Another new residential development is on its way to Gowanus, more than two years after the neighborhood's rezoning.Developer Michael Khoo is planning a project at 557 Third Ave., located between 14th and 15th streets in the Brooklyn neighborhood, that will span about 30,000 square feet with 41 residential units, according to a recent filing with the Department of Buildings. The project will stand 6 stories and 70 feet tall and include 21 parking spots as well.A Sunset Park-based limited liability company bought the site under the name Robert Khoo in September for about $7.4 million, property records show; commercial real estate database CoStar, however, lists the property owner as Huat Khoo. Huat Khoo did not respond to a request for comment on the project by press time. The relationship between Robert and Huat Khoo was not immediately clear.The site is currently home to a 2-story industrial building spanning 10,600 square feet, according to CoStar. Demolition permits for the site have not been filed yet.Gowanus has seen a major influx of projects since the end of 2021, when the city rezoned the neighborhood, which former Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration estimated would bring roughly 8,000 new housing units to the neighborhood, more than 3,000 of which would be affordable. An analysis last year from Brooklyn-focused brokerage TerraCRG found that there were 25 projects with about 6,300 overall housing units in the neighborhood's development pipeline.Over the summer... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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Gareth Brookes' The Black Project has won Myriad Editions' first competition for a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber and Faber has set up a social media hub, The Spark, for teenagers to get involved in Faber... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 15/09/2011 - 09:51 Publishers are being kept waiting for the conclusion of the Office of Fair Trading's investigation into ebook prices, begun at the start of this year, with the OFT now in the process of assessing all the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 08:30 The Friday Project has acquired ten books by late American author William Wharton, with the deal including his never-before-published Second World War memoir, Shrapnel. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ever since Borders Group filed for Chapter 11 in February, one of the overriding concerns of the major publishers has been that the bankruptcy process not be dragged out. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Desmond's shock plans to explore the sale his magazine portfolio, including OK! Magazine, is called Project Odyssey and was put together last year at the request of the multimillionaire's publishing company. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While all the big box stores carry books and all offer discounted bestsellers, Target competes most directly for those consumers who might otherwise make their purchases at bookstores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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