Hakimian Organization, on August 26, filed a permit application for the demolition of the 57,606-square-foot building at 250 West 49th Street in Times Square. Joe Hakimian, who founded the firm along with his brother Ben, filed the plans. Demolition plans are not common in the neighborhood, with these being the first ones of the year. In the last three years there have only been three…
Rockefeller Group, on August 27, filed a permit application for the demolition of a 119,985-square-foot elevated parking lot at 37-01 138th Street in Flushing, Queens. These are the 48th demolition plans filed in Flushing so far this year, in what has been the most active neighborhood for new development in the borough in 2021. In October of 2013, the developer filed new building plans calling for…
Aurora Capital Associates and Alex Adjmi, On August 26, filed plans for a $4.1 million fit-out for Target’s 28,000-square-feet of space at 600 Broadway in Soho, Manhattan. The retail chain Target Corporation signed a lease for the ground floor, lower level and sub cellar, each spanning about 9,000 square feet, in December of 2020. The deal was for a 15-year lease that includes three extension…
James Juliano through the entity Brooklyn Boyz Developers II, LLC, on August 26, filed a permit application for construction of a 10-unit, 8,623-square-foot residential building at 760 Metropolitan Avenue in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These have been several significant plans filed in the neighborhood so far this year. There have been seven plans filed for buildings with more residential units, the largest of which, filed by…
Mount Sinai Health System, on August 26, filed plans for a $23.2 million project described as minor demo work on multiple floors at 3 East 101st Street in Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The plans comes one day after filings for a $9.8 million project to remove mechanical systems from several floors of the building. The plans call for work on floors one through 12 of the…
On August 23, a condominium plan was submitted by W&L Group for 154 residential units and two commercial units in Gravesend, Brooklyn. The condo plan lists the following addresses: 2280, 2286, 2288, and 2310 Cropsey Avenue. The condo plan, CD210246, has a sellout price of $210.66 million with the New York State Attorney General. In September of 2014, Meng Hua Wang filed new building plans…
The Second Pentecostal Church of God La Hermosa and Vertical Community Development LLC are seeking a rezoning to construct an 80-foot tall, eight-story, 119,745-square-foot mixed-use building with 167 dwelling units at 1810 Randall Avenue in Soundview, the Bronx. The applicants are seeking a zoning map amendment from R4A/C1-2 and R5/C1-2 to R6-1, a zoning text amendment to Appendix F to designate the rezoning area as…
Nelson Leong, on August 24, filed a permit application for construction of a 25-unit, 18,007-square-foot residential building at 34-29 37th Street in Astoria, Queens. There have been 19 new building plans filed in the neighborhood this year. The plans are tied for the fourth most residential units of the 19 plans. The plans call for the construction of a 76-foot-tall, eight-story building and were filed…
GVA Realty, on August 25, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 98-60 Queens Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens. In late June the developer filed a permit application for construction of a 51-unit, 46,999-square-foot mixed-use building at the property, which is the site of a historic Jewish funeral home known as Parkside Memorial Chapels. Owners of the funeral home filed plans…
Peter Zuccarello, on August 25, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 11-06 Broadway in Astoria, Queens. Damien Smith through the entity 12 Street & Broadway LLC paid Chryssanthi Ventouratos $7 million for the property in March. Peter Zuccarello was the signatory on a $4.2 million loan from Valley National Bank. These are the 17th demolition plans filed in the neighborhood…
Brookfield Properties, on August 24, filed two plans for a total of $16 million of work at the Lever House at 390 Park Avenue in Plaza District, Manhattan. The building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1982. The Korein family owns the fee for the property and ground leases it to Brookfield Properties and Waterman Interests. Brookfield and Waterman signed a lease valued…
Mount Sinai, on August 25, filed plans for a $9.8 million project to remove mechanical systems from several floors of a building at 3 East 101st Street in Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The plans call for work on floors one through 10 of the building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number M00565316. The project is described in the…
Grubb Properties, on August 23, filed a permit application for construction of a 317-unit, 240,611-square-foot mixed-use building at 41-34 27th Street in Long Island City, Queens. Brian Bradley of Grubb Properties filed the plans. The plans call for the construction of a 214-foot-tall, 17-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q00557681. The development site spans two…
By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo In this PincusCo Data Tip we will walk through the process of how to find basic information for new building filings in the city’s Department of Building’s DOB NOW public portal. The portal, in contrast to the legacy DOB Bisweb, does not allow a user to browse for projects. The DOB NOW public portal can only be used to search a particular…
L3 Capital, on August 23, filed a permit application for construction of a 16,750-square-foot retail building at 184 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Domenic Lanni, co-founder and managing principal at L3 Capital, filed the plans. The developer recently filed plans for a 7,496-square-foot retail building at 204 Bedford Avenue. L3 Capital acquired the parcel from RedSky Capital along with 13 others valued at $145 million…
Global Management, on August 23, filed a permit application for construction of a 45-unit, 33,001-square-foot residential building at 2330 Cambreleng Avenue in Tremont, the Bronx. Aaron Yaghoobian filed the plans. The plans are the 10th new building plans for a building 20,000-square-feet or greater filed in the neighborhood so far this year. Tremont has been among the most active neighborhoods for new development so far…
Marisol Diaz, on August 23, filed a permit application for construction of a 43-unit, 33,308-square-foot residential building at 340 Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The plans are the third largest new building plans filed in the neighborhood this year. The largest were Joy Construction’s plans for a 465-unit, 389,226-square-foot mixed-use building at 202 Tillary Street, followed by Rabsky Group’s plans for a 52-unit, 53,875-square-foot…
Boston Properties, on August 22, filed two plans for a total of $15.8 million of rehabilitations of 601 Lexington Avenue in the Plaza District. Robert Schubert, senior VP of construction for Boston Properties, filed both of the plans. The first plans call for $12 million of work on the sixth floor of the 810-foot-tall, 59-story building and were filed with the New York City Department…
MRR Development, on August 20, filed a permit application for construction of a 145-unit, 174,532-square-foot mixed-use building at 126 East 57th Street in Plaza District, Manhattan. Rony Attia, senior project manager at MRR, filed the plans. MRR Development is a joint venture between Indian billionaire Anand Mahindra, the Sapir Organization’s former CEO Rotem Rosen and Zahi Hagag, an Israeli developer. The partnership purchased an assemblage…
Peter Papamichael’s Vorea Group, on August 19, filed a permit application for construction of a 499-unit, 443,449-square-foot mixed-use building at 2-33 50th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. PincusCo broke news of the developer being in contract to buy the development site from Fortress Storage in October of last year. The plans are the fourth largest new building plans filed this year, in terms of…
