After facing pressure from city officials and workers, the state is shutting down all construction except work on infrastructure, healthcare facilities and affordable housing.
The Empire State Development Corp. updated its guidelines Friday, saying only work on “roads, bridges, transit facilities, utilities, hospitals or health care facilities, affordable housing, and homeless shelters” will be considered essential. The qualification is a dramatic change from the blanket exemption included in an executive order Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed last week. Under the order, employees of all non-essential businesses are prohibited from reporting to work. … (3 comments)
Skanska temporarily halted construction at LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B and Moynihan Train Hall due to workers with Covid-19
Construction has been temporarily halted at two major infrastructure projects, including part of the multibillion-dollar overhaul of LaGuardia Airport, after workers were diagnosed with Covid-19.
Work on the western concourse at LaGuardia’s Terminal B was shut down until March 30 after one worker tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the joint venture between Skanska and the Walsh Group that is working on the project.
Construction was immediately halted “on the affected section of the site for … (1 comments)
The agency certified a text amendment that will lift a 1987 zoning restriction in certain parts of the neighborhood. This marks the first step in the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which will take several months and culminate in a vote by the City Council. Earlier this month, the city revealed revised plans to rezone the district after temporarily tabling a previous proposal. The latest plan allows owners of buildings on certain side streets in the district to … (0 comments)
A mixed-use affordable housing development in the Bronx was the largest project filed with the city in May.
Jorge Madruga’s Maddd Equities is planning a roughly 274,000-square-foot development at 1164 River Avenue. The 17-story building will contain 250 affordable housing units and is part of a 750-unit complex the company is planning across two buildings on River Avenue.
Other large projects filed in May include a 201-unit residential project on the Greenpoint waterfront, a new hotel from Sam Chang in Long Island City and a 129-unit residential project from HAP Investments in Washington … (0 comments)
construction: Amid housing slump, home sizes shrink
- 11/16/10 03:24 AM
The median American home size has dropped to 2,100 square feet -- down from 2,300 at the peak of the housing boom in 2007 -- according to a study by Trulia.com, a real estate website. Each year, Builder magazine designs a concept home to reflect the current state of the market. This year, the "Home for the New Economy" is just 1700 square feet. In part, the downsizing trend is a product of necessity. During the years of the housing boom, many home expansions were financed through home re-financing deals. Now that home loans have frozen up, people are less likely … (3 comments)
Only transit, hospital and affordable housing will continue
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