

Cove, Baupost Group finish $39.6M build-out of commercial space at Hudson Commons

Cove Property and Baupost Group, on April 8, formally completed a $39.6 million build-out of several floors of commercial space in a building at 441 Ninth Avenue, known as Hudson Commons, in Hudson Yards. The plans, pre-filed on November 6, 2019, call for a build-out of floors four through 11 of the 419-foot tall, 26-story building. The project is described in the filings as: interior…

Brookfield finishes $11M single-floor rehab of 1 New York Plaza

Brookfield Properties, on April 8, formally completed an $11 million rehabilitation of one floor at 1 New York Plaza in the Financial District. The plans, pre-filed on January 9, 2020, call for a rehab of the 11th 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 as per plans filed herewith. No change…

City files plans for $16.8M in rehabs of three schools in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan

The New York City School Construction Authority, on April 8 and April 9, filed three permit applications for $16.8 million in rehabilitations of school buildings at 138-30 Lafayette Street in Ozone Park, Queens; 820 Hancock Street in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn; and 134 West 122nd Street in Central Harlem, Manhattan. The first plans, pre-filed on April 8, 2021, call for the replacement of oil boilers with…

City files plans 190-unit affordable building in Bed-Stuy

The New York City Housing Authority, on April 4, filed a permit application for construction of a 190-unit, 141,582-square-foot mixed-use building at 57 Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Matthew Charney filed the plans. The plans call for the construction of a 106-foot tall, 10-story mixed-use building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00495212. The building will occupy two…

Mendy Tessler files plans for 45-unit resi building in Fordham

Mendy Tessler, on April 5, filed a permit application for construction of a 45-unit, 18,750-square-foot residential building at 2361 Morris Avenue in Fordham, in the Bronx. The plans call for the construction of a 70-foot tall, seven-story residential building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number X00498497. The building will occupy one tax lot. The project is described in…

Mayer Gottlieb files plans for 60K sf expansion of community facility building in University Heights

Mayer Gottlieb, on April 5, filed a permit application for a 59,088-square-foot expansion of a community facility building at 2561 University Avenue in University Heights of Bronx. The project will bring the total square footage of the development to 99,463 square feet. The plans call for the expansion of the existing 69-foot tall, five-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of…