Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Former Chris French Cleaners lot awaits its condoplex

The NE corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue is now free of the pesky one-level building that previously housed Chris French Cleaners.
As we noted, a 10-story condoplex with 10 residential units is in the works for the corner.

According to Crain's, Ilyas Abayev, founder of the real-estate firm Moonshot Development, is behind the new project. BKSK Architects LLP, whose local credits include The Jefferson on 13th Street between Second and Third Avenues, is listed as the architect of record.
The plywood rendering, with a sarcastic "thank you, Jesus!" message, lists a fall 2027 completion date.

The dry cleaner closed its doors for good last September, marking 65 years in business. 

In the spring of 2022, we noted that the corner property was being pitched as a development site, shortly after the family patriarch, Chris Mitrofanis, passed away. Public records show the family also owned the one-level structure. 

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

At least it’s not affordable housing. We need people to pay taxes.

#DONTEVERCALLMEBRO said...

"At least it’s not affordable housing. We need people to pay taxes."

Yeah like many corporations who pay ZERO in Federal taxes. Also everyone here pays sales tax here. This is such a bogus/MAGA post.

Anonymous said...

Filling every free corner of NYC with tediously boring cash-grab architecture.

j said...

And another one, just like the other one. More "luxury" crap overpriced apartments from another predatory capitalist developer who will give nothing back to the neighborhood, including decent architecture. Get this marketing BS from their site, "Devoted to beauty, architecture, and design—we build projects that are monumental yet contextual. Respectful of place. Loyal to city." Sure.