Yes, you are correct. That crane has been up for about a month.
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509 West 48th Street
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615 West 46th Street
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410 West 49th Street
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The old building at 3 Essex Street will be demolished; not yet clear what will take its place.
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/demolition-permits-filed-essex-street-lower-east-side
237 East 77th Street
Brooklyn-based Terra Developers is planning a seven-story residential building at 237 East 77th Street, between Second and Third avenues. The development will include six condominium units totaling approximately 17,000 square feet, with features such as a gym, a children’s playroom, and private storage.
Project coordinator Yana Morgan confirmed the details and told Crain’s New York Business that the team aims to break ground in about six months. If the timeline holds, the building could be complete within a year and a half, with each unit expected to sell for around $4 million.
214-216 West 80th Street
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. . . the West 80th Street project, located between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway, would stand 7 stories and 89 feet tall with six residential units across roughly 33,000 square feet.
It plans to start construction at 214 W. 80th St. later in August and finish by next September, and it hopes to sell the condos for roughly $11 million each, Morgan said.
611 West 112th Street
https://communications.news.columbia.edu/news/columbia-opens-first-all-electric-residence-hall
Columbia University has marked a milestone in its sustainability efforts by completing its first all-electric undergraduate residence hall at 611 W. 112th Street. University leaders gathered at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 20 to celebrate its opening for the 2025–2026 academic year.
Located in the Morningside Heights Historic District, 611 W. 112th Street had been vacant and in significant disrepair before Columbia purchased the property and completed a comprehensive interior gut renovation and full exterior restoration in keeping with historic district requirements.
The building now includes 76 double rooms and seven single rooms, with each floor offering seven single-use restrooms and a common space with a kitchenette, seating, and television. In addition to a lounge on the lower level, the building features three courtyards for students to enjoy and build community. 611 W. 112th Street is also fully accessible to support disability access, with accessible student rooms and restrooms, a new entrance ramp, and elevator.
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20 West 15th Street
Over a decade after the first permits were filed for a new ten-story building to rise at 20 West 15th Street, a skinny development site a stone’s throw from Union Square, a recent site visit saw construction underway. As the site is up the street from the boundaries of the Ladies Mile Historic District, it can take shape without the approval of the Landmarks Preservation Commission (“Landmarks”).
The entirely residential project will feature full-floor apartments with a duplex penthouse on the uppermost levels. The offering plan does not list a sellout price or any details on the apartments and amenities. However, direct elevator access is all but guaranteed, and the future residents are poised to enjoy incredible light and privacy. Another perk is the building’s central location. Union Square’s greenmarket and transportation hub are located less than one block away, and the site is close to acclaimed restaurants, popular retail, and gourmet supermarkets.
329-343 West 25th Street
Timber Equities has landed $37.5 million of acquisition financing for the purchase of church property in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood it is developing into rental apartments, Commercial Observer has learned.
New York-based Genesis Credit provided the loan for Timber’s planned 198-unit multifamily project at 331-341 West 25th Street, which formerly occupied a convent, rectory and school that were part of the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Columba.
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Intense community pushback has effectively caused the NY DOT to rethink parts of the Bronx Highway project which is a step in the right direction.
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That’s a rather surprising outcome.
Usually poor areas with transient populations and low political capital are unable to stop such types of highway projects. That’s why everyone fully expected that the neighborhood protests against the Cross Bronx Expressway work would not make an iota of difference (unlike the situation where the folks living in Brooklyn Heights, one of the wealthiest and most politically connected urban districts in North America, were able to block the BQE project).
A weird sequence of events has transpired in the Bronx.
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I was surprised as well. Highways are often deliberately built through these often mostly minority or lower-income neighborhoods, and the fact that they managed to stop the expansion is amazing. One can only assume that there was such extreme pushback that the DOT had to give in or that some people in the neighborhood had the right connections for their noise to be heard.
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The community college in the Bronx will expand into the old post office on Grand Concourse.
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