Nov. 13, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith A design for new infill on an architecturally distinguished and landmarked block of Hancock Street needs refinement, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission said at a hearing late last month. While the commissioners were, overall, enthusiastic about the front of the new building’s design and detailing, they agreed at…
Nov. 12, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith After years of negotiations, Continuum’s planned residential tower on the former Spice Factory site near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is set to move forward, with a new agreement reached today between the developer, local council member, and garden leadership on the building’s height and affordability. The 14-story tower…
Nov. 5, 2024 By emarshall Nov. 5, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 282 units at Lumen LIC Apartments, a residential skyscraper in Long Island City. Located at 23-15 44th Rd., Lumen LIC is 67 stories tall and contains 802 residences, with 520 being at market rate. The… Read more »
Oct. 31, 2024 By emarshall Oct. 31, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 173 units at the two-tower complex at 2-20 Malt Dr. in Hunters Point. This 34-story high-rise yields 575 residences, 402 of which are market-rate. The other 173 units have been set aside for those earning… Read more »
Oct. 10, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith In a rare case of the state blocking a property sale over questionable dealings, a judge has sided with the attorney general in a long running drama that has pitted locals and preservationists against a developer and a nonprofit in Bed-Stuy. In a dramatic development, a Kings County…
Oct. 9, 2024 By emarshall Oct. 9, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 16 units in an eight-story residential building at 11-24 31st Dr. in Astoria. Known as the Y Garden, this building has 101 residences, 85 of which are market rate. The other 16 units have been… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to celebrate the borough’s most impressive real estate projects at the 2024 Best of Brooklyn Real Estate Showcase, coming to a landmark site on the Williamsburg waterfront later this month. The showcase will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 29,…
Sep. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Plans to redevelop the old Century 21 in Bay Ridge into an “urban retail landscape” have been scrapped, and owners are seeking to sell the site to a developer interested in building housing instead. The Gindi family, who founded the now-defunct department store, have listed the lot and…
Sep. 13, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith The eye-catching St. John’s College, which takes up a quarter of a block on Lewis Avenue between Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street, will shortly reopen as an apartment complex after an impressive adaptive reuse project converts the campus to residential units. While the majority of the historic buildings…
Aug. 28, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith One of the first luxury towers to benefit from the Gowanus rezoning is nearly complete and has launched an affordable housing lottery as well as market-rate rentals. The affordable housing lottery opened Wednesday for the towering complex at 420 Carroll Street, right on the banks of the canal,…