Monday, January 3, 2022

A 6-floor residential building will rise next to 250 E. Houston St.

A 6-floor residential building is in the works for the space adjacent to 250 E. Houston St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.  (H/T to the reader who shared the DOB link!)

According to the ALL-CAP style of the DOB online:
NEW 6 (SIX) STORY MIXED-USE BUILDING ON CURRENT VACANT LOT. 2 TAX LOTS (7503 EXISTING - 13 STORY MIXED-USE; 58 TENTATIVE - 6 STORY NEW BUILDING) ON SINGLE ZONING LOT. NO CHANGE TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ON LOT 7503.
The paperwork for the new building, still pending city approval, shows square footage of 68,531 with a proposed health club in the basement (building amenity?) and ground-floor retail. Passive-house specialists ZH Architects are listed as the architect of record for the project. 

To get an idea of the potential size-shape of the new building, check out this Google Maps aerial view ...
As we've been reporting, the businesses in the unrenovated stretch of 250 E. Houston St. have either closed or moved. Kapri Cleaners and the FedEx Office Print & Ship Center relocated to new storefronts closer to the entrance to the 13-story residential building at No. 250. Dunkin'/Baskin-Robbins and China Town have closed. The H&R Block outpost is reopening a block away in part of the former Banco Popular space.

Meanwhile, demolition continues in the old storefronts where the new building will rise. EVG contributor Stacie Joy took these photos last week...
... some pics yesterday from Salim, who pointed out that the street-sign scultpure along here has been removed (a faint outline of the art by Ken Hiratsuka embedded in the sidewalk remains) ...
... and an EVG reader shared these photos showing the demolition in the rear of the structure...
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4 comments:

  1. NeighborJanuary 3, 2022 at 10:05 AM

    Great news! Turning a one story structure with only retail into more house is exactly the kind of development the city needs.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2022 at 10:55 AM

    I agree we need more housing and this is a great transformation and usage if done right… but one thing I’ve never understood and maybe build proponents can help understand. Eventually we get more than enough or already have enough new housing but what incentive doesn’t REBNY have to keep that housing off the market just to maintain a shortage and the sky-high prices?

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2022 at 4:10 PM

    YaY Affordable housing going up where it's needed most! oh wait this is lower east side real estate so it's another Luxury Rental drat

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2022 at 8:54 AM

    Does anyone know what’s going to happen to the sculpture/sign that was on top of the building?

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