The property changed hands last spring for a residential conversion.
We haven't seen any activity here in the past year.
On Monday, however, an EVG tipster shared these photos, noting some construction activity on the site...
The power is back on, too, as the parking sign is blinking once more...
There are partial demolition permits on file. Part of the existing structure will be used (for residential parting, natch) in the conversion and vertical enlargement of five to six floors for residential use.
The 74-foot-tall building will include 31,231 square feet of residential space — 18 units and likely condos, as NYY previously pointed out. Colberg Architecture is the architect of record, per public notices.
According to public records and the TradedNY account, Arcus Development, operating through Astor Nine LLC, is the new owner of the vacant property.
The garage has been closed since late April 2023 after the Department of Buildings issued a vacate order on the property following the deadly collapse at the Little Man garage on Ann Street in the Financial District.
Per the DOB vacate order: "The occupied parking structure with concrete framing observed to be in a state of disrepair at several locations in cellar level... crushed column base observed at several locations in cellar level ... vertical cracks observed inside elevator shaft and on masonry walls."
The address was offered as a "redevelopment project" in August 2023.
Call me crazy but I wish they could save the original quirky facade in a rebuild instead of another new banal structure like Bowery & E 4th, St Marks & 2nd Ave, etc.
ReplyDeleteOk you're crazy. Be that as it may this project is not a tear down. It's a full ass conversion as indicated in NYY so the facade will remain intact.
DeleteThank you great news (from not-so-crazy me)
ReplyDeleteWow, bringing over 31,000 square feet of residence to our area, is very much welcomed! 2025 is starting out well.
ReplyDeleteMoe luxury housing, just what we do not need.
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