{"id":84887,"date":"2014-04-28T11:24:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T15:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=84887"},"modified":"2024-02-19T02:59:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T07:59:55","slug":"329-pleasant-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/329-pleasant-avenue","title":{"rendered":"HAP Investments&#8217; 329 Pleasant Avenue breaks ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/329-pleasant-avenue.html\/hap-5\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84888\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84888\" alt=\"HAP 5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/HAP-5.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Renderings: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hap-ny.com\/hap-five-ny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">hap-ny.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>HAP Investments&#8217; 329 Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem has broken ground.<\/p>\n<p>Named HAP 5, the Karim Rashid-designed building will rise eight stories tall and have 20 apartments. Located one block east of First Avenue and 117th Street, the development will have retail space on the ground floor. TPG Architecture is the <a href=\"http:\/\/a810-bisweb.nyc.gov\/bisweb\/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&amp;passjobnumber=121330363&amp;passdocnumber=01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">architect of record<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The developer acquired the property for $1.125 million in 2012, according to public records.<\/p>\n<p>HAP Investments has been all over Upper Manhattan and East Harlem, with projects at 419 East 117th Street, 247-249 East 117th Street, 2338 2nd Avenue and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/new-york-ny\/new-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1655 Madison Avenue<\/a>. The firm also purchased a big development site at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/new-york-ny\/maverick-chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">215-219 West 28th Street<\/a> in Chelsea. Lastly, it&#8217;s in contract to buy another site at Journal Square in Jersey City, where &#8220;HAP Tower&#8221; will rise.<\/p>\n<p>Building reps passed along a photo of the 329 Pleasant groundbreaking. Guess which one is Rashid:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/329-pleasant-avenue.html\/329-pleasant-avenue-groundbreaking\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-85487\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/329-Pleasant-Avenue-groundbreaking.jpg\" alt=\"329 Pleasant Avenue groundbreaking\" width=\"624\" height=\"415\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85487\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>From Left to Right: Designer Karim Rashid,  HAP Investments CEO Eran Polack, HAP Investments&#8217; Amir Hasid<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And another shot, tweeted by the Man in White himself (his sunglasses match the neon balconies):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/329-pleasant-avenue.html\/329-pleasant-groundbreaking-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-85545\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/329-Pleasant-groundbreaking-2.jpg\" alt=\"329 Pleasant groundbreaking 2\" width=\"599\" height=\"565\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85545\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karim_design\/status\/461301839510503424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Karim Rashid\/Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy these renderings, which <a href=\"http:\/\/newyorkyimby.com\/2014\/03\/revealed-329-pleasant-avenue.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">YIMBY<\/a> spotted last month:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/329-pleasant-avenue.html\/hap-5-overhead\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84889\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84889\" alt=\"Hap 5 overhead\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Hap-5-overhead.jpg\" width=\"583\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/329-pleasant-avenue.html\/hap-5-kitchen\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84890\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84890\" alt=\"Hap 5 kitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Hap-5-kitchen.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/329-pleasant-avenue.html\/hap-5-bedroom\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84891\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84891\" alt=\"Hap 5 bedroom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Hap-5-bedroom.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The East Harlem building will rise eight stories, with 20 apartments. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":84888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11269],"tags":[],"coauthors":[10332],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HAP Investments&#039; 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