LCOR purchases W’burg development site

LCOR has entered into a contract to purchase the vacant development site at 250 North 10th Street in Williamsburg that can be built up to 155,000 square feet, sources told Crain’s. LCOR, which opened a 142-unit building in the neighborhood last year, will reportedly pay more than $100 per buildable square foot.

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The sellers, the Lax family, which is in the diamond business, had signed SLCE Architects and Slade Architects to design the project, which was originally intended to be a 207-unit rental with 100 parking spaces. Crain’s said the lofty sales price for the site sets a new benchmark in Williamsburg, where in December Waterview Lofts LLC paid $5 million for a 64,000-square-foot site at nearby 40 North 4th Street. [Crain’s]