Australian developer Lendlease recently announced that their 1 Java project, now dubbed “The Riverie,” will start leasing next year.
The waterfront property, comprising one block of India, Java and West streets, will house 834 units across two residential towers, topping out at 37 and 20 stories. 30% of the units are designated affordable under the Affordable New York Housing Program (a housing lottery will go live early next year, check if you’re eligible here).
A mixed-use project, the Riverie also contains 13,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
Residents can enjoy quite an exhaustive array of amenities:
“a coworking lounge with conference rooms and private call booths; fitness center with yoga studio, sauna and locker rooms; resident lounge; demonstration kitchen; speakeasy; music room; podcast room; children’s playroom; pet-washing station; and bicycle storage, a pool and fitness deck; barbecue stations; open-air, and a landscaped courtyard.”
The development also boasts an amenity open to everyone in the neighborhood: a newly created public waterfront esplanade.
The project represents a major achievement in sustainable construction. The building complex runs on “a vertical closed-loop geothermal system, making it the largest residential geothermal development in New York State.”
However, the project also came under fire last year for allegedly using non-union labor on some aspects of construction. Lendlease has also faced scrutiny from the community over their ownership of the India Street ferry pier, which was out of commission for 18 months as repairs dragged on.
Here’s hoping that residents have an easier time than regular East River ferry riders.
More cars on the street. Yes they have indoor parking but it is so expensive many park on the street where there is almost no parking. It is like quantum physics where things are packed so tightly there is no room left to move. Our beloved patronage pick, Dept. of sanitation, Tisch made the brilliant move of increasing alternate side parking from two to four days. Now people sit in their cars and don’t move for four day causing, parents, workers, seniors to waste more time and the street sweepers have guaranteed work zipping down the street and not cleaning since nobody moves because there is no parking.
It’s like a three stooges or abbott and Costello comic skit.