Leo Brody files plans for 99 units in Claremont Village
1526 Grand Concourse (Credit - Cyclomedia)
Leo Brody of ZLB, submitted a new building construction project for a 99-unit, 68,235-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 1526 Grand Concourse in Claremont Village, Bronx. The plan was filed on April 23, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 113-foot-tall, twelve-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number X01387133. The project is described in the filing as: (Please assign to dev hub to same examiner as job x01388531-I1 as its same zoning lot, applicant and owner.) Proposed new 12-story residential building. The applicant is the Registered Architect Nikolai Katz of Nikolai Katz Architect. The development is using air rights from 1551 Sheridan Avenue, the project documents say.
The most recent property records show the parcel has been owned by Richard Scharf’s Abro Management.
1526 Grand Concourse
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | floor | comment | description | persons_permitted | occupancy_label | zoning_use | dwelling_units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 1 | BIKE ROOM 50 BICYCLES SPACES TOTAL OF 482.79 SF, ELECTRIC ROOM, COMPACTOR ROOM TOTAL OF 236.65 SF, PACKAGE ROOM, MAIL ROOM | Apartment | N/A | Residential | ||
| 2 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 2 | TEN (10) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 10 | |
| 3 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 3 | TEN (10) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 10 | |
| 4 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 4 | TEN (10) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 10 | |
| 5 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 5 | TEN (10) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 10 | |
| 6 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 6 | TEN (10) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 10 | |
| 7 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 7 | TEN (10) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 10 | |
| 8 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 8 | EIGHT (8) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 8 | |
| 9 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 9 | EIGHT (8) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 8 | |
| 10 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 10 | EIGHT (8) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 8 | |
| 11 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 11 | EIGHT (8) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 8 | |
| 12 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 12 | SEVEN (7) CLASS "A" DWELLING UNITS. | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 7 | |
| 13 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 0 | OUTDOOR RECREATION SPACE TOTAL OF 1736.28 SF | Apartment | N/A | Residential | ||
| 14 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 0 | STAIR AND ELEVATOR BULKHEAD, | Apartment | N/A | Residential | ||
| 15 | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | acris | 04/27/2026 10:23 AM | 0 | H.W. ROOM, E.M ROOM | Apartment | N/A | Residential |
The neighborhood
In Claremont Village, The bulk, or 42 percent of the 7.2 million square feet of commercial built space are elevator buildings, with walkup buildings next occupying 33 percent of the space. In sales, Claremont Village has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $9.8 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 42nd highest in Bronx. For development, Claremont Village has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 31st highest in Bronx. It had 360,569 square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 5 percent of the neighborhood’s built space.
The block
On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of four of the seven commercial properties representing 503,058 square feet of the 537,133 square feet. The largest owner is Chaim “Eli” Bleeman, followed by Chestnut Holdings Of New York and then Pistilli Realty Group.
On the tax block, there were two new building construction projects totaling 128,820 square feet. The largest is a 99-unit, 68,235 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Leo Brody and filed by Leo Brody with plans filed April 23, 2026 and it has not been permitted yet. The second largest is a 99-unit, 60,585 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Leo Brody and filed by Leo Brody with plans filed April 23, 2026 and it has not been permitted yet.
The surrounding
Within a 400-foot radius of 1526 grand concourse, PincusCo identified one commercial real estate item of interests occurred over the past 24 months.
It was a new building permit application filed on April 23, 2026 for a 166,704-square-foot residential (R-2) building with 99 residential units at 1557 Sheridan Avenue.
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