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Project: 225 East Houston Street

Here it comes. The Provident Loan Society building on East Houston Street is one step closer to sprouting a twelve-story (120-foot) tumor.

Owners Elsa and Dunnie Lai together filed paperwork for the $15 million project with the Department of Buildings ten days ago. As previously reported, plans call for a 41,000 square-foot transformation of the un-protected Provident Loan Society branch at 223-225 East Houston. Cutting to the chase, that equates to 38 apartments plus several recreational terraces and fitness rooms for tenants (34,200 square-feet). There is also bicycle storage with twelve spaces and commercial retail, presumably on the ground floor (6,800 square-feet).

Last month, we first revealed the potential eyesore to erupt from 223-225 East Houston. An ugly corner-hogger, at best. However, the renderings revealed probably won’t reflect the final product. The company believed to be the architect at the helm is now denying involvement. Bluarch principal Antonio Di Oronzo previously told DNAinfo that the firm is no longer working with the property owners. Not since last December, at least.

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