Photo yesterday by Stacie Joy
Here, then, is 280 E. Houston St., the 12-story mixed-use building on the north side between Avenue A and Avenue B — now with the remaining scaffolding and construction netting removed.
And a view via a live construction camera...
And we returned to the construction camera archives for this foundation shot from June 2023...
According to the website of developer SMA Equities, the "building promises to redefine city living in one of Manhattan's most dynamic neighborhoods."
No. 280 encompasses 224,809 square feet of space — for residential, commercial and community use. The residential portion will total 211,028 square feet for 157 apartments, with an average size of 1,300 square feet. The retail section — the listing is here — will feature 12,000 square feet.
Last July, Gothamist reported that the construction company, which has ties to Mayor Adams, illegally started work on the building before obtaining the essential permits.
The parcel previously housed a single-level strip of storefronts that several years ago either relocated closer to the residential building at No. 250 E. Houston St. (Kapri Cleaners and the FedEx Office Print & Ship Center) or closed (Dunkin'/Baskin-Robbins, Subway, Mattress Firm and China Town).
The elongated trapezoidal lot housed a gas station until about 1987. This EVG post includes a photo of it.
Prep work (plywood, pedestrian barriers, etc.) started in February 2023.
According to the plywood rendering, the (updated) completion date is February 2025.
3 comments:
"According to the website of developer SMA Equities, the "building promises to redefine city living in one of Manhattan's most dynamic neighborhoods."...."
Good lord! The hyperbole and exaggeration is becoming so pathetic these days. Trying to persuade folks that a hot dog is a filet mignon.
While it is preferable to see more housing rather than run down lots or neglected, dilapidated buildings - let's be real here;
it's an apartment building on Houston in a neighborhood that's fast becoming as pricey as "SOHO", with the same chic suburban blandness and mentality.
@Sleepless in EV: Hey, you can't argue they're not "redefining" the East Village ;)
I'm just as happy as you about the housing, though. And happy this was constructed so fast.
250 or 280? Or both?
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