Jing Gao, on May 12, filed a permit application for construction of a 100-unit, 75,124-square-foot condominium at 47-11 90th Street in Elmhurst, Queens. According to the plans the filing is for a zoning review. Developer Bo Jin Zhu of 90 Queens Inc. owns the property. According to several reports, the plot of land contains a historic African American burial ground. Plans were originally filed for…
Arben Mitaj through the company Euro Tech Developers, on May 12, filed a permit application for construction of a 60-unit, 37,726-square-foot residential building at 2183 Morris Avenue in Fordham, the Bronx. The plans call for the construction of an 84-foot tall, nine-story building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number X00515857. The development site spans three tax lots. The…
By Atticus O’Brien-Pappalardo The combined square feet of all new building projects filed with the city’s Department of Buildings increased significantly last month, rising to the fourth highest monthly total since the start of 2020. For the analysis, PincusCo used the total building square footage figures reported in the PW1 of new building filings. Because of this, prior reports on individual filings may differ slightly…
Community Counseling and Mediation, on May 11, filed a permit application for construction of a 20-unit, 49,623-square-foot residential building at 749 Snediker Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. Emory Brooks filed the plans. The plans call for the construction of an 89-foot tall, nine-story building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00505340. The development site spans one tax…
Property Resources Corporation, on May 12, was given a permit for a $22 million project to convert a former St. John’s College building to a 205-unit, 170,094-square-foot residential building at 75 Lewis Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. David Gartenlaub filed the plans. The plans, pre-filed on October 9, 2019, call for the increase in the size and change in use of the building from a 60-foot tall,…
L+M Development Partners, Type A Projects, BronxWorks, and the City of New York on May 12, were given a permit for construction of a 542-unit, 500,725-square-foot mixed-use building at 575 Exterior Street, dubbed Bronx Point in Concourse Village, the Bronx. Jhaelen Hernandez-Eli of the NYC EDC filed the plans. The permit issued was a plumbing permit. The development team received initial new building and foundation…
New York City, on May 11, was given a permit for construction of a 134,348-square-foot fueling station for the New York City Department of Design and Construction at 1000 West Service Road in Staten Island. The permit issued was a new building permit. The plans, pre-filed on January 14, 2020, call for the construction of a 44-foot tall, one-story building. The project is described in…
TF Cornerstone, on May 11 and 12, formally completed two build-out projects totaling $29 million at 230 Park Avenue South, an office building in Flatiron. The first plans, pre-filed on November 19, 2019, call for a build-out of floors eight through 10 of the 130-foot tall, 13-story building. The project is described in the filings as: herewith filing general construction in the eighth, ninth, and…
RXR Realty, on May 12, formally completed a $24.7 million rehabilitation of multiple floors of 32 Old Slip, also known as One Financial Square, in the Financial District. The plans, pre-filed on August 29, 2019, call for a rehab of floors 17 through 22 of the 365-foot tall, 36-story building. The project is described in the filings as: general construction modifications taking place on the…
Boston Properties, on May 12, formally completed a $12.2 million fit-out of one floor of the General Motors Building at 767 Fifth Avenue in the Plaza District. The plans, pre-filed on July 30, 2020, call for a fit-out of the 45th floor of the 681-foot tall, 50-story building. The project is described in the filings as: general construction for interior fit-out for commercial office space…
Die Chen through the company CMZ Properties Group, LLC, on May 10, filed a permit application for construction of a 14-unit 10,007-square-foot residential building at 31-18 30th Street in Astoria, Queens. The plans call for the construction of a 55-foot tall, five-story building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number Q00494799. The development site spans one tax lot. The…
Chang Qing Lin through the company 97-101 LLC, on May 10, was given a permit for construction of a 24-unit, 22,196-square-foot mixed-use building at 21 Meserole Street in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The permit issued was a plumbing permit. The developer received initial new building and foundation permits earlier this year. The plans, pre-filed on November 27, 2018, call for the construction of a 55-foot tall,…
Edge Fund Advisors filed plans for a $9.4 million build-out for Schrödinger Inc. at the former Bertelsmann Building, located at 1540 Broadway in Times Square, Manhattan. The pharmaceutical software developer signed a lease for nearly 109,000 square feet of space, spanning floors 21 through 24, in the building last month. According to the New York Post it was the largest new office lease commitment signed…
The New York City Housing Authority filed plans for a $7.2 million rehabilitation of the cellar at 2130 Madison Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan. The plans call for the removal of boilers and pipes in the building’s cellar, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number M00492424. The project is described in the filings as: remove existing boilers and burners…
TF Cornerstone, on May 10, formally completed a $14.5 million build-out of a building at 230 Park Avenue South in Flatiron. The plans, pre-filed on November 19, 2019, call for work on floors seven through 12 of the 130-foot tall, 13-story building. The global media brand Discovery, Inc., signed a lease to occupy the entire building in 2018. The project is described in the filings…
L&L Holding Company, on May 10, was given permits for two build-out projects totaling $19.3 million in work at 425 Park Avenue in the Plaza District. A portion of the work is for Citadel Enterprises “diagrid floor and mezzanine” space, which the New York Post reported in 2019 was on the 12th to 14th floors. The developer recently received a TCO for the 511,538-square-foot, 892-foot…
Brookfield Properties filed plans for a $2.6 million build-out for tenant Goodwin Procter LLP at 620 Eighth Avenue, known as The New York Times Building, in Times Square, Manhattan. The plans call for a build-out of the 21st floor of the building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number M00496742. The project is described in the filings as: Goodwin…
Silverstein Properties, Kaufman Astoria Studios, and BedRock Real Estate Partners are seeking a zoning map amendment, zoning text amendments, and special permits to develop a 2.7-million-square-foot mixed-use project in Astoria, Queens. The developers released their plans for the $2 billion project, known as Innovation QNS, years ago and are now moving forward with the zoning filing. Even before making the plans public, there were years…
On May 7, a permit was issued for construction of a 40-unit, 34,376-square-foot residential building at 36-45 31st Street in Long Island City. Ellen Senisi filed the plans for the development. Both foundation and new building permits were issued. The property is owned by John Senisi’s Green Design Construct. The developer purchased the site for $6.3 million on February 1, 2019. Later that year, the…
Ren Da Chen through the company 28 Property LLC, on May 6, filed a permit application for construction of an eight-unit, 12,024-square-foot residential building at 5306 9th Avenue in Kensington, Brooklyn. The plans call for the construction of a 70-foot tall, seven-story mixed-use building, and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under number B00517128. The development site spans one tax lot….
