Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Construction watch: 57 4th Ave.

Foundation work continues on the NE corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue, previously home to a one-level building that housed Chris French Cleaners. 

As we first reported, a 10-story condoplex with 10 residential units is in the works for 57 Fourth Ave., aka 101 E. Ninth St.

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.

Here are shots of the foundation in progress... as well as the bottleneck the project is causing on Ninth Street at Astor Place...
The plywood rendering 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. 

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