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John Russo through the company 651 4th Avenue LLC, on August 20, filed a permit application for construction of a 28-unit, 33,095-square-foot building at 179 20th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The plans call for the construction of a 125-foot-tall, nine-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B00578168. The development site spans one tax lot. The…

On August 17, a condominium plan was submitted by Candor Capital for 37 residential units and one commercial unit at 458 East 25th Street in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The condo plan, CD210239, has a sellout price of $22 million with the New York State Attorney General. Shlomo Sinay is listed as the principal. In May of 2019, David Sinay filed new building plans with the NYC…

Egris Haxhari, on August 19, filed a permit application for construction of a 34-unit, 22,345-square-foot residential building at 1472 Shakespeare Avenue in Highbridge, Bronx. The plans call for the construction of a 61-foot-tall, six-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number X00558445. The development site spans one tax lot. Below is a zoning document for the project:…

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development, on August 19, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 266 West 96th Street in the Upper West Side, in Manhattan. In May of 2019, Fetner Properties submitted a proposal to the city to construct a 235-foot tall, 23-story, 150,890-square-foot mixed-use building with 171 dwelling units at the site. According to the proposal, the…

David Horowitz of Apple Realty Capital, on August 19, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 352 Shepherd Avenue in East New York. Apple Realty Capital is a real estate investment company with experience developing a wide range of projects, according to their LinkedIn page. The developer recently acquired the property for $2.9 million on July 20, 2021. No new building…

By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo A few months ago, the Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James instructed the New York City Department of Buildings to remove the phone and email records of filing representatives from portions of the BIS Web (Buildings Information System) site in an attempt to limit identity theft, a spokesperson for the DOB told PincusCo Media back in May. For reference,…

Aleksandr Finkelshteyn, on August 17, filed a permit application for construction of a 35-unit, 24,279-square-foot building at 11-32 31st Drive in Astoria, Queens. The developer purchased the property for $4.8 million on July 28, 2021. The deal was recorded earlier this month on August 13. The plans call for the construction of a 84-foot-tall, eight-story building and were filed with the New York City Department…

Nicole Kalabalik through the company Frank Properties LLC, on August 18, filed a permit application for construction of a 23-unit, 19,226-square-foot building at 1241 Bedford Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The plans call for the construction of a 74-foot-tall, seven-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B00560204. The development site spans two tax lots. The project is…

Amara Kenneh, on August 18, filed a permit application for construction of a 28,018-square-foot house of worship with classroom space at 1051 Sherman Avenue in Longwood Melrose, Bronx. The plans call for the construction of a 80-foot-tall, seven-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number X00572768. The development site spans one tax lot. The project is described…

Aaron Lebovits, on August 17, filed a permit application for construction of a 22,431-square-foot community facility building at 218 Hamilton Avenue in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The plans call for the construction of a 40-foot-tall, four-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B00574028. The development site spans one tax lot. The project is described in the filing…

Boston Properties, on August 17, filed plans for a $4.4 million build-out of one floor of the General Motors Building at 767 Fifth Avenue in the Plaza District. The plans call for work on the 40th floor of the 500-foot-tall, 50-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number M00542908. The project is described in the filing as:…

By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo PincusCo is taking a look into some of the largest developments planned around the city that have experienced a delayed path to receiving permits for construction. The analysis looked at the 10 largest plans for new development, in terms of square footage, that were pre-filed at a minimum of two years ago which have not been issued permits by the New York…

The Shore Park Jewish Center is seeking rezoning to facilitate the construction of an 80,384-square-foot mixed-use development with 38 dwelling units at 2959 Avenue Y in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Yaakov Marcus, the Co-President of Shore Park Jewish Center and fee owner of 2959 Avenue Y, was the signatory on the application. The plans were disclosed in an application seeking a zoning map amendment which would…

The City Planning Commission is scheduled this week to review developer Damien Smith’s rezoning proposal to facilitate the development of a 240,976-square-foot mixed-use building with 217 dwelling units at 11-01 33rd Avenue in Astoria, Queens. According to the application, the Queens Community Board 1 voted in favor of the proposal on May 18, which was followed by a month-long review from the borough president, which…

There have been 11 new condominium development projects submitted this month to the New York State Attorney General’s office for review, with a total of 178 units. That’s according to a review of new condo data as compiled by PincusCo Media. The total sellout for those condos is $171 million, or just under $1 million per residential unit. As usual for the past few years,…

Silverback Development, on August 16, filed a permit application for the demolition of a 30,345-square-foot garage building at 586 Gerard Avenue in Longwood Melrose. Silverback is led by Josh Schuster. The developer acquired the 31,000-square foot lot with the one-story garage covering nearly the entire parcel, for $16.9 million on September 2, 2020. Shortly after, The Real Deal reported that the developer was planning to…

Ben Kaftari through the company Elanot LLC, on August 12, filed a permit application for construction of a 35-unit, 50,654-square-foot mixed-use building at 172-02 Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The developer had filed similar plans last year in March, for the construction of a building with 28 dwelling units at the site. The plans were then altered to call for 35 dwelling units. Those plans…

On August 11, a condominium plan was submitted for 86 residential units and three commercial units at 37-19 32nd Street in Long Island City, Queens. The condo plan, CD210233, has a sellout price of $68 million with the New York State Attorney General. Yiming Li is listed as the General Manager. Yimby published renderings of the development, seen below, in 2017. In September of 2015,…

Taconic Partners, on August 12, filed a permit application for the demolition of a 34,000-square-foot retail building at 410 West 207th Street in Inwood, in Upper Manhattan. Taconic as tenant signed a ground lease amendment for the 60,000-square-foot lot in late 2018, valued at $24.5 million, with the property landlord Arnold Gumowitz. The 99-year lease was originally signed in 2013 between the grocer Atlantic &…