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Work commenced last Wednesday at the former Mary Help of Christians property along Avenue A between East 11th Street and East 12th Street.
As you've likely noticed, Avenue A between East Sixth Street and East 14th Street is
98-100 Avenue A between East Sixth Street and East Seventh Street
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Work continues on Ben Shaoul's 8-story retail-residential complex ... a project already two years in the making...
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438 E. 12th St. (aka 181 Avenue A)
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The new plywood and renewed construction activity arrived last week where the Mary Help of Christians church, school and rectory once stood ... where there will be a 6-floor mixed-use building with ground-floor retail and 82 market-rate condos via developer Douglas Steiner.
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The rendering on the plywood notes that the project will be completed in August 2017...
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500 E. 14th St. at Avenue A
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We're two months into the digging and pile-driving here ... the site will yield a 7-floor retail-residential building via Extell Development.
Bonus construction!
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Whatever these guys have been doing at East 13th Street in recent months.
Ditto for the wall renovation at the East Side Community School on East 12th Street.
Upcoming!
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Avenue A and surrounding side streets should get even more construction at the former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office on East 14th Street. Plans are calling for an 8-story residential building with ground-floor retail here just west of Avenue A. In addition, there are two 6-story condos coming to East 13th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue.
So Avenue A is for...