A few items to note here.
For starters, the bike lane is open again for the first time since — anyone? — 2017?
Also! The building is on the sales market for $12.5 million.
Here's more via the listing at Sotheby's:
180 Second Avenue presents a compelling opportunity with three potential end uses:• All or part of the residential portion of the building could be owner-occupied, with the remainder rented for income;• As an attractive income-generating asset, by renting out the entire building;• As a development project, by filing for conversion to a mixed-use condominium with commercial on the ground floor and 6 residential units above (subject to the necessary approvals)...
Meanwhile, before the plywood came down, EVG reader Choresh Wald noticed the other day that the retail space displays "LaCantina" branding on the windows...
We haven't heard anything yet about a restaurant opening here. The Compass listing notes that the retail space "is under lease to an established restaurant/bar operator, expected to take possession in 2024."
So stay tuned for more about LaCantina. [Updated: Ah, so LaCantina is the door-window brand! 😂😂Thanks to the commenters for that!]
The Ninth Ward was the pre-gut renovation/extension tenant. That New Orleans-themed bar closed in February 2016. The Ninth Ward was said to return to this space after the gut renovations, but that was in mid-2017.
The Chicago-based Polish National Alliance was the previous owner of No. 180. The building housed the Józef Pilsudski Institute of America, the largest Polish-American research institution specializing in the recent history of Poland and Central Eastern Europe. (They found a new home in Greenpoint.) According to public records, an LLC bought the building for $6.75 million in June 2014. City Realty listed the new owner as Robert Stern.
Approved work permits show that workers are converting the building to residential use and adding two floors — from five to seven — in the process ... with one residential unit on each floor.
Per the listing: "The building's design reflects a commitment to sustainability, and each of the residences is constructed to conform to Passive House standards, while the bulkhead is designed to accept solar panels for water heating."