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Morgan Stanley files plans for $14.6M single-floor rehab in Times Square

Morgan Stanley, on June 6, filed plans for a $14.6M rehab of one floor at their headquarters building at 1585 Broadway in Times Square, Manhattan. Earlier this month, Morgan Stanley filed plans for a $6.4M rehab of the 10th floor of the building. The plans call for work on the fourth floor of the 685-foot-tall, 42-story building and were filed with the New York City…

Developer seeks rezoning for 113K sf mixed-use commercial building in Red Hook

A developer operating through the company 54 Richards Street LLC is seeking rezoning changes to facilitate the construction of a seven-story, 113,557-square-foot commercial and industrial building at 41 Richards Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The entity 54 Richards Street LLC has an officer Jim Tampakis, according to New York State Department of State records. The developer is seeking a Zoning Map Amendment to rezone Block…

Wharton Properties files demo plans in Garment District ahead of 363-key hotel plans

Jeff Sutton’s Wharton Properties, on June 3, filed two permit applications for the demolition of buildings at 21 West 34th Street and 25 West 34th Street in the Garment District. Andrew Lester, senior vice president of construction at Wharton Properties, filed the plans. The short-term rental firm Sonder signed a 15-lease with Wharton, “paying under $300 million” according to a Commercial Observer report last year….

Marsel Bitanji files plans for 29-unit mixed-use building in Morrisania

Marsel Bitanji through the company B&B 2 Builders LLC, on June 2, filed a permit application for construction of a 29-unit, 19,021-square-foot mixed-use building at 1334 Southern Boulevard in Morrisania, the Bronx. There have been 20 new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 70-foot-tall, seven-story building and were filed with…

Joseph Safdie refiles plans for enlargement of two-story building to 26 units in Tremont

Joseph Safdie, on June 2, filed plans for a project to enlarge a two-unit building to a 26-unit building at 1670 Townsend Avenue in Tremont, Bronx. The developer filed similar plans in May of last year. PincusCo reported last week on the building redevelopment trend, identifying 38 project that filed building expansion plans that proposed more than 600 new residential units in total. The plans…

Yaakov Lefkowitz files plans for enlargement of two-story building to 23 units in Kingsbridge

Yaakov Lefkowitz, on June 2, filed plans for a project to enlarge a two-unit building to a 23-unit building at 2835 Sedgwick Avenue in Kingsbridge, Bronx. PincusCo recently wrote about the largest residential expansion plans filed in New York City in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the increase in size of the building from a 23-foot tall, two-story building with two dwelling…

Isaac Mizrahi files plans for 15K sf synagogue in Midwood

Isaac Mizrahi, on June 2, filed a permit application for construction of a 15,896-square-foot synagogue at 1002 Avenue N in Midwood, Brooklyn. There have been 16 new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 46-foot-tall, four-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number…

City files plans for 20K sf community building in Rego Park

Department of Design and Construction, on June 2, filed a permit application for construction of a 20,950-square-foot community building at 91-41 63rd Drive in Rego Park, Queens. There have been nine new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The initial cost is listed as $29,600,000. The plan call for the construction of a 35-foot-tall, two-story building and were…

38 resi expansion projects filed with more than 600 units in the last 12 months

By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo In the previous 12 months there have been at least 38 residential expansion plans filed in New York City which called for the net increase of at least 10 additional dwelling units. In total, those projects called for the addition of over 600 units. The projects were overwhelmingly filed in the Bronx, with 32 of the plans filed in the borough. There…

Yisroel Greenfeld files plans for 13-unit mixed-use building in Williamsburg

Yisroel Greenfeld, on May 31, filed a permit application for construction of a 13-unit, 49,320-square-foot residential building at 312 Roebling Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. There have been 50 new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 75-foot-tall, eight-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under…

Swiss Madison files plans for 25-unit mixed-use building in Crown Heights

Swiss Madison, on May 31, filed a permit application for construction of a 25-unit, 10,000-square-foot building at 274 Sullivan Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Mendel Greisman, the founder and CEO of Swiss Madison, filed the plans. There have been 30 new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plan call for the construction of a 74-foot-tall, seven-story building…

Aidi Xu files plans for enlargement of four-story building to 19 units in Midtown East

Aidi Xu through the company Bamboo Garden LLC, on May 31, filed plans for a project to enlarge a two-unit building to a 19-unit building at 213 East 48th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. The plans call for the increase in size of the building from a 42-foot tall, four-story building with two dwelling units to a 60-foot tall, six-story building with 19 dwelling units….

Moshe Steinmetz files plans for 21-unit resi building in Mount Hope

Moshe Steinmetz through the company MS Investmets 3 LLC, on May 31, filed a permit application for construction of a 21-unit, 10,137-square-foot residential building at 256 Mount Hope Place in Moshe Steinmetz files plans for 21-unit resi building in Mount Hope, Bronx. There have been 12 new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the…

Jacob Fulop files plans for 10-unit mixed-use building in Borough Park

Jacob Fulop, on May 31, filed a permit application for construction of a 10-unit, 22,948-square-foot mixed-use building at 5423 15th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn. There have been 30 new building plans, including these, filed in Borough Park in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 65-foot-tall, six-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings…

Aleksander Mici files plans for enlargement of two-story building to 23 units in Fordham Heights

Aleksander Mici, on June 1, filed plans for a project to enlarge a two-unit building to a 23-unit building at 2073 Ryer Avenue in Fordham Heights, the Bronx. The plans call for the increase in size of the building from a 25-foot tall, two-story building with two dwelling units to a 60-foot tall, seven-story building with 23 dwelling units. This was filed with the New…

Plans filed for $9.3M exterior rehab of McGraw-Hill Building in Midtown West

On May 31, plans were filed for a $9.3 million exterior rehabilitation of the historic McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Building at 330 West 42nd Street in Midtown West, Manhattan. The building is owned by Resolution Real Estate. The building recently went through a $120 million transformation. These are the most expensive alteration plans filed at the building in the previous 12 months. The plans call for…

Breaking Ground files plans for 173-unit affordable building in Jamaica

Breaking Ground, on May 27, filed a permit application for construction of a 173-unit, 119,779-square-foot affordable housing building for seniors at 97-04 Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens. Elissa Winzelberg, director of design & construction at Breaking Ground, filed the plans. The site has been owned by a health care facility, currently called the Community Healthcare Network, since the 1980s. Last year the developer submitted a…

Wei Wang files plans for enlargement of two-story building to 53 units in Sunset Park

Wei Wang through the company Dyker and Brooklyn NY Inc., on May 26, filed plans for a project to enlarge a two-unit building to a 53-unit building at 5712 7th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The project will increase the size of the building from 12,793 square feet to 76,711 square feet. The plans call for the increase in size of the building from a…

Candor Capital files plans for 29-unit mixed-use building in Flatbush

Candor Capital, on May 26, filed a permit application for construction of a 29-unit, 18,827-square-foot building at 80 Linden Boulevard in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Charles Wurzberger, president at Candor Capital, filed the plans. There have been 16 new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. Last year the developer filed plans for the construction of a 41-unit, 28,757-square-foot mixed-use building…

Joel Werczberger files plans for 20-unit mixed-use building in Bed-Stuy

Joel Werczberger, on May 27, filed a permit application for construction of a 20-unit, 19,288-square-foot mixed-use building at 676 Myrtle Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. There have been 47 new building plans, including these, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 65-foot-tall, six-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under…