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<\/a><\/p>\nImage: GMAP<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n What’s going on at 12-18 West 55th Street? The site between Fifth and Sixth avenues has lain fallow for several years, but a new 22-story mixed-use development could rise there, based on permits filed early last year. <\/p>\n The 245-foot-tall building would have 55 apartments, with Goldstein, Hill & West as the architect of record, according to the plan exam application from January 2013<\/a>. The developer is Dallas-based Lincoln Property Company, which originally planned a hotel-condo tower at the site in 2006. <\/p>\n The project, which will sprout from several parcels, could have 7,532 square feet of commercial space on the first and second floors. Residents will have storage and a recreation room on the seventh floor. The plan was disapproved in February 2013, so this is all speculation.<\/p>\n Lincoln Property acquired the site in 2005, according to public records. The following year, the developer announced its plans for a condo-hotel, using air rights from a landmarked townhouse at 9 West 54th Street, the New York Post<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n In November 2009, JD Carlisle Development bought 9 West 54th for $29 million, and in January 2010, the Midtown South firm paid $6 million for 10 West 55th street, according to The Real Deal<\/a>. Both properties border 12-18 West 55th.<\/p>\n