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Andrew Gonchar through the company ELOC FTK, seeks a series of authorizations and certifications to facilitate the construction of 48 two-family homes and five single-family homes, totaling 101 dwelling units and 218,025-square-feet of construction in the Charleston neighborhood of Staten Island. The developer seeks discretionary approvals from the City Planning Commission, including several approvals pursuant to the Special South Richmond Development District (Zoning Resolution, Article…

Biren Patel, on March 8, filed a permit application for construction of a 29-unit, 19,987-square-foot residential building at 2279 University Avenue in University Heights, Bronx. These are the fourth new building plans filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months,. The plans call for the construction of a 74-foot-tall, eight-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job…

Herman Jakob through the company West St Gardens LLC, on March 3, filed a permit application for construction of a 19-unit, 11,647-square-foot residential building at 2710 Decatur Avenue in Riverdale, Bronx. There have been 11 new building plans, including these plans, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 52-foot-tall, four-story building and were filed with…

The New York City School Construction Authority, on March 8, filed plans for a $20.2M exterior rehabilitation of a school building at 320 East 20th Street in Gramercy, Manhattan. The plans call for work on the outside of the 75-foot-tall, five-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number M00690871. The project is described in the filing as:…

CAMBA Housing Ventures, on March 4, filed a permit application for construction of a 291-unit, 219,002-square-foot mixed-use building, dubbed Clarkson Estates, at 329 Clarkson Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Michael Berne, senior VP at the company, filed the plans. The plans have been in the works for a number of years now. The development is part of Vital Brooklyn, a state initiative from 2017 with the…

Solomon Schwimmer through Twin Group Associates Inc., on March 6, filed a permit application for construction of a 234-unit, 164,763-square-foot mixed-use building at 953 Dean Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The site is owned by Clipper Equity, which purchased it along with 643 Classon Avenue from Harry Einhorn for $4.7 million. Solomon Schwimmer filed demolition plans at the site last month. The plans call for…

Elie Fouerti, on March 6, filed a permit application for construction of a 91-unit, 114,582-square-foot mixed-use building at 2005 Third Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan. There have been six new building plans, including these plans, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. This past December, the developer filed a permit application for construction of a 191-unit, 223,299-square-foot building at 2957 Shell Road in…

Shimon Hoffman, on March 3, filed a permit application for construction of an 82-unit, 55,694-square-foot residential building at 33 4th Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. These are the largest, and only second total, new building plans filed in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 72-foot-tall, seven-story building and were filed with the New York…

Peter Abowitz, on March 3, filed a permit application for construction of a 59-unit, 40,103-square-foot residential building at 1166 Fox Street in East Morrisania, Bronx. Thee have been 14 new building plans, including these plans, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 74-foot-tall, seven-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of…

The VAJA Group, on March 7, filed two permit applications for construction of a 32-unit, 21,611-square-foot building at 3103 Sedgwick Avenue in Kingsbridge, Bronx, and a 26-unit, 17,287-square-foot building at 1405 Vyse Avenue in Morrisania, Bronx. Moses Freund, managing partner at the VAJA Group, filed the plans. The developer has now filed seven new building plans, at least, since December of 2021. The seven plans…

SB Development Group, on March 4, filed a permit application for construction of a 26-unit, 29,859-square-foot residential building at 29-24 40th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Joseph Stern, a principal with SB Development Group, filed the plans. The plans call for the construction of a 103-foot-tall, seven-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q00682330. The…

New York City School Construction authority, on March 7, filed a permit application for construction of a 117,659-square-foot school building at 165-15 88th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, and on March 3 filed plans for a 76,826-square-foot school building at 4074 Victory Boulevard in Staten Island. The School Construction Authority is by far the most active builder in the city over the past decade by number…

On February 28, The Brooklyn Home Company submitted a condominium plan for 33 residential units at 524 Halsey Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The condo plan, CD220048, has a current price of $44,303,000 listed with the New York State Attorney General. William and Lyndsay Caleo are listed as the principals of the sponsor. The developer purchased the site for just north of $10…

Pilot Real Estate Group is seeking Chairperson Certification relating to the development of a 24-unit mixed-use building at 450 Union Street Street in Gowanus. Eric Schwartz, owner of Pilot Real Estate Group, filed the plans. The developer is seeking Chairperson’s Certification that the proposed foundation will not conflict with the basic dimensional requirements of any required waterfront public access area or visual corridor. Per the…

TF Cornerstone, on March 3, was given a permit for construction of an 812-unit, 723,731-square-foot, two-tower mixed-use building at 2-10 54th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The owner representative for TF Cornerstone was Bruce Weill. The Elghanayan brothers bought the site in November 2018 for $285 million. They acquired site on the cusp of Amazon announcing its decision to bring its second headquarters to…

Eddie Yair’s Lay Assets, on March 3, was given a permit for construction of a 75-unit, 59,559-square-foot mixed-use building at 1775 Coney Island Avenue in Midwood, Brooklyn. The developer acquired the property from Henry A. Alpert’s Spartan Petroleum Corp for $4.5 million on November 17, 2020. At the time of purchase, PincusCo reported the parcel had a total development potential of 59,960 square feet. Below…

The New York City School Construction Authority, on March 3, was given a permit for construction of a 85,995-square-foot school building at 639 St. Anns Avenue in Morrisania. The plans, pre-filed on October 10, 2019, call for the construction of a 58-foot tall, four-story building. The project is described in the filings as: p.s. 487 – x (x487) : construction of a four-story educational structure…

Damien Smith’s First Standard Construction, on March 2, filed a permit application for construction of a 148-unit, 104,890-square-foot mixed-use building at 11-20 Broadway in Astoria, Queens. There have been 38 new building plans, including these plans, filed in the neighborhood in the previous 12 months. The plans call for the construction of a 100-foot-tall, nine-story building and were filed with the New York City Department…