AKI Development, on May 26, was given a permit for construction of a 22-unit, 15,271-square-foot residential building at 26-12 4th Street in Astoria, Queens. Brett Harris filed the plans. The permit issued was a plumbing permit. The developer received new building and foundation permits last month. The plans, pre-filed on July 12, 2018, call for the construction of a 70-foot tall, seven-story residential building. The…
Skyward Developers, on May 26, was given a permit for construction of a 25-unit, 20,666-square-foot residential building at 2189 Arthur Avenue in Tremont. Joel Mittleman filed the plans. Both new building and foundation permits were issued. The plans, pre-filed on July 29, 2020, call for the construction of a 74-foot-tall, seven-story building. The project is described in the filings as: seven-story mixed-use building. According to…
Brookfield Properties, on May 25, formally completed a $6.8 million rehabilitation of one floor of an office building at 225 Liberty Street in Battery Park City. The building is part of Brookfield Place. The plans, pre-filed on May 11, 2020, call for work on the 36th floor of the 572-foot tall, 43-story building. The project is described in the filings as: (36th floor construction –…
Rockefeller Group, on May 26, formally completed a $6 million build-out of two floors of a building at 1271 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown West. The building was formerly known as the Time-Life Building. The plans, pre-filed on March 17, 2020, call for work on the cellar and floors 11 and 12 of the 574-foot tall, 47-story building. The project is described in the…
Buchbinder & Warren Realty Group, on May 20, filed four permit applications for the demolition of four buildings at 8-16 West 45th Street in Grand Central. No new building plans have been filed in either BIS Web or DOB Now at any of the four parcels. It is unclear what the plans for the site are. Lori Buchbinder, a principal with Buchbinder & Warren, filed…
Aurora Capital Associates and William Gottlieb Real Estate, on May 24, were given a permit for construction of a 16-unit, 24,806-square-foot mixed-use building at 144 Barrow Street in the West Village. Matthew Abreu of Aurora filed the plans. Both new building and foundation permits were issued. The plans, pre-filed on April 24, 2020, call for the construction of a 77-foot tall, seven-story, mixed-use building. The…
EJS Group, through its project development arm EJS Development, on May 20, filed three permit applications for the demolition of three rental buildings at 1305 Third Avenue, 1307 Third Avenue, and 202 East 75th Street in Lenox Hill. The firm, which was founded by Ted Segal, purchased the parcels in three separate transactions from Gastonia Properties for a total of $32.35 million in March. No…
Brookfield Properties, on May 24, formally completed build-out projects totaling $59.3 million of work, at 400 West 33rd Street in Hudson Yards. The building is commonly referred to as One Manhattan West. In February the developer wrapped up two projects totaling $29.7 million of work at the building. The first plans, pre-filed on December 12, 2019, call for work on floors 18 through 22 of…
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development, on May 20, filed four permit applications for the demolition of four buildings at 201-207 Seventh Avenue at West 22nd Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Each of the four buildings is a 52-foot-tall structure with four residential units. No new building plans have been filed yet in either BIS Web or DOB Now. However, Yimby reported that HPD has…
The New York City School Construction Authority, on May 24, formally completed a $7.8 million exterior rehabilitation of Edison High School at 165-65 84th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The plans, pre-filed on April 29, 2014, call for a rehab of the roof and all floors of the 47-foot tall, four-story building. The project is described in the filings as: Edison High School: exterior masonry repairs…
On May 21, a permit application was filed for a project to add 67 hotel rooms to a hotel at 116 West 28th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Ice Cheng filed the plans. Hiu Ian Cheng was the signatory for a $4.6 million loan at the property in 2015. The building is known as the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott New York Manhattan/Chelsea. The plans…
A condominium plan for 27 residential units was submitted at 249 East 50th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. The site was previously occupied by the famous French restaurant, Lutèce, which closed in 2004 after 43 years. A consortium of families bought the site in 2014 for $17 million. The condo plan, CD210147, has a sellout price of $54.9 million with the New York State Attorney…
Kevin Yang, through the company 146 Northern LLC, submitted a condominium plan for 30 residential units and two commercial units at 35-20 146th Street in Flushing, Queens. The condo plan, CD210145, has a sellout price of $23.2 million with the New York State Attorney General. Kevin Yang is listed as the principal of sponsor, while Chun Min Kwok and Joyce Pik Wan Cheng are listed…
Amritpal Sandhu through the company Third Ave BX LLC, on May 21, was given a permit for construction of a 77-key, 37,424-square-foot hotel building at 4477 3rd Avenue in Tremont. The building will also have 18 residential apartments. Both new building and foundation permits were issued. The plans, pre-filed on December 17, 2019, call for the construction of a 92-foot-tall, nine-story mixed-use hotel building. The…
Josil Group, on May 21, was given a permit for construction of a 24-unit, 16,478-square-foot residential building at 661 Manida Street in Hunts Point, the Bronx. Joseph Silberman of the Josil Group filed the plans. The plans, pre-filed on September 14, 2020, call for the construction of a 55-foot tall, four-story residential building. The project is described in the filings as: proposed four-story with cellar…
Mitsui Fudosan, on May 20, formally completed a $13.4 million build-out of two floors for DLA Piper at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown West. The law firm occupies several floors in the building. In 2016 the company signed a new deal with Mitsui Fudosan to occupy 200,000-square-feet of space on five full consecutive floors, the 24th through the 28th. The plans, pre-filed on…
Brookfield Properties, on May 20, formally completed an $11.1 million build-out for National Grid at 2 Hanson Place in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The multinational electricity and gas utility company signed a 15-year, 87,000-square-foot lease at the building last year. The plans, pre-filed on May 21, 2020, call for work on floors 11 and 12 of the 210-foot tall, 14-story building. The project is described in…
New York City School Construction Authority, on May 20, was given a permit for the demolition of a building at 38-04 48th Street in Sunnyside, Queens. The plans, pre-filed on September 6, 2018, call for the demolition of two-story building. The city agency proposed plans for a 600-seat middle school at the property in 2016. According to a report, the SCA was waiting for City…
By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo The Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James requested the New York City Department of Buildings to remove phone and email records from portions of the website in an attempt to limit identity theft, a spokesperson for the DOB told PincusCo Media. The contact information was removed in recent days from portions of the DOB website that are easily scraped….
Aview Equities, on May 18, filed a permit application for construction of a 131-unit, 150,900-square-foot residential building at 23 Ocean Parkway in Kensington, Brooklyn. Abraham Leifer filed the plans. The plans call for the construction of a 90-foot tall, nine-story building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00501131. The development site spans one tax lot. The project is…
