Essex Crossing

This morning, preliminary plans were filed with the city for the building that will become the centerpiece of the Essex Crossing project.  Next March, developers are scheduled to begin the first phase of the nearly 2-million square foot development...

More signs of Essex Crossing are popping up in the Department of Buildings database.  Next spring, developers are expected to break ground on the first phase of the large residential and commercial project that will transform the former Seward...

A year ago next week, a sweeping plan was unveiled to redevelop the former Seward Park urban renewal site adjacent to the Williamsburg Bridge, bringing one-thousand new apartments and 600,000 square feet of commercial space to the Lower East...

Earlier this summer, some of the commercial tenants in buildings soon to be demolished for the Essex Crossing redevelopment project closed their doors.  In the fall, the remaining families living on the former urban renewal site will also be...

After community feedback, plans for the park on Broome Street are moving toward completion.

The Drilling Company kicks off its ninth and final season of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot July 10 with a production of “Twelfth Night.”

The end of the month is nearly upon us. For several longtime Lower East Side businesses, the arrival of July this coming Tuesday, represents the end of an era. As developers rush to complete plans for the Essex Crossing...

The developers of Essex Crossing have now filed pre-demolition documents for the old Essex Street Market building on the south side of Delancey Street.  The site is one of nine former urban renewal parcels included in the nearly 2...

Delancey Street Associates, the development team for Essex Crossing, is putting the word out for a community visioning session next Wednesday. The meeting, taking place at Grand Street Settlement, is meant to gather feedback for a 15,000 square foot...

Over the weekend, some new details dripped out concerning one of the more prominent attractions coming to the big Essex Crossing project.  The 1.9 million square foot mixed use development near the Williamsburg Bridge is scheduled to break ground...