Another Sign of Coney Upscaling: 21-Story Glass Tower

Looks like a 21-story glass-looking building will soon be going up in Coney Island near Brighton Beach and the New York Aquarium. Coney blog Kinetic Carnival expands on reports that a luxury condo will soon rise at 271 Sea Breeze Avenue. The site is north of Asser Levy Park and northwest of the New York Aquarium, so the building promises views of the water plus--for your Inner Builder--a vantage on the aquarium rebuilding and Thor Equities project.

We're guessing the developer will be targeting the Russian market drawn to Brighton Beach, as the building is being called The Sochi after the Russian resort city on the Black Sea. Units will have floor-to-ceiling glass windows, health club, tennis courts, indoor pool, etc. (This would be the most signficant development in the area since The Oceana on the eastern end of Brighton Beach on the water.)

The developer is the Bobker Group, which is also developing the property dubbed "Lake Windsor" in the South Slope. Now they'll have a larger body of water with which to work.