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Phipps Houses, on January 6, received a permit for construction of a 279-unit, 320,948-square-foot residential building at 2082 Boston Road in West Farms. Matthew Kelly, vice president with Phipps Houses, filed the plans. Phipps recently filed a permit application for construction of a 436-unit, 408,695-square-foot mixed-use building at 254 Euclid Avenue in Cypress Hills. In October of 2020 the developer filed demolition plans for a…

Solow Realty and Development, on January 7, filed plans for a $16 million rehabilitation of two floors of the Solow Building at 9 West 57th Street in Plaza District, Manhattan. Anthony Calicchio, senior VP of real estate development, construction and building operations at Solow Realty and Development, filed the plans. Solow Realty and the Solow Building Company are affiliates of the Soloviev Group. Sheldon H….

Macerich, on January 6, filed plans for a $8.3 million rehabilitation of three floors of a building, part of the Kings Plaza Shopping Center, at 5100 Kings Plaza in Mill Basin, Brooklyn. The plans call for work on floors one through three of the 69-foot-tall, four-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B00555817. The project is…

Ian Bruce Eichner’s Continuum Company, on January 5, filed a permit application for construction of a 168-unit, 249,902-square-foot building at 990 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. There have been 15 new building plans filed in Crown Heights over the last 12 months. These plans call for the construction of the second most dwelling units in the neighborhood over that period. The 12 plans combined…

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, on January 5, filed a permit application for construction of a 321-unit, 338,611-square-foot building at 832 Rutland Road in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Tony Renteria, VP of operations and project management, filed the plans. The plans call for the construction of the most dwelling units in the neighborhood over the last 12 months. During that span there have been 37 new building…

Artifact, on January 4, filed a permit application for construction of a 47-unit, 38,108-square-foot mixed-use building at 1861 Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem, Manhattan. Javier Martinez, founder and CEO of the firm, filed the plans. This past November the developer filed a permit application for construction of a 120-unit, 118,559-square-foot mixed-use building at 636 West 158th Street in Washington Heights. The plans are one of 11…

Yossel Lichtman, on January 5, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 425 Coney Island Avenue in Flatbush. Sarah Lichtman through the entity 425 Coney Island Realty LLC acquired the property for $16 million on December 16, 2019. The single-story building, built in 1950, is roughly 19,500-square-feet. No new building plans have been filed with the city’s Department of Buildings yet….

Prospect Developers II, on January 5, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 832 Metropolitan Avenue in East Williamsburg. Konstantin Gubareff, managing director of the company, filed the plans. There had not been new building plans filed for the parcel as of article publication. The building is roughly 2,316-square-feet and has three dwelling units. The plans call for the demolition of…

MMS Group, on January 5, filed plans for a $7.2 million external rehabilitation of a residential building at 221 East 122nd Street in East Harlem, Manhattan. The plans call for work on the exterior of the 334-foot-tall, 35-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number M00644391. The project is described in the filing as: Filing herewith drawings…

Rabsky Group, on January 3, filed a permit application for construction of a 164-unit, 153,506-square-foot mixed-use building at 435 President Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Rafael Rabinowitz filed the plans. According to the plans, a total of four towers will ultimately be proposed on the zoning lot, which spans several tax lots. The developer was behind several significant new building filings in 2021. The plans included…

Astral Weeks Development, on January 3, filed a permit application for construction of a 46-unit, 31,578-square-foot residential building at 340 Lenox Road in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Joseph Roubeni, co-founder and principal of Astral Weeks, filed the plans. These are the first new development plans filed in East Flatbush this year. In 2021 there were 35 new building plans, which called for the construction of 354…

On December 21, Robert Saffayeh of Saffayeh Development submitted a condominium plan for eight residential units at 590 6th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The condo plan, CD210347, has a sellout price of $18.85 million listed with the New York State Attorney General. Robert Saffayeh, Gabriel Saffayeh, and Vyacheslav Faybyshev are listed as the managers. The developer purchased the site for $4.9 million from the…

Yoel Werzberger, on December 30, was given a permit for construction of a 48-unit, 37,121-square-foot residential building at 584 4th Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The permit issued was a new building permit. The plans were the largest new building plans filed in Gowanus in 2020. A large rezoning plan which passed in the fall of 2021 led to a flood of new development plans last…

Billy Xiao through the company B & J Bay Property Inc., on December 30, was given a permit for construction of a 40-unit, 36,253-square-foot residential building at 8800 Bay Parkway in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Both new building and foundation permits were issued. The plans, pre-filed on December 11, 2018, call for the construction of a 70-foot tall, seven-story residential building. The project is described in…

Poppenhusen Institute, on January 3, filed plans for a $6.3 million exterior rehabilitation of a building at 114-04 14th Road in College Point, Queens. The Poppenhusen Institute, built in 1868, housed the first free kindergarten in the United States which opened its doors in 1870. The building has since been designated a Landmark through the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. These are the first…

On January 3, plans were filed for a $2.8 million project at Amazon’s 424 Fifth Avenue, commonly referred to as the Lord & Taylor building, in the Garment District, Manhattan. Seneca Group, a Seattle-based construction management and advisory firm, filed the plans. Last month several alteration plans were filed for a total of $67.1 million of work at the building. In total, plans were filed…

Lonicera Partners, on December 30, filed a permit application for construction of a 290-unit, 227,976-square-foot building at 55 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn. John Evans, a principal at the firm, filed the plans. Back in September the developer filed a permit application for construction of a 314-unit, 244,085-square-foot mixed-use building at 15 Hanover Place, also in Downtown Brooklyn. Last week, the developer closed on another…

Cheskel Schwimmer through Chess Builders LLC, on December 30, filed a permit application for construction of a 218-unit, 147,196-square-foot mixed-use building at 218 Front Street in Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn. The development will have two towers. Urban Realty Partners owns the site, after purchasing it this past fall for $48.5 million. Chess Builders is the project developer and also has ownership interest through an entity in…

TOT Developers, on December 29, filed a permit application for construction of a 123-unit, 83,976-square-foot mixed-use building at 50 Sackman Street in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Dov Strohli and Jacob Landau were listed as the filing representatives. The plans were one of 10 new building plans filed in the neighborhood in 2021. The plans call for the construction of a 115-foot-tall, 11-story building and were filed…