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By Mike Smollins Village of Lynbrook officials are mulling a proposal by development company Mill Creek Residential to build a luxury apartment complex on Rocklyn Avenue, near Merrick Road. Hot Skates, Fun Station USA and Hi Tech Security now occupy the three-acre site. “Today’s apartment residents are craving a downtown living experience along with convenient access to a mix of urban and suburban lifestyle experiences ,” Russell Tepper, a senior managing director at MCR, wrote in an email to the Herald. “Lynbrook’s new residential community would serve all types of residents … so that they may take advantage of the luxuries of suburban living , without sacrificing the trappings of an urban, modern lifestyle.” MCR acquires and operates high- end rental communities across the country, and has built complexes in West Hempstead, Mineola, Yonkers, Westchester County and New Jersey. Tepper said that the company would create a transit- oriented residential community — a walkable nei...

| Share | Share | Share | Share Aug. 15--A proposed $57 million development would convert part of the MBTA's Mattapan Station parking lot into a mixed- income apartment building with 135 units and 10,000 square feet of commercial/retail space. Preservation of Affordable Housing Inc. and Nuestra Comunidad Development Corp . filed a letter of intent with the Boston Planning & Development Agency to build on the 2.57- acre River Street site in Mattapan Square , which borders Milton and Hyde Park, and is bound by Blue Hill Avenue and the newly restored Neponset River Greenway . "What makes this site so unique is the new Neponset River Greenway , which is something our development plans are highlighting and really seeing as a major amenity," said Julie Creamer, POAH's vice president of real estate development . "We're creating some really meaningful pathways to the greenway, as well as creating about a 2,000-square- foot community space which will abu...

Students will be able to begin leasing University Village apartments this month, and the new residences will open in the fall. Leasing will begin before general housing signup in late March, so that students can plan accordingly if they don’t get an apartment. Of the 800 rooms available, 720 will be leased to undergraduates, 40 to graduate students and 40 to law students, following agreements made between the schools before construction began. As the agreement stands now, medical students will not be able to lease rooms. To sign up to live in the Village, undergraduates must have junior or senior credit standing . The longer the student has lived in on- campus housing , the greater the chance he or she will have to live in the Village. If the 720 rooms do not get filled after giving priority to these students, leasing will open to students that live off campus and want to move back on campus. The Village, which was estimated to cost $61 million last year, will have 41 one-bedroom, on...

Long Island City waterfront ." /> The project will bring 1,000 apartments, commercial space and a new school to the Long Island City waterfront . View Full Caption NYCEDC HUNTERS POINT — Critics of the city's plan to build a school, offices and 1,000 apartments on the Long Island City waterfront called it "irresponsible" to develop the site because it's located in a hurricane evacuation zone that's prone to flooding during storms. Advocates said they would rather see the two city-owned parcels — located next to the East River at the end of 44th Drive — converted to public parkland, with plantings, oyster beds and other green infrastructure to help make the area more resistant to floods.  "We think continuing to build in a flood plain is irresponsible," said Diane Hendry, a member of the LIC Coalition, an advocacy group that launched a petition last week opposing the city's plans. "The land is a natural wetlands. It should be preserv...

Brookstone Capital has revealed that it plans to build a $40 million, 14 story residential and retail building at a key intersection in downtown Grand Rapids . The proposed building would be at 20 Fulton St. E — just a block east of Division Avenue and Monroe Center. The plan The building would feature 108 apartments in a mixture of one and two bedrooms, equally divided between market-rate units and affordable housing. The project also calls for 114 parking spaces and 9,000 square feet of ground- floor retail space . “We’re hoping to attract a national retailer there,” said Karl Chew, principal of the Midland- based Brookstone Capital . View Larger Map Taxes The Downtown Development Authority granted Brookstone Capital a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, for the project’s apartments.  Instead of paying property taxes on the residences, Brookstone Capital will pay the city 4 percent of the total revenue it collects from rent each year for the next 40 years. The PILOT does...

USC's Board of Trustees approved a $ 460 million construction project on Friday that will bring eight new residence halls to south campus by 2024. The Campus Village project , originally proposed in 2015, will replace the existing Bates Towers , Cliff Apartments and Carolina Gardens housing facilities and construct new buildings on the sites of the Bates and Benson building parking lots . As the project was developed through a public-private partnership with Memphis- based collegiate property developer EdR , USC will not have to pay to build or operate any part of the Campus Village development . In addition, USC will not become liable for any debt related to the project. In all, the three-phase project will bring 3,750 beds to south campus over the next seven years. With Whaley Street running directly through the land earmarked for the project, the university intends to make Campus Village an "aesthetically pleasing, pedestrian-friendly area that blends well with nearby ...

Victoria’s least- dense neighbourhood would become a little more crowded under a draft plan. Townhouses and small apartments along Fairfield Road, row houses throughout the community and secondary suites in duplexes and small-lot houses are all part of the mix in the draft Gonzales neighbourhood plan . Coun. Chris Coleman, council liaison to the neighbourhood, said the plan also includes recommendations regarding alternative transportation, parks, ecological preservation, small commercial centres and heritage areas. Coleman said the proposals for extra density might be contentious for some, and council will undoubtedly hear from those folks when it holds a public meeting on the proposals this fall. “But I think the expectation in the [ Official Community Plan ] is that we would see increased density in all neighbourhoods,” he said. City staff note that with about five per cent of the city’s population — 4,175 resident...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ - The Maplewood Planning Board approved two resolutions, one for a project on Valley Street and one for a project on Springfield Avenue , at their meeting on August 8. 479 Valley Street The Planning Board passed a resolution to grant major preliminary and final site plan approval for a 20- unit residential building to be constructed at 479 Valley Street , with variances and waivers. Sign Up for E-News The proposed project will include 10 one- bedroom apartment s, 9 two- bedroom apartment s, and one three- bedroom apartment . The building will also include a fitness center, a lounge, a parking structure and storage lockers. Following a brief discussion, the resolution was moved, seconded and approved on a unanimous vote. 1933 Springfield Avenue Tim Reynolds had an application pending to convert the former Orange Mattress building at 1933 Springfield Avenue into "The Gym Maplewood." Reynolds stated that he has been operating a personal training facility on...