Valon Pilku files plans for 3 buildings, 208 units in Crown Heights

Valon Pilku filed plans for three buildings with a total of 208 units on a single tax lot in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

In the largest project, Valon Pilku submitted a new building construction project for an 82-unit, 84,378 square-foot residential (R-2) building at 971 Dean Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The plan was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings on April 29, 2026 under job number B01390326. It calls for the construction of a 11-story building. The project is described in the filing as: (please assign to dev hub, it should be assigned to same examiner as job b01390460-i1 and b01390458-i1 as its same zoning lot with same scope of work, applicant and owner) proposed new 11 story and cellar 82 unit mixed use building. The applicant is the Registered Architect Kao Hwa Lee of Kao Hwa Lee Architects Pc.

In the second-largest project, Valon Pilku submitted a new building construction project for a 82-unit, 73,051-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 985 Dean Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on April 29, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 119-foot-tall, eleven-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B01390458. The project is described in the filing as: (please assign to dev hub, it should be assigned to same examiner as job b01390460-i1 and b01390326-i1 as its same zoning lot with same scope of work, applicant and owner) proposed new 11 story and cellar 82 unit mixed use building. The applicant is the Registered Architect Kao Hwa Lee of Kao Hwa Lee Architects Pc.

In the third project, Valon Pilku submitted a new building construction project for a 64-unit, 65,541-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 1070 Pacific Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on April 29, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 124-foot-tall, eleven-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B01390460. The project is described in the filing as: (please assign to dev hub, it should be assigned to same examiner as job b01390326-i1 and b01390458-i1 as its same zoning lot with same scope of work, applicant and owner) proposed new 11 story and cellar 64 unit mixed use building. The applicant is the Registered Architect Kao Hwa Lee of Kao Hwa Lee Architects Pc.

The neighborhood

In Crown Heights, The bulk, or 39 percent of the 46.5 million square feet of commercial built space are walkup buildings, with elevator buildings next occupying 36 percent of the space. In sales, Crown Heights has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $905.7 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 5th highest in Brooklyn. For development, Crown Heights has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 6th highest in Brooklyn. It had 2.2 million 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 eight of the 26 commercial properties representing 43,732 square feet of the 113,322 square feet. The largest owner is Beitel Group, followed by Clarissa Eubanks and then Clipper Equity.
On the tax block, there were eight new building construction projects totaling 662,789 square feet. The largest is a 234-unit, 164,763 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Solomon Schwimmer and filed by Solomon Schwimmer with plans filed March 6, 2022 and permitted May 27, 2022. The second largest is a 234-unit, 164,763 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Solomon Schwimmer and filed by Solomon Schwimmer with plans filed March 6, 2022 and permitted May 27, 2022.

The surrounding

Within a 400-foot radius of 985 dean street, PincusCo identified seven commercial real estate items of interests occurred over the past 24 months.
Of those seven items, two were in new building development. There were one new building permit application and one new building permit. The most recent of these two items was a filing on March 23, 2026 for a 53,826-square-foot residential (R-2) building with 71 residential units at 1084 Pacific Street.
Of those seven items, two were for major renovation including a certificate of occupancy change. They were two permit applications with a total initial cost of $16.3 million. The most recent of these two items was the filing on March 16, 2026 for a 19,032-square-foot 56 building with zero residential units at 972 Dean Street.
Of those seven items, three were loans above $5 million totaling $239.2 million. The most recent of the three was Beitel Group in which borrowed $33 million from Valley National Bank secured by the 12,000-square-foot, one-unit industrial (F1) on 1058 Pacific Street on February 12, 2026.

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