Xiaojun Chen, on October 21, was given a permit for construction of a 76-key, 26,930-square-foot hotel building at 636 86th Street in Bay Ridge. The plans call for the construction of the only (R-1) hotel building in the neighborhood since March of 2018. The plans, pre-filed on February 28, 2020, call for the construction of a 66-foot tall, six-story, 26,930-square-foot hotel building with 76 residential…
The New York City School Construction Authority, on October 22, filed a permit application for construction of a 108,152-square-foot school building at 3761 10th Avenue in Inwood, in Manhattan. The plans call for the construction of the sixth new building, and second school, in Inwood so far this year. The city acquired the property in late July from Paul Gagliardi for $16 million. In a…
New York University Langone Health, on October 22, filed plans for a $6.6 million rehabilitation of several floors of a building at 333 East 38th Street in Murray Hill, Manhattan. The building is known as the NYU Langone Orthopedic Center. The plans call for work on floors two through 12, and the 13th floor penthouse of the 140-foot-tall building and were filed with the New…
Vornado Realty Trust, on October 19, filed a permit application for construction of a 573-unit, 540,790-square-foot mixed-use building at 61-10 Junction Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens. Barry Langer, executive VP of development at Vornado, filed the plans. The new building will be directly across the street from The Alexander at Rego Center, a 24-story, 314-unit tower Vornado completed in 2015, two years after filing plans….
Silverstein Properties, on October 19, filed a permit application for construction of a 354-unit, 302,852-square-foot mixed-use building at 44-01 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens. Brian Collins, executive VP and director of development with Silverstein, filed the plans. The developer signed a memorandum of contract with Bruce Bendell, a former senior manager at the Major World family of dealerships, for 44-01 Northern Boulevard, 34-20…
BEB Capital, on October 19, filed a permit application for construction of a 425-unit, 397,252-square-foot mixed-use building at 1065 Atlantic Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Craig Miller, director of development and asset manager at BEB Capital, filed the plans. According to an analysis of new building plans filed with the NYC DOB, these plans called for the construction of the most dwelling units in Bedford-Stuyvesant in…
Zev Mayer of Skyrock NYC, on October 19, filed a permit application for construction of a 36-unit, 23,478-square-foot residential building at 2150 Clinton Avenue in Tremont, Bronx. The plans call for the construction of a 68-foot-tall, five-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number X00610421. The development site spans two tax lots. The project is described in…
Arben Mitaj, on October 20, was given a permit for construction of a 111-unit, 75,672-square-foot residential building at 2072 Anthony Avenue in Fordham, the Bronx. The plans, pre-filed on September 29, 2020, call for the construction of a 113-foot tall, 12-story residential building. The project is described in the filings as: construct new apartment building. Per the plans, the ground floor will have two dwelling…
Xi Zhao, on October 19, received a permit for construction of a 34-unit, 27,586-square-foot residential building at 140-46 Sanford Avenue in Flushing. The plans were one of 77 new building plans filed in Flushing in 2019. There were 66 new building plans filed in the neighborhood last year, with another 67 new building plans filed this year so far. The plans, pre-filed on August 23,…
Columbia Property Trust, on October 20, filed plans for a $22.1 million exterior rehab of a commercial building, formerly known as New York Times Building, at 229 West 43rd Street in Times Square, Manhattan. Last year the developer wrapped up a $7 million tenant build-out in the office portion of the building for their tenant Snapchat. Columbia Property Trust owns the office condominium unit in…
Metropolitan Museum of Art, on October 19, filed plans for a $18.2M rehabilitation project of several floors at 1000 5th Avenue in Central Park, Manhattan. There have been a total of six alteration plans filed at the building so far this year. These plans are easily the most expensive, and the only plans with an initial cost of more than $1 million. The plans call…
By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo PincusCo connected with Grubb Properties’ vice president of development, Paul O’Shaughnessy, to discuss Grubb’s recent New York City development plans, the possibility of additional development in the city, and what the city’s development market could look like in 2030. Grubb Properties is a North Carolina-based firm focussed on mid-market housing through investing, development, leasing and property management. The firm recently filed plans…
On October 15, a condominium plan was submitted by Urban Standard Development for seven residential units at 142 West 19th Street in Chelsea. The condo plan, CD210290, has a sellout price of $24,650,000 listed with the New York State Attorney General. Seth Weissman, founder and president of Urban Standard Development, is listed as the principal of sponsor. The developer purchased the site for $8.5 million…
On October 7, a condominium plan was submitted by Ascent Development for 130 residential units at 45-25 Davis Street in Long Island City, Queens. The project has an alternate address of 45-30 Pearson Street. The condo plan, CD210284, lists Amit Veeramachaneni and Zhidong Wu as the principals. In February of 2019, Veeramachaneni filed new building plans with the city’s Department of Buildings calling for the…
Gotham Organization has submitted a private application for a Department of City Planning Chair certification pursuant to ZR 93-31 for a District Improvement Fund bonus, to increase the permitted floor area ratio at its planned 453-unit, 428,208-square-foot mixed-use building at 550 10th Avenue in Hudson Yards. Floor area ratio (FAR) is the total floor area on a zoning lot, divided by the lot area of…
Chris Jiashu Xu’s United Construction & Development Group, on October 18, received a permit for construction of a 37,686-square-foot school building at 86-55 Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst. According to the plans’ original Schedule A, the whole building was originally to be used as health care facility space. However, those plans have since changed. There were 25 new building plans filed in Elmhurst in 2018, the…
The Rockefeller Foundation, on October 18, filed plans for a $5.8M rehab of a building at 420 Fifth Avenue in Garment District, Manhattan. The Rockefeller Foundation owns five floors in the building. They occupied the space in the early 1990s, before exercising an option to buy the floors by paying the remaining bond obligations of $30 million, according to the Real Deal. There have been…
Silverstein Properties, on October 18, filed plans for a $2.9 million rehabilitation of an office building, known as Americas Tower, at 1177 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown. The plans call for work on the 39th floor of the 674-foot-tall, 48-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number M00574719. The project is described in the filing as:…
Quinlan Development Group, on October 15, filed a permit application for construction of a 197-unit, 169,726-square-foot mixed-use building at 374 Fourth Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Kyle Cohen, project manager at Quinlan, filed the plans. The plans call for the construction of the most dwelling units in Gowanus since February of 2014. The plans are only the third new building plans in the neighborhood this year….
The New York City Economic Development Corporation, on October 15, filed a permit application for construction of a 1,041-unit, 589,842-square-foot mixed-use building at 495 11th Avenue, between 39th and 40th street, in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. The building will have 683 hotel rooms and 358 apartments. Karina Gilbert, senior vice president of design and construction with the city’s EDC, filed the plans. The project, which has…
