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Ranco Capital is seeking zoning map and zoning text amendments to construct a 48,268-square-foot mixed-use building at 703 Myrtle Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Izzy Rosenbaum, CFO at Ranco Capital, is listed as the primary applicant. The plans were disclosed in a proposed zoning map amendment from M1-1 to R7D/C2-4 and a zoning text amendment to create a new mandatory inclusionary housing area (ZR Appendix F)…

Moshe Altmark’s Altmark Group, on June 7, filed plans for a $3 million project which aims to convert a 55,831-square-foot commercial building into a 55-unit residential building at 2447 Third Avenue in Mott Haven, the Bronx. The plans call for the change in use of the 55-foot tall, five-story building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number X00530025. The…

Rivington Company, on June 8, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 21 Garden Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The plans call for the demolition of a two-story building. The project is described in the filings as: full demolition of two-story building. On July 24 of last year, the developer filed a permit application for construction of a 50-unit, 46,015-square-foot residential building…

Google, on June 8, filed plans for a $10.6 million rehabilitation of one floor of the 2.2-million-square-foot building they own at 111 Eighth Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan. In December 2010, Google purchased the building for $1.77 billion. Prior to the acquisition, Google had leased space there. The plans call for a rehab of the sixth floor of the 205-foot tall, 17-story building, and were filed…

The Durst Organization, on June 9, formally completed a $14.7 million fit-out for Nasdaq at 151 West 42nd Street in Times Square. Nasdaq first announced they were moving their headquarters to the building in 2018. In 2019 they signed a lease for an additional 35,512 square feet of space, bringing their total leased space at the property to 180,000 square feet. The plans, pre-filed on…

The development firm Double U Realty is seeking zoning special permits to construct a 214,915-square-foot commercial and light industrial building at 29-41 Wythe Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Double U is led by Jay Weitzman and Michael Weitzman. The plans were disclosed in an application requesting zoning special permits. In total, a special permit pursuant to Zoning Resolution (ZR) § 74-962, to modify M1-2 FAR and…

A condominium plan for 70 residential units and two commercial units was submitted at 37-26 32nd Street in Long Island City, Queens. The condo is known as Eden Condominium, per the submission. The condo plan, CD210158, has a sellout price of $71.1 million with the New York State Attorney General. Zhongyin Lyu and Jianfei Chen are listed as the managing members. While no new building…

Gabby Sakaff, on June 7, filed a permit application for construction of a 48-unit, 32,571-square-foot residential building at 1515 Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The plans call for the construction of a 70-foot tall, eight-story residential building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00500327. The development site spans five tax lots. The project is described in the…

By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo The combined square feet of all new building projects filed with the city’s Department of Buildings decreased last month, after spiking in April because of several significant hotel plans. The 2.3 million square feet in May was slightly lower than the monthly average of 2.6 million since the start of 2020. For the analysis, PincusCo used the total building square footage figures…

Douglaston Development, on June 7, was given a permit for construction of a 188-unit, 108,957-square-foot mixed-use building at 2850 Webster Avenue in Tremont, the Bronx. Russell Lang filed the plans. Both new building and plumbing permits were issued. The developer received foundation permits in April. The plans, pre-filed on June 20, 2019, call for the construction of a 122-foot tall, 12-story mixed-use building. The project…

Joe Wags, on June 7, filed a permit application for construction of a 23-unit, 10,141-square-foot residential building at 689 East 223rd Street in Morrisania, the Bronx. The plans call for the construction of a 50-foot tall, four-story residential building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number X00528618. The development site spans two tax lots. The project is described in…

UPDATED 5:35 a.m., October 3, 2024: Brandon Miller’s Real Estate Equities Corporation, on June 7, filed seven permit applications for the demolition of seven buildings at 156 to 166 Bowery in Nolita. Kinsmen Property Group, a joint venture between Madison Group and State Building Group, purchased the properties in 2017 and 2018. At the time of the transaction, the developer stated there were no immediate…

Extell Development, on June 7, filed three permit applications for the demolition of three buildings at 1643, 1647, and 1649 First Avenue in Yorkville. According to a report from Yimby, the cumulative 5,625-square-foot site has 75 feet of street frontage. No new building plans have been filed yet, and it is not clear what the developer plans to do with the site once it is…

Nicholas Notias, on June 7, was given a permit for construction of a 20-unit, 15,638-square-foot residential building at 28-15 35th Street in Astoria, Queens. The permit issued was a plumbing permit. The developer received a new building permit on May 20. The plans, pre-filed on June 1, 2017, call for the construction of a 60-foot tall, six-story, residential building. The project is described in the…

Shorewood Real Estate Group, on June 4, filed a permit application for construction of a 125-unit, 129,294-square-foot mixed-use building at 34-20 Junction Boulevard in Jackson Heights, Queens. Hugo Corvalan, VP of project management at Shorewood, filed the plans. Spencer An, president of Bogopa Service Corp. and Food Bazaar Supermarket, purchased the property in February 2020 for $21 million from the LeFrak Organization, which had owned…

Salvatore Gargano, on June 3, filed a permit application for construction of a 24-unit, 18,255-square-foot residential building at 241 Conselyea Street in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The plans call for the construction of a 62-foot tall, six-story residential building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00497676. The development site spans two tax lots. The project is described in the…

Arden Group, on June 3, filed a permit application for the demolition of a building at 4650 Broadway in Washington Heights, in Upper Manhattan. While no plans have been officially filled, the developer is reportedly planing to construct a 300,000-square-foot mixed-use building at the site with a mix of market-rate and affordable rentals. Arden was originally planning to purchase the building as part of a…

Yisroel Greenfeld, on June 3, was given a permit for construction of a 33-unit, 22,270-square-foot residential building at 411 Meeker Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. In December of 2019, Joel Schwartz through the entity 411-417 Meeker LLC as borrower signed a loan agreement with lender BridgeCity Capital valued at $14.75 million at the property. Greenfeld and Schwartz have worked together previously, and recently received construction permits…

New York City, on June 4, was given a permit for construction of a 134,348-square-foot garage and repair shop for the New York City Department of Design and Construction at 1000 West Service Road in Staten Island. The city recently received permits for the construction of a fueling station connected to the garage. The plans, pre-filed on February 20, 2019, call for the construction of…

Oxford Properties Group and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, on June 4, filed three plans for a total of $33.7 million of work at 550 Washington Street in Soho, Manhattan. The plans are part of the redevelopment of St. John’s Terminal as part of Google’s Hudson Square campus. The developers signed a loan agreement with lender Wells Fargo Bank valued at $368.4 million for…