Tuesday, May 17, 2022

First look at the new residential building for 280 E. Houston St.

A rendering for the new 6-story mixed-use building at 280 E. Houston St. is now on the plywood here between Avenue A and Avenue B... 
In January, we had the scoop on this new building when the permit for a 6-floor, 68,000-square-foot residential building on this property first arrived. (At the time, a reliable source said the building was likely to be taller than 6 stories, which proved NOT to be the case.)

Work permits classify this as R-2-Residential (Apartment Houses). Not sure at the moment how many units the new 280 E. Houston St. will feature.

Last fall, workers demolished the one-level strip of storefronts here (Dunkin'/Baskin-Robbins, Subway, China Town restaurant, etc.) adjacent to the 13-floor residential building formerly known as Red Square. 

The rendering lists "2022" as the completion date for the new building. 

Previously on EV Grieve:
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10 comments:

  1. NeighborMay 17, 2022 at 9:23 AM

    Well the rendering looks like it could potentially at least fit in. Regardless, this is a great use of the property relative to a one story building. Nice win for neighborhood housing stock.

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  2. AnonymousMay 17, 2022 at 10:24 AM

    Only 6 stories? Wow, how refreshing. It would be great if that would become a trend.

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    1. AnonymousMay 17, 2022 at 5:49 PM

      Probably don’t have air rights for more

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    2. AnonymousMay 17, 2022 at 8:13 PM

      Yes, probably right. I know the developer had to put in those single story buildings in exchange for the size of Red Square. Obviously the zoning has changed, or they got a variance. But no more than 6 stories. (NB: guessing based on limited knowledge… could be all wrong.)

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  3. AnonymousMay 17, 2022 at 11:23 AM

    It's disappointing this won't extend to B and replace the abandoned building at the corner.

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  4. AnonymousMay 17, 2022 at 3:25 PM

    I've seen worse. Much worse.

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  5. AnonymousMay 18, 2022 at 11:22 AM

    @11:23 I get that the scaffolding is annoying and needs to be dealt with but I like NYC to look like NYC, I want to preserve beautiful old buildings like that.

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  6. seedyfilmzMay 18, 2022 at 12:35 PM

    It’s hard to tell what it will actually look like based on this low res black and white image that looks like it came out of an 80s at home printer. I am holding onto my skepticism that developers will ever deliver an attractive building around here. Just look at the 2nd Avenue explosion site development for how a rendering can fail to capture the true and utter hideousness of a future building.

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  7. AnonymousMay 18, 2022 at 6:44 PM

    Utterly bland, boring, characterless. Would that architecture could actually be a joy—what a concept!

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  8. BrianMay 22, 2022 at 8:27 PM

    Maybe that got to build higher than zoned because they are providing affordable housing in exchange for a variance.

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