The most attention-grabbing renderings from 2014
A stark-white building with magenta-rimmed balconies will take shape on a century-old block in East Harlem. In Brooklyn, a hotel appearing like something out of “Star Trek” will rise 20 stories above the neighborhood of Williamsburg. These are just a few projects in...
HAP’s East Harlem project hit with stop-work order
UPDATED, 6:06 p.m., June 23: The city ordered that HAP Investment Developers halt construction of an eight-story rental building in East Harlem, citing damage done to nearby homes and the decapitation of a statue of Buddha. The Department of Buildings found that HAP’s...
Residents choose new colors for HAP’s East Harlem project
The people have spoken: no to turquoise and green, yes to white and magenta. Local residents voted on the color scheme of the exterior of HAP Investments LLC’s residential development at 329 Pleasant Avenue. Karim Rashid, an Egyptian-born designer known for his use of...
New players get in the NYC development game
New York City’s strong residential market has prompted a slew of new players to join the development fray here. While the majority of the 6,000 new development units set to come online in 2015 are being built by household names such as Extell Development, Related...