East Village
296 East Second Street
The five-story, eight-unit condominium opened for sales in May. One- and three-bedrooms in the 11,500-square-foot building range in size from 660 to 2,100 square feet. The developer is 296 East Second Street LLC. Halstead Property is marketing the project, which is currently ready for occupancy. Contact: www.296east2.com.
East Williamsburg
57-59 Maspeth Avenue
The five-story brick-and-glass condominium contains 17 studio to two-bedroom units ranging in size from 602 to 1,963 square feet. Prices start at $415,000. Occupancy is expected in June 2006. The Developers Group is the exclusive sales and marketing agent. Contact: 718-222-1545, www.thedevelopersgroup.com.
East Williamsburg
Superlofts
71 Scholes Street
The new 24-unit rental development will have mostly one-bedrooms, with units measuring from 700 to 1,000 square feet, the New York Post reported. Prices will range from $2,000 to $2,600 a month. The leasing agent is aptsandlofts.com. Contact: www.aptsandlofts.com.
Flatiron
The Oculus Condominium
50 West 15th Street
Alchemy Properties’ 10-story, 47-unit condominium will have a terra-cotta exterior, the Post reported. Catwalk balconies will be on the front of the building. Sales were scheduled to begin in May, with prices averaging $1,000 to $1,200 a square foot. Contact: www.alchemy-properties.com.
Gramercy Park
The Parkwood
31 East 28th Street
Developer Henry Justin of HJ Development contracted interior designer Alan Tanksley for the 22-unit prewar loft condominium. One- and two-bedrooms range from 1,800 to 2,500 square feet, with prices from $1.8 to $3.35 million. The building will also have two penthouses with a private terrace. Stan Ponte and Brenda Vemich of Stribling Marketing Associates are the exclusive sales and marketing team. Sales began in April, according to the Post. Contact: 212-684-2784, www.theparkwoodcondo.com.
Greenwich Village
82 University Place
Seven stories of condos will be added on top of the Cedar Tavern, Metro newspaper reported. The tavern itself will close for six months while the second floor is converted to condos and the additional stories are added. Joe Diliberto, who owns the bar and the two-story building, plans to start construction in July. Garth Hayden is the architect.
Greenwich Village
181 Sullivan Street
Developer Jeff Gershon is building the five-story, five-unit condominium on the site of the former Sullivan Street Playhouse. The first-floor duplex will have 1,970 square feet and two sets of glass doors opening onto a private 600-square-foot yard. The other four full-floor residences will have 1,530 square feet; the fifth-floor unit will have a private roof terrace. Triumph Property Group is the exclusive sales and marketing agent. Contact: 212-609-0098, www.181sullivan.com.
Greenwood Heights
211 23rd Street
Leewood Real Estate Group has broken ground on the four-story, eight-unit condominium. Units range in size from 632 to 1,433 square feet, with ceilings of up to 14 feet. Prices range from $432,000 to $889,000. Occupancy is slated for January 2007. Units are being sold exclusively at a sales event open only to pre-registered applicants. Adrienne Setbon of Own-A-Home Realty Corp. is directing sales and marketing for the project. Contact: 718-370-8800, www.21123condo.com.
Harlem
Morningside Park Condominiums
18 Morningside Avenue
Holland & Zucker are building a nine-story condominium overlooking Morningside Park. The building is expected to be completed in nine to 12 months and will feature full-floor apartments of about 1,600 square feet. Robert Krone is the architect. Prices range from $1.1 million to $1.6 million, CityRealty.com reported. Halstead Property is marketing the project. Contact: www.morningsidecondominiums.com.
Harlem
117 West 123rd Street and 129-131 West 123rd Street
RoseTree Development Company bought the vacant sites and is in contract for nearby air rights. The developer plans to build a 55,000-square-foot condominium with 50 to 55 units. Cetra/Ruddy is the architect. Groundbreaking is tentatively scheduled for late summer 2006.
Harlem
1200 Fifth Avenue
The Emery Roth-designed building is being converted into condominiums. Studios start at $767,000, with two- and three-bedrooms costing between $1.4 and $4.7 million. Five- and six-bedroom apartments range from about $5.5 to $6.6 million, and the penthouse is priced at $14.5 million. More than a third of the 33 available units had been sold by early April, the New York Observer reported. The Corcoran Group is marketing the project.
Noho
372 Lafayette Street
The Landmarks Preservation Commission in April gave its approval to the construction of the new co-op building, CityRealty.com reported. The six-story building will have eight units and will be distinguished by its red-metal structural frame housing shipping container boxes. David Wallance is the architect and the developer is Global Building Modules.
Park Slope
Vermeil
Northwest corner of Sterling Place and Seventh Avenue
Condos are rising at the site of one of the worst airplane disasters in U.S. history, where in 1960 a DC-8 collided with a propeller plane and crashed into the neighborhood, killing 135 people. The Vermeil, developed by Jacob Pinson of Yachad Enterprises, will offer 22 units, mostly three- and four-bedrooms. Another new development, a nearly completed four-story building across Sterling Place, could have rental apartments, according to New York Magazine.
Prospect Heights
Firehouse 735
735 Dean Street
A Brooklyn firehouse built in 1880 is being converted into seven condominium units, the Post reported. Sales opened in April, offering units ranging from a 712-square-foot one-bedroom starting at $495,000 to a 1,900-squarefoot duplex for $989,000. Once home to Engine Company 219, the four-story brick firehouse closed in 1977. Its exterior has been restored. Technic Realty is the developer; Aguayo & Huebener is handling sales. Contact: www.ahrlty.com.
Soho
139 Wooster Street
Arun Bhatia Development Corporation is constructing the two-building, 16-unit condominium. The project fronts both Wooster Street and West Broadway, with a garden connecting the buildings. Beyer Blinder Belle are the architects. Two- to four-bedrooms range in size from 1,447 to 4,252 square feet and are priced from $1.92 to $7.995 million. Occupancy is slated for late 2006. Contact: 212-677-6100, www.139wooster.com.
Upper East Side
Blanca
206 East 73rd Street
The newly constructed condominium, designed by Michael Gadaleta of MG New York, has 10 units, including 1,633-square-foot two-bedroom lofts, 3,300-squarefoot tri-level maisonettes, and a 4,000-square-foot three-level penthouse. Cayre-Synergy 73rd LLC, a joint venture of Midtown Equities and Synergy, is the developer. Prices for the units, which will be available for occupancy in September, range from $2.2 to $5 million. Core Group Marketing is the exclusive marketing and sales agent. Contact: 212-726-0789, www.blancalofts.com.
Upper West Side
110 and Bway
110th Street and Broadway
Sales have begun at the new condominium near Columbia University. Studios to four-bedrooms are priced from the $400,000s to $2.9 million. Prudential Douglas Elliman is marketing the project. Contact: 212-662-2929, www.110bway.com.
Upper West Side
134 West 93rd Street
Time Equities purchased the nine-story, 53-unit prewar apartment building and plans to convert it to condominiums. The building consists of three studios, 24 one-bedrooms and 26 two-bedrooms.
Williamsburg
Warehouse
198 Roebling Street
Sales began in April at the five-story, 10-unit condominium conversion. The two-bedrooms will range in size from 1,122 to 1,681 square feet and start at $745,000. The building’s roof deck will offer unobstructed views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The Developers Group is handling the sales and marketing. Completion is expected in fall 2006. Contact: www.thedevelopersgroup.com.
Construction Update
Brighton Beach
Oceana Condominium & Club
The 15th and final building of the project has opened, completing the largest luxury housing development to be built in New York City outside of Manhattan in more than 50 years, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported. About 25 percent of the 68 units in the final 12-story building have been sold, according to its developer, Muss Development.
Downtown Brooklyn
Myrtle Avenue and the Flatbush Avenue Extension
A 37-story building with 220 condominium units is planned near the Manhattan Bridge, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported. The land-use committee of the local community board in April approved the sale of the city land to BFC Partners. Three floors will be devoted to subsidized condo sales for people earning between $70,000 and $91,000 a year.
Gramercy Park
50 Gramercy Park North
Buyers are expected to start moving in in June, the New York Sun reported. The Ian Schrager condo development will share services with the Gramercy Park Hotel, which is expected to open in July.
Greenwich Village
122 Greenwich Avenue
The Landmarks Preservation Commission in May approved plans for the 11-story glass tower at the intersection of 13th Street and Eighth Avenue, despite the objections of some neighborhood residents, who say the tower is out of character for the Village.
Long Island City
The Queens Plaza
41-26 27th Street
The 10-story condominium is scheduled to open in August. The building contains 32 one-bedrooms and 32 two-bedrooms, ranging in size from 639 to 1,550 square feet. Sales have officially begun, with prices starting at $365,000. The 10th floor houses two private penthouses. George Konnaris is the architect. The Developers Group is marketing the project. Contact: 718-222-1545, www.thedevelopersgroup.com.
Long Island City
Queens West
Empire State Development chairman Charles Gargano, local officials and business leaders in May broke ground for Rockrose Development’s second residential building of the 74-acre project. The building is scheduled to open in late 2007 and will be 290 feet tall with 394 rental apartments and 825 parking spaces.
Upper East Side
Cielo
83rd Street and York Avenue
JD Carlisle’s 28-story, 128-unit condominium is ready for immediate occupancy. Studios to three-bedrooms ranging from 512 to 3,400 square feet are priced from $700,000 to more than $5 million. The Marketing Directors is the exclusive sales and marketing agent. Contact: 212-737-7200, www.cielocondos.com.
Williamsburg
Bedford Avenue between North 3rd and North 4th streets
Former congressman and Bronx borough president Herman Badillo and his partners from Quadriad Realty want to build a massive four-tower residential complex at the site, the Post reported. The four towers would be 38, 36, 20 and 12 stories, and would include both market-rate and affordable housing, a park and underground parking.
Sales Update
Brownsville
49 Tapscott Street
As of early May, no units had been sold at the first new condominium building in Brownsville, according to the Post. Sales began in February. The 12 units, all with washers and dryers, start at $148,900 for a 377-square-foot studio. Halstead Property is marketing the project. Contact: www.halstead.com.
Chelsea
555 West 23rd Street
The 336-unit condominium has released its Platinum Collection Residences ahead of schedule, following the sale of 85 percent of its units. The Platinum Collection includes 44 one- and two-bedroom units with views of the Hudson River, Statue of Liberty and New York’s skyscrapers. All of the residences are available for immediate occupancy. Cantor Pecorella Inc. is the exclusive sales and marketing agent. Contact: www.555w23.com.
Clinton Hill
The Kent
970 Kent Avenue
The duplex penthouses in the nine-story, 103-unit condominium conversion have been released for sale. The nine two-bedroom penthouses range in size from 1,212 to 1,379 square feet and have 15-foot ceilings and 500 square feet of private outdoor space. Prices start at $760,000. Apartments on the lower floors of the building are sold out. The Developers Group is the exclusive sales and marketing agent. The penthouses were slated for occupancy in May. Contact: 718-222-1545, www.thedevelopersgroup.com.
Dumbo
The Nexus
84 Front Street
More than 90 percent of the condominium’s 56 residences have been sold. The Developers Group is the exclusive sales and marketing agent. Contact: 718-596-5400.
Dumbo
Beacon Tower
85 Adams Street
Construction has topped off at Leviev Boymelgreen’s 23-story, 79-unit condominium, and 75 percent of the units have been sold. The Corcoran Group is the exclusive sales and marketing agent. Contact: 718-852-3700.
Gramercy Park
45 East 30th Street
Three penthouses — priced at $1.445, $2.85 and $8.1 million — have been released for sale. The 15-story loft conversion’s 37 units have already been sold. Prudential Douglas Elliman is the exclusive marketing and sales agent.
Harlem
Bradhurst Carriage House
458 West 146th Street
Sales are under way at the eight-unit condominium conversion, expected to open by mid-year. The loft-style units range in size from 1,800 to 3,000 square feet and have 12- to 14-foot ceilings. Prices start at $890,000. Manhattan Lofts is the exclusive sales and marketing agent. Contact: www.manhattanlofts.com.
Hudson Square
255 Hudson Street
The 11-story development is 70 percent sold and should be ready for occupancy in the middle of this year, according to the Post. Contact: www.255hudson.com.
Long Island City
Arris Lofts
27-28 Thompson Avenue
An on-site sales center has opened at the 237-unit condominium conversion, which sold 90 units in the first 30 days of sales. Prices start at $630,000. Occupancy is expected in fall 2006. The Sunshine Group is the exclusive marketing and sales agent. Contact: 718-707-0083, www.arrislofts.com.
Lower East Side
The Dakota
175 East Broadway
The converted Forward Building was nearly sold out within five weeks of sales. Forward Marketing is the exclusive sales agent. Contact: 212-334-4855.
Midtown East
The Capri
235 East 55th Street
The 40-unit condo conversion atop the Marymount College dorm takes up floors 33 to 47, giving buyers views of Central Park, the East River, and Midtown. Sales are under way, with prices starting at $855,000 for a 650-square-foot one-bedroom. About 20 percent of the units are under contract. Contact: www.thecaprinyc.com.
Upper West Side
Fifteen Central Park West
Two-thirds of the 200 units have been sold since the sales office opened in September 2005, resulting in more than $1.1 billion in sales in seven months. Prices range from $2 million for a one-bedroom overlooking Broadway to $45 million for a penthouse with Central Park and Hudson River views. Contact: www.15cpw.com.
Williamsburg
55 Berry Street
Prices at the 35-unit condo conversion have dropped to $658 per square foot, according to Curbed.com. Units were originally listed at $786 per square foot. Contact: www.berrystlofts.com.
Development in Brief
Manhattan (from north to south)
230 Riverside Drive
Brack Capital Real Estate and Marathon Real Estate are converting the prewar residential apartment building to condominiums.
211 East 51st Street
A local investor has signed a contract to purchase the 99-unit residential rental apartment building and plans to convert it into condominiums.
Eighth Avenue and 47th Street
A New York-based development company is planning to construct a 40-story luxury residential condominium at the site, according to the New York Sun.
301-307 West 46th Street
New Jersey-based SJP Properties plans a 46-story, 250-unit residential condo at the site, also known as 733-763 Eighth Avenue, the Sun reported.
605 West 42nd Street
The second phase of the Moinian Group’s mixed-use project, which includes the Atelier, will have about 300 residential condominiums and 350 rental apartments, the Sun reported.
37 Wall Street
Skyline Developers is converting the former site of the Trust Company of America into a 392-unit rental, according to Crain’s.
Brooklyn
Greenwood Heights
Three new projects are going up in the area, according to the New York Observer: a six-story development at 184 21st Street and 679 Fourth Avenue, a 10-unit project at 710 Sixth Avenue, and an eight-unit project next door at 712 Sixth Avenue.