Blog · Rising · Week of Oct 19, 2026
The Biggest Construction Projects Permitted in NYC This Week
From a $124 million job at Willets Point to a Broadway theater swapping out its cooling system, here's what New York's Department of Buildings approved between October 7 and 15.
The big one: $124 million in Willets Point
121-09 Roosevelt Ave
$124.3MThe city's Economic Development Corporation pulled foundation and earthwork permits for a temporary parking area here, with Suffolk Construction as the filing contractor. It sits in Willets Point, the stretch east of Citi Field the city has been redeveloping in phases.
Why it matters: The biggest number on this week's list by a mile. Site work at this scale means trucking, excavation, paving, fencing and lighting crews.
Manhattan: Fifth Avenue, Broadway and Park Avenue
115 Fifth Ave
$6.4MNew walls, floors, ceilings and finishes throughout, filed by Wesbuilt Construction Management for owner Winter Management Corp.
Why it matters: Paired with the next one, it's a $12.7M pipeline from the same owner and builder on the same block.
111 Fifth Ave
$6.3MNext door, the same team filed a near-identical build-out five days earlier.
Why it matters: Two jobs, one GC. Drywall, flooring, ceiling and finish subs should be calling Wesbuilt about both at once.
205 W 46th St — Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
$6.2MThe Broadway house, operated by the Nederlander Organization and open since 1910, is pulling out its cooling tower and installing heat-pump chillers. Cannon Mechanical is the filing contractor.
Why it matters: A sign of where big-building HVAC money is heading: electric heat pumps over old cooling towers.
85 Tenth Ave
$3.0MInterior partitions and finishes, filed by Structure Tone, one of the city's biggest interiors builders.
262 Central Park West
$2.9MNew partitions, flooring and ceilings, filed by Sea-Dar Enterprises.
245 Park Ave, 38th floor
$1.7MNew HVAC for a buildout phase for Ares, which expanded its headquarters in this SL Green building to about 307,000 square feet in 2024. JT Magen is the filing contractor.
Brooklyn: a new day care in Bay Ridge
9302 Third Ave
$2.2MA storefront becomes a child care center, with structural, mechanical and general construction permits filed by Nadkos Inc.
Why it matters: Day cares need specialized fit-outs: sprinklers, bathrooms, kitchens, flooring and play equipment.
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How do I look up construction permits in New York City?
NYC publishes every approved building permit for free on NYC Open Data, in the DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits dataset. Filter by address, borough, date or cost. To check one address, use the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW portal.
What does the estimated job cost on an NYC permit mean?
It's the cost the applicant estimated when filing: a good read on project size, not the final contract value. One project often shows up on several permits (plumbing, structural, mechanical) with the same estimate, so we count each job once.
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Sources: NYC Department of Buildings, DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits (NYC Open Data), permits approved Oct 7–15, 2026; costs are applicant estimates. Context: NYCEDC on Willets Point, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Commercial Observer on Ares at 245 Park.