NEW YORK | 44-28 Purves Street | 386 FT / 117 M | 35 FLOORS
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44-28 Purves Street, rendering by FXFOWLE
44-28 Purves Street, rendering by FXFOWLE
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Brause Realty and the Gotham Organization broke ground yesterday on their 35-story residential tower at 44-28 Purves Street in Long Island City, and sent along these renderings of the glassy, rust-accented structure designed by FXFOWLE.
Rising 386 feet into the air, the luxury building will hold 270 market-rate rental apartments, 2,600 square feet of ground floor retail and 26,300 square feet of amenities, according to the developer’s press release. There will be a mix of studios, one- and two-bedrooms spread across 31 floors of residential space, topped by a one-bedroom penthouse with a huge private terrace.
The ground floor will have a double-height lobby (apparently featuring some graffiti and street art salvaged from the current vacant lot) and a small retail space for a coffee shop. Typical amenities, like a 75-car parking garage, bike storage, laundry and tenant storage, will also be found on the first floor.
Brause, Gotham get $105M construction loan for LIC project
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Brause Realty and the Gotham Organization landed a $105 million construction loan for its 270-unit apartment building now rising in Long Island City, according to property records filed with the city Monday. M&T Bank provided the financing to the two Midtown-based development firms for their 33-story building at 44-28 Purves Street in the Court Square area of the neighborhood, records show. Construction at the site, where the partners broke ground in the spring, is expected to wrap up in 2017, according to architect FXFOWLE’s website. The building, which is aiming for LEED Silver designation, is reportedly going through a feng shui certification process.
FXFowle is attached as the architect of record, and the building will span 207,053 square feet, split between a 517 square foot commercial component, and 270 apartments. At a total height of 374 feet, ceilings will also be surprisingly generous compared to most new construction in the neighborhood.
This is definitely my favorite project in LIC right now.
Condo pricing in LIC is now above peak psf levels in the downtowns of U.S. most cities, so hopefully we start to see greater focus on design in the coming waves of development.
I think the market here has matured past the point where all we should care about is density in any form to keep the momentum going. For LIC to move beyond being a location with good train access to places that matter--and shift towards being a place that matters itself--it's going to need to develop a cultural soul. That's a hard thing to do in a neighborhood developed 100% top-down with no preexisting residential character. Cultivating some aesthetic relevancy on the pedestrian is probably the best weapon we have overcoming that obstacle. In that sense this is definitely a step in the right direction.
Oh wow, you're giving me a reason to cross the river!
When I saw the height of this tower, I was skeptical until I noticed its location.
I really like what I see here!!
LIC is finally on the map.
It is my hope that this trend in LIC continues because the thought of skyscrapers on both sides of the East River would be awesome for sure!
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NEW YORK | 44-28 Purves Street | 386 FT / 117 M | 35 FLOORS
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