Does anyone know what is going on with this project?
Hey! Found permits-- I’ll move this to proposed!
Permits Filed: 86 Delancey Street, 12-Story Lower East Side Building
BY: STEPHEN SMITH ON SEPTEMBER 30TH 2014 AT 2:30 PM
86 Delancey Street (low-rise corner building in center), image from Bing Maps
Down the street from the massive Essex Crossing project is a smaller building planned for 86 Delancey Street, on the northeastern corner with Orchard Street, according to a new building permit filed today.
There, two small two-story buildings will be demolished and replaced with a 12-story mixed-use building. (One of the current buildings houses Rox Gallery, though the person who answered the phone would not say what their plans were after demolition.)
Developed by David Escava’s Helm Equities (which shares a phone number with JEMB Realty), the 120-foot-tall building would contain nearly 30,000 square feet of net floor space, including almost 24,000 square feet of residential space and another 6,000 square feet of commercial area.
The residential portion would be broken up into 24 apartments, for an average unit size of 1,000 square feet. According to the Schedule A filing, the first floor would be an “eating & drinking establishment” and lobby, while the second floor would be retail. The third through eighth floors would would three apartments each, while three duplexes would sit on the ninth and 10th floors and another three on the 11th and 12th.
Two years ago, David Escava told the Journal that he was looking to redevelop the site into a mixed-use building and was looking for a “flagship national retailer” to whom he could rent space for $300 per square foot (aren’t we all?). Helm bought the building in June 2012 for $4.8 million.
The architect listed on the permit is Shlomo Wygoda’s SWA Architecture, based in Huntington, New York.
Site back in October 2014:
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So many high rises in the last couple of days. Permit frenzy has been on fire since August. Wow, unprecedented is all I gotta say. 
Can’t wait for an official highrise list in a couple of years. Statistics like that always intrigue me, and it will be amazing to see the impact that the boom will have on Brooklyn or Queens in terms of highrise/skyscraper statistics.
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Nice!
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