174 Vanderbilt Rising

This building's going up fast! The frame of the west side is up, and the foundation on the eastern side has been poured. The Manhattan-based firm overseeing the development is Meltzer/Mandl Architects, P.C., the contractor is MGI Construction.

Meltzer/Mandl's niche appears to be urban development (surprise) and they do affordable housing, rehab, and large scale projects, like the Queens West Development (across from the U.N.) In this nabe, their last project was the Green House Condos (383 Carlton), which lit the fire behind local residents to push the FG/CH rezoning into full speed.

At the firm's website, they have renderings for 174 Vanderbilt and the first floor plan, see here. Looks like a swimming pool with flowers will be provided.

According to the images, it'll top out at 6 stories, and Brownstoner says they'll have 73 residential units and 38 parking spaces, which, yes, are required by zoning, and since they're building in accordance to the Quality Housing Program, they only have to provide parking spaces for 50% of residential units.

For more on NYC Parking regs in residential districts, view the pdf here.