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TF Cornerstone, the developer tapped to build Amazons campus in Long Island City before the deal went south, is now planning to build two big apartment buildings in the neighborhood.

The firm filed plans with the Department of Buildings for two buildings that will span a total of 1.43M SF, The Real Deal reports. One building, at 55-01 Second St., would feature 575 units while the other, at 2-10 54th St., will contain 812 units.

The site cost the firm $285M back in 2018, a deal that was secured just daysbefore Amazon announced its plans to build nearby. The tech giant had planned to build its campus on the Long Island City waterfront, but the community and local politicians chafed against the billions in tax breaks and grants Amazon was due to receive. They also voiced concerns about the strain on local infrastructure and what the tech giants presence would mean for rents and housing affordability.

Ultimately,Amazonwithdrewfrom the city, a stunning decisionthat devastated many who predicted it would have been a boon for the area. Instead of bringing a promised 25,000 workers to Queens, earlier this year, Amazon paid$1.5B to WeWork for the former Lord & Taylor building on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.

TF Cornerstone is also active in Manhattan,joiningwith RXR Realty for Project Commodore, a mixed-use building planned for the site at 109 East 42nd St. Last year, it paid Greenland and then Forest City New York $143.1M for Pacific Park land parcels at 615 and 595 Dean St. in Brooklyn.

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Pictured is an artists rendering of Avenue on 34th, a mixed-income apartment complex being constructed at 2136 W. 34th St. (Contributed rendering)

Construction has begun on a four-story, 70-unit apartment complex at the site of the former Doyles Restaurant on West 34th Street.

Avenue, a Houston nonprofit that develops affordable housing, announced Tuesday that it had broken ground on Avenue on 34th, a mixed-income rental development on a 2.1-acre site at 2136 W. 34th St. Construction is expected to be complete by mid-2022.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week that included Avenue executive director Mary Lawler, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Houston Housing and Community Development Department director Tom McCasland and Amegy executive vice president Brian Stoker, whose bank is a primary lender for the project.

We are delighted to advance construction on Avenue on 34th at a time when affordable housing with proximity to the Inner Loop is such a critical need among working families, Lawler said in a news release. The influx of new developments in and around the citys urban core has resulted in the demolition of existing lower-cost housing and, as a result, has priced low- and middle-income families out of many communities.

The Houston City Council voted unanimously in September to provide a $9.09 million loan to Avenue, using Hurricane Harvey Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds awarded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Texas General Land Office. According to the council agenda item, the estimated total cost of the project is nearly $18.2 million.

Avenue said another funding source for the project are 4 percent low-income housing tax credits allocated by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Additional funders include the Houston Housing Finance Corporation and Hunt Capital Partners through a multi-investor fund that includes Aetna.

The general contractor for the development is Block Companies, which Avenue said will host a community day and job fair in February. The event will be free, open to the public and include information about employment opportunities for local construction-related jobs.

Citing a recent report by the United Way of Greater Houston, Avenue said 25 percent of the nearly 11,000 households in the 77018 zip code where its new development will be located qualify as ALICE, which stands for asset-limited, income-constrained and employed. Such families represent hardworking members of the Houston community whose household income is above the federal poverty level, but insufficient to cover basic necessities such as housing, child care, food, transportation and healthcare, according to Avenue.

Data shows that affordable homes help strengthen families and communities as a whole, providing families with a path forward to greater financial stability and improved health outcomes, Lawler said.

Avenue on 34th will feature 23 one-bedroom apartments, 27 two-bedroom apartments and 20 three-bedroom apartments, with a total of 14 units offered at market rate. The rest will be designated for families earning between $35,000-$65,000 annually.

Among the amenities to be offered are an outdoor play space, learning center and activity room, business center and fitness room, along with resident services such as after-school tutoring for children as well as credit-building and homebuyer education programs for adults.

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Celebrating reaching the highpoint in the construction of the Market Square apartment building are Corinthian Homes Construction Director David Speight (centre) with (left) architect Rob Hebblethwaite of FCB Studios and (right) Richard Scott, structural engineer and Technical Director with WSP (Image: James Lawley)

A project to revitalise Hayles harbour front has celebrated a major construction milestone with the topping out of its landmark first apartment building.

The topping out ceremony, the traditional celebration of reaching the highest point of construction, saw the completion of the concrete roof slab to the Block D apartments which will sit at the heart of the new scheme and will be named An Garth (The Yard).

Construction got under way earlier this year at North Quay which will feature beautifully designed homes, new shops and open spaces, all set within a stunning waterside location just yards from the magnificent Hayle Towans beaches with their three miles of golden sands.

Situated on the edge of what will become the new North Quay Square and close to the quayside, the apartment buildings contemporary wharf style homes will enjoy stunning water views, with many properties having a balcony or terrace.

At five storeys, it is the tallest of the new buildings being constructed as part of the award-winning development.

David Speight, construction director for Corinthian Homes, said: We are very pleased and proud to be celebrating this milestone at the end of what has been a transformative 12 months for the North Quay scheme.

It represents not only a high point for this particular building but for the whole team of more than 100 construction professionals, local contractors and apprentices, which has worked so effectively, diligently and safely together in making such impressive progress during this extraordinary year.

In addition to the successful work to the apartment building, there has been significant progress right across the North Quay development:The first block of new quayside townhouses has been largely completed, with all these homes now sold.

Major infrastructure work is continuing to create underground car parking in preparation for further development along the quaysides.

Site preparation and significant ecological work has taken place for a new spine road which will link the waterfront and hilltop areas of the site.

A project to repair and repoint some of North Quays listed quay walls is under way as part of the Corinthian Harbour and Marine Programme.A new beachside restaurant - Lulas - successfully opened at North Quay, with the support of Corinthian Homes, and had proved popular with local people and visitors.

Phase one of the scheme will feature 140 properties over 11 buildings, including 17 three-bedroom wharf style houses and one, two and three bedroom apartments, many with views over the Hayle estuary and beyond.

Earlier this year, the development by Corinthian Homes (part of the Corinthian Homes Group), and designed by internationally renowned architects and urban designers Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, was announced as a winner in the Project Category in the prestigious Housing Design Awards 2020.

Mr Speight said a planning application had been submitted for Phase two of the scheme, to include a new hotel and community centre, improved water sport and harbour facilities, cinema and new open-market and affordable homes.

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Marvels Jonathan Marvel and Dattners Kirsten Sibilia

In the early weeks of 2020, architect Jonathan Marvel saw a steady stream of multifamily and public works jobs come across his desk.

And then everything came to a screeching halt, he said.

Marvels eponymous firm wasnt alone. Design work dried up during the height of the pandemic as many construction sites shut down and financing became scarce.

Still, once construction work was permitted to resume in New York, many firms saw business pick back up. The Real Deal compiled a list of the most active architecture firms of 2020, based on the square footage of ground-up projects.

For the purposes of this ranking, TRD went by the architect of record listed on new building permit applications filed between Jan. 1 and Dec. 4 with the citys Department of Buildings. The list includes several firms that have repeatedly ranked among the most active companies over the last several years, although a few newcomers also cracked the top 10 this year.

Marvel, which didnt make last years list but ranked third in 2018, saw activity pick back up in the second and third quarters.

Our steady, long-term clients stuck with us, and Im very grateful for that, Jonathan Marvel said. I think theres a glimmer of light coming across for 2021.

The firm recently rebranded as Marvel no Architects to underscore that its work goes beyond building design and other disciplines, including landscape architecture and urban planning.

In May, the firm filed a permit application for the third phase of Rockaway Village, a residential complex in Far Rockaway. The latest phase includes three buildings at 20-12 and 21-02 Mott Avenue and 17-21 Redfern Avenue, with a total of 538 apartments. The three buildings are expected to collectively span 634,000 square feet, making the project Marvels largest new building filing of the year.

Its expected to break ground in early January. The five-phase project, which will ultimately include 1,700 affordable apartments, is being developed by Phipps Houses.

Like Marvel, Dattner also didnt rank among the top companies last year, but came in seventh in 2018.

We feel like we were really lucky that we came into the pandemic with a healthy backlog, said Kirsten Sibilia, the firms managing principal. The schedule on projects has changed in many cases. Projects have slowed down, but there is a shared commitment to deliver the affordable housing that is needed.

Much of Dattners portfolio consists of affordable housing projects throughout the city. Its largest new filing this year was for a 585,000-square-foot residential tower at 700 Atlantic Avenue in Prospect Heights. The building, which is being developed by Greenland Forest City Partners, is expected to include nearly 700 apartments and more than 4,300 square feet of commercial space. Its part of the 22-acre Pacific Park site, a massive development that has faced a series of delays since it was first announced in 2003. The developer filed plans for the tower in May.

Just as last year, Hill West was the architect of record on six new development projects that collectively spanned just over 1 million square feet. This year, however, the firm jumped up three spots compared to 2019, when it ranked sixth.

In October, a permit application was filed for a 566,000-square-foot mixed-use building at 355 Exterior Street in Mott Haven, in the Bronx. The project, which is Hill Wests largest ground-up project this year, will have more than 555,000 square feet of residential space and more than 10,000 square feet set aside for commercial use.

In 2018, SLCE was the citys most active architecture firm in terms of new development. Last year, the firm dropped down to fourth place, a position it held this year.

SLCEs largest project this year was a 47-story mixed-use tower planned for 98 DeKalb Avenue, on the border of Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene. The development is expected to span a little more than 418,000 square feet with 609 apartments and retail on the first floor.

The firm is also serving as architect of record on a pair of apartment buildings in Long Island City at 55-01 Second Street and at 2-10 54th Street that will span 1.43 million square feet. This project, along with another at 43-14 Queens Street that will span 770,000 square feet, were not included in this analysis, since they were filed after TRDs data pull.

Sometimes one is all it takes. Such was the case for BL Companies, which is listed as the architect of record on a single new building permit filed this year.

The project, a nearly 771,000-square-foot warehouse planned for 55-15 Grand Avenue in Maspeth, is the future home of Amazon, which signed a lease for the under-construction space in June. RXR Realty and partner LBA Logistics bought the site in 2018 for $72 million.

BL Companies got its start in 1986, first as a small transportation planning and civil engineering firm. The company, now headquartered in Connecticut, has since grown into an architecture, engineering and land surveying firm.

In mid-April, a permit application was filed for a 320,000-square-foot, mixed-use building at 35 Commercial Street in Greenpoint, which will feature 374 apartments. Park Tower Group is developing the project, which is part of the 11-building Greenpoint Landing complex. The firm, which is based in the Financial District, is also working on a nearly 300,000-square-foot mixed-use building at 312 West 43rd Street.

Aufgangs two largest projects this year are part of the Peninsula Hospital redevelopment, an 11-building complex in Far Rockaway developed by the Arker Companies. This year, plans were filed for 5119 and 5123 Beach Channel Drive, mixed-use buildings that will respectively span 220,500 and 161,800 square feet. The two buildings will have a total of 451 apartments.

GF55 has been active in the outer boroughs, with projects located in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island. The firms largest new project was a 208,000-square-foot residential building at 475 Bay Street in Staten Island. BFC Partners, the company behind Empire Outlets, is developing the project. The firms second-biggest project was a 184,000-square-foot, mixed-use building at 1016 Fox Street in the Foxhurst section of the Bronx. The building is being developed by the Atlantic Development Group.

Brooklyn-based J. Frankl largely focuses on residential, mixed-use projects. The firm was founded in 2010 by Joseph Frankl, who set out to form a mid-sized company.

The larger firms, there is a lot of bureaucracy, he said.

The firm is new to TRDs annual ranking of the most active architects. Its largest project was a 172,000-square-foot residential building at 26-25 Fourth Street in Astoria. The firm is also designing a 131,000-square-foot, mixed-use building for developer Solomon Feder at 1640 Flatbush Avenue in Midwood. That project is expected to include 171 apartments.

Miami-based Arquitectonica rounded out this years ranking, marking the first time since 2015 that the firm has made the cut. The companys largest project of 2020 was a 300,000-square-foot mixed-use building at 145 Wolcott Street in Red Hook. Draw Brooklyn is developing the project.

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The project will include pedestrian connections to the ports redevelopment area to the west, Valk said. The port project is expected to begin construction in 2022, according to port CEO David Ripp.

With Ninebark, we envision a sustainable, equitable and accessible waterfront community that offers an experience, with access to nature and amenities alike, that is unlike anything else in the market, Killian Pacific director of development Michi Slick said in a statement.

Slick said the company expects Southwest Washington to continue to be a popular moving destination due to job growth, schools and the tax advantage over Oregon.

The units will be designed to provide large living spaces, according to the press release, because the company foresees a higher proportion of people working from home even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends.

The project will include a freestanding clubhouse building with views of the Columbia River and Mount Hood, which will include a fitness center and a shared gear shed for bikes, kayaks and other outdoor equipment, according to the press release.

The presentation also mentioned a community library, catering kitchen and barbecue pits, and outlined plans for a 1.2-acre park area along the south edge of the property that would include a public lawn, multiple gardens and art installations.

Killian Pacific is known for several prominent projects around Portland, particularly in the citys inner east side, as well as The Hudson office building in downtown Vancouver and the Grand Central commercial complex to the east. It also owns the Columbia Business Center south of Highway 14.

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With major funding in hand, a project that will provide housing and support services for people in need is teed up for a possible 2021 construction start at the Highland Bridge redevelopment site in St. Paul.

Emma Norton, a nonprofit provider of housing and support services for women and families who have been homeless, is nearing construction thanks to an $18 million funding allocation announced last week by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.

The project will create 60 homes for women and children and office space for Emma Norton, said Tonya Brownlow, the organizations executive director. At present, Emma Norton operates a 50-unit building near downtown St. Paul and a townhome site in Maplewood.

The great thing is, it will allow us to expand [from 50 to 60 units] and it will be their own apartment versus what we have now, which is shared rooms, said Brownlow, whose organization is partnering on the project with Project for Pride in Living.

The allocation is part of a $195 million pool of funding approved last week by Minnesota Housing. The funding supports 73 developments that will create or preserve 2,387 housing units, including rental apartments and single-family houses.

With private and local money, the total development cost is $529 million, Minnesota Housing said.

Specific funding sources include $100 million in housing infrastructure bonds from the 2020 state bonding bill, which was approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Tim Walz in October during a special legislative session.

Jennifer Ho, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency commissioner, said the housing infrastructure bonds make it possible for us to create some of the most deeply affordable homes and serve Minnesotans with extremely low incomes. The permanent supportive housing we can create with these bonds are desperately needed and are in short supply across the state.

Most of the $195 million is going to multifamily projects. In all, Minnesota Housing selected 22 multifamily projects divided evenly by metro area and outstate locations. The projects will support 987 new units and rehab work on 402 units.

In addition, Minnesota Housing announced $2.6 million in grants to support 327 units of manufactured housing, and $3.5 million in loans to support 129 units of workforce housing. Earlier this year, Minnesota Housing allocated $9.6 million in loans for rehab of 544 homes.

Emma Nortons project, which also includes office space for the nonprofit organization, was fully funded on its first application to Minnesota Housing, which is pretty unheard of, Brownlow said.

Designed by UrbanWorks Architecture of Minneapolis, the Emma Norton project will serve people who have experienced homelessness, chemical dependency, and mental health issues, Brownlow said. Residents will have access to mental health programs and other support services.

This building will be a much better fit to support their needs, not just for housing but their whole health and recovery, Brownlow said.

Brownlow added that the project will increase Emma Nortons office and housing space from about 23,000 square feet at present to nearly 60,000 square feet.

The new building will rise near Mount Curve Boulevard and Hillcrest Avenue within Highland Bridge, a redevelopment of the 122-acre former Ford Plant in St. Paul. The Emma Norton site is about a block away from a bus stop on Ford Parkway, Brownlow said.

The next steps are to finalize design and get through the closing process with Minnesota Housing. Emma Norton hopes to raise another $1.5 million or $2 million in private money and begin construction sometime in 2021, Brownlow said.

Other notable projects selected for funding include:

A complete list of projects is available at http://www.mnhousing.gov.

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Here are commercial permits the city of Surprise completed in November:

COMMERCIAL UNCLASSIFIEDSURPRISE SPA 1 CAMPUS PUBLIC ART13627 W. Cactus Road

MANUFACTURING/WAREHOUSESKYWAY BUSINESS PARK BLDG H211180 N. Dysart RoadSKYWAY BUSINESS PARK BLDG H111304 N. Dysart Road

MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOME17200 W. Bell Road

MULTI-FAMILY/2 UNITSCHRISTOPHER TODD COMMUNITIES AT MOUNTAIN VIEW14155 W. Mountain View Blvd. (12 permits)

PARKING GARAGECHRISTOPHER TODD COMMUNITIES AT MOUNTAIN VIEW14155 W. Mountain View Blvd. (4 permits)

RESIDENTIAL GARAGE/CARPORT29718 N. 165 Ave.

RESIDENTIAL POOL/SPA25 total permits

RESIDENTIAL SOLAR PV53 total permits

SIGN/COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENTT-MOBILE PH320003A14878 W. Major League DriveDESERT FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION15215 N. Cotton LaneTHE PURPLE CHAIR18795 N. Reems Road

SINGLE FAMILY-DETACHED61 total permits

TENANT IMPROVEMENTSWILLIAM LYON HOMES MHC14217 W. Buckskin TrailSUITE BEAUTY LLC15508 W. Bell RoadDESERT MIRAGE MEDICAL OFFICE12361 W. Bola DriveBONFIRE CRAFT KITCHEN AND TAP HOUSE15332 W. Bell RoadPLAYER 1 LLC17239 N. Litchfield Road

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The market has been high on UMH Properties, Inc (UMH) stock recently. UMH gets a Bullish score from InvestorsObserver's Stock Sentiment Indicator.

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Philips Hue is set to release an updated dimmer switch and a brand new "Wave Linear" outdoor lighting system in early 2021, according to hueblog.com and smartlights.de.

The popular Philips Hue dimmer switch, which has been around for some years and is often included in Philips Hue kits, is to see an update that brings a refreshed design. Instead of having four buttons like the current model, the new version is set to have only three buttons, with the middle two dimmer buttons being combined into a single rocker button. The "on" button is also gaining a small tactile marking so that users can find the correct button in the dark.

The general design has been updated to be more curvaceous and subtle, with matte white plastic being used instead of the current glossy white plastic. The base plate is also due to increase in size to 80mm by 125mm, in order to completely cover EU in-wall outlets. The current dimmer switch base plate is too narrow for this.

Moreover, Philips Hue will reportedly introduce a new "Wave Linear" outdoors lighting system. Wave Linear will integrate with existing Hue low-voltage outdoors products such as the Hue Lily, Hue Calla, or Hue Outdoor Lightstrip.

Designed to illuminate large outdoor spaces evenly with color, such as an exterior house wall, it will be able to produce up to 1,400 lumens of brightness and 16 million colors. The Philips Hue Wave Linear system will supposedly become available in Spring 2021.

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A pair of new Philips Hue products have leaked today, providing a glimpse at what the smart home company has in store for early 2021. As reported by Hueblog, Philips Hue will release a new Wave Linear outdoor lighting accessory in spring of 2021, as well as redesigned Smart Dimmer.

The report explains that the Philips Hue Wave Linear will join the existing outdoor lighting category as a way to light up large areas evenly. It will reportedly measure in at around 31 inches wide, 2 inches tall, and around 3 inches deep.

The Philips Hue Wave Linear is wonderfully suitable to illuminate large areas evenly with one color, for example a house wall. With 20 watts of power, it can produce up to 1,400 lumens of brightness. It is a White and Color Ambiance product, so it can display bright white tones and up to 16 million colors.

Heres a look at the reported Wave Linear:

Secondly, Philips Hue is expected to announce new Smart Dimmer switch with a new and simplified design. The biggest change here will be that the the new model will feature three buttons, compared to the four buttons on the current-generation Smart Dimmer.

This will be accomplished by merging the two middle dimming buttons into a single rocker button. The new Smart Dimmer will also feature a tactical on button so that its easier for users to feel for it in the dark.

In addition, the material now looks a bit more noble, apparently a matt plastic is used. It is also noticeable that the corners of the Philips Hue dimmer switch are much more rounded in the next generation.

With CES set for January, its possible that this is when Philips Hue announces these new accessories, which are expected to support HomeKit. A release is reportedly scheduled for sometime in early 2021.

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