amazing all the projects!

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2011/12/12/brooklyns_new_tallest_tower_will_break_ground_in_2012.php)


Brooklyn's New Tallest Towers Will Break Ground in 2012
Monday, December 12, 2011, by Sara Polsky

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388 Bridge St. and 88 Willoughby St.

The Brooklyner's reign as Brooklyn's tallest residential building was nice while it lasted. But next year ground will break on two new buildings vying for the Borough's Tallest title. The Journal reviews the contenders: 388 Bridge Street, which just got a much-needed loan and will break ground early in 2012, and Avalon Willoughby West, which expects to begin construction later next year. The 388 Bridge project, at 590 feet, will contain 234 rentals on the lower floors and 144 condos on the upper floors (a format that's all the rage these days). The Avalon project is expected to be—ruh-roh—596 feet tall, with 861 rental units. According to the renderings we've got on file, both towers were designed by SLCE, so it seems the firm's the real winner here.

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NY Observer (http://www.observer.com/2011/12/hope-floats-muncipal-art-society-revives-plans-for-east-river-waterfront/)


Hope Floats! Muncipal Art Society Revives Plans for East River Waterfront [Update]
By Matt Chaban 12 12 2011

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Building booms come and developers go, but a good project has a way of sticking around. Times Square, Columbus Circle, Hudson River Park, Queens West, all have seen their ups and downs, all are in various states of repose.

It was almost five years ago that the Municipal Art Society began conceiving of ways to remake a stretch of the East River waterfront in front of the old Con Ed plant between 38th Street and 41st Street. At the time, the question was how to not only bring access to the water but also how to make it work with a massive residential development planned by Sheldon Solow–how to make sure this would be public space for all, and not just a Sutton Place-style backyard for luxury apartment towers.

Mr. Solow is gone, at least for now, but another benefactor has taken his place. Since the city and the United Nations reached a deal in October to hand over half of the Robert Moses playground in exchange for, among other things, $150 million for waterfront redevelopment, MAS has revived its plans for this piece of East River real estate.

“There’s almost a new neighborhood being created, between Solow and the U.N.,” said Raju Mann, director of planning at the Municipal Art Society. “We need to create a vision for that neighborhood. Because this waterfront has really been neglected, a lot of people don’t even know it’s there.”

Building on the ideas cultivated in 2007, at the height of the development boom, MAS held a charrette in July, even before the city reached its deal, to look at new ways to engage the waterfront at the old Con Edison pier, which the utility continued to rent for parking until 2010. The results of that charrette have been codified into a study that the MAS will release today.

The idea was not to create a specific design but a framework that could influence the official planning effort, which is already in its formative stages. The city has hired the engineers at AECOM to come up with a study for potential redevelopment.

“The process of deciding what gets built here is just beginning, and we wanted to take an early role in helping shape that process,” Mr. Mann said. MAS has been reaching out not only to neighbors but also local institutions like the N.Y.U. Langone hospitals to form a broad coalition backing this new vision for the waterfront.

Another booster is local Councilman Dan Garodnick, who agrees that now is the time to get to work on planning out the pier. “It’s a welcome and thoughtful way to try and tackle an important issue,” Mr. Garodnick told The Observer. “The project is the first piece of what will eventually be a connected East River greenway, so it makes sense to focus on its design and purpose now.”

Two of the most important factors in developing a new plan for the pier were access and topography. The site is challenging because, like so much of the East Side, it is cut off from the city by the FDR. As it stands, there will only be access on the south side of the pier from the adjacent Glick Park, which runs from 34th Street to 38th Street.

One interim option that has been championed is repurposing half of an underutilized FDR off-ramp, that starts around 39th Street and connects to 42nd Street. Half the roadbed would be given over to pedestrian and bikes, creating a roundabout entrance from the north. Eventually, when the Solow site is built out, connections at 40th and 41st streets could be incorporated.

The steep elevation changes between the river and First Avenue are another reason MAS is recommending some sort of sloping landscape, which would eventually terminate at the water, allowing some form of access.

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Tectonic over at Wired NY took these great shots of Barclays Center:

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WNY: http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4322&page=224

Fulton Transit Center coming along:

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The New School is coming up:

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new school?? of what??

new school?? of what??

The New School For Social Research.

ArchDaily via TRD (http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/williamsburg-to-get-green-hotel-nyc-gets-speedroomate-service-and-more)


Green Hotel in Williamsburg / Oppenheim Architecture + Design
By Alison Furuto — Filed under: Hotels and Restaurants ,Sustainability , Brooklyn, New York, Oppenheim Architecture + Design, United States

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Oppenheim Architecture + Design recently won the international competition to design a new hotel in Brooklyn, NY. A third pillar of the Williamsburg Bridge to emerge after 108 years. Their design of the Williamsburg hotel attempts to capture the essence of this vibrant neighborhood. Adjacent to both the Williamsburg Bridge and the historic Williamsburg Savings Bank, the building expresses itself as three dramatically proportioned, rectilinear volumes of varied height and materiality. Soaring high above the neighborhood, the hotel becomes the third pillar of the bridge, while serving as an archetypical tower to the domed basilica of the historical bank.

Sustainability was once again an important issue for Oppenheim Architecture + Design. The hotel will have geothermal, wind, and solar power generation, along with other resource saving strategies, for which they achieved Platinum LEED rating. More images and architects’ description after the break.

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Amazing given all the naysayers! Details as they emerge. :)

Mercedes House Gets Financing For Second Phase (http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/two-trees-management-gets-financing-from-wells-fargo-and-jpmorgan-chase-in-deal-closed-by-morrison-and-foerster-for-mercedes-house-at-555-west-53rd-street)

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Mercedes House Gets Financing For Second Phase (http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/two-trees-management-gets-financing-from-wells-fargo-and-jpmorgan-chase-in-deal-closed-by-morrison-and-foerster-for-mercedes-house-at-555-west-53rd-street)

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:? I think this is old news, this building is nearly complete.

:? I think this is old news, this building is nearly complete.

Read the article I linked from today. Most larger developments require financing at different steps in the process. Banks will start off on equity and pre-sales but hold off on the rest until various sales and construction progress goals are reached. This means that the second phase with the tower section can be completed without delay.

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^^ Oh great, do you have pictures??

^^ Oh great, do you have pictures??

I don't, but if you click HERE (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=172261&page=4) and scroll to the bottom you'll see some recent ones.

^^ thanks :)

Read the article I linked from today. Most larger developments require financing at different steps in the process. Banks will start off on equity and pre-sales but hold off on the rest until various sales and construction progress goals are reached. This means that the second phase with the tower section can be completed without delay.

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Gotcha, I was under the impression they were fully funded on this one. Great news, thanks for the update!

Had to share this rendering, its pure gold!! :cheers:

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Source (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=161764&page=90) [thanks to NYGuy over at SSP]

^^ what project is that? looks REALLY good..

Plagiat? :lol:

Second image: Kulczyk Tower in Warsaw

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the one in New York looks better imo :colgate:

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/howard-hughes-corp-unveils-plan-to-replace-south-street-seaport-mall-on-pier-17)


Developers unveil plan to replace South Street Seaport mall
December 16, 2011 02:00PM

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South Street Seaport leaseholder Howard Hughes Corp. unveiled plans to the local community board to replace the mall that currently sits on Pier 17 with a three-story glass retail building. According to the Tribeca Tribune, the community walked away impressed with the plan -- but aware that a taller tower will likely follow.

"You can't just be doing one building without knowing what your master plan is for the rest of the pier," said John Fratta, chair of Community Board 1's Seaport Committee. "I'm willing to bet there is going to be a high-rise in the future."

But without available financing there was no mention of the tower. Instead, Howard Hughes and project architect SHoP Architects showed off an open ground-floor, a mezzanine and a third floor with unique shops and restaurants. Unlike the generic mall that sits on the pier today, the new structure would have sweeping views of the water, and according to community board members, would leave visitors with a better sense that they are at the Seaport. (The plans were not made available to the public.)

Under the plan, Howard Hughes would also replace the sand behind at the former Water Taxi Beach with trees and benches to create a more park-like public space. The firm hopes to complete the project in 2014.

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the one in New York looks better imo :colgate:

Yes, i agree :) but the project in Warsaw is older

NY Times (http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=0e467b05ae28088916fdd8a940deb06b)

December 16, 2011, 2:56 pm
Cornell’s Bid for City Campus Gains and Stanford Bows Out

By RICHARD PéREZ-PEñA

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Stanford's planned tech campus in NY

Update, 5:27 p.m. | New York City’s contest to build a science graduate school took a startling turn on Friday, as Stanford University bowed out of the competition, shortly before Cornell University announced receipt of a $350 million gift to help pay for its proposed campus on Roosevelt Island.

The two universities had long been regarded as the front-runners in the contest, with the city expected to pick a winner in January. Officials said Stanford had dropped its bid in part because it was being outpaced in fund-raising by Cornell. Cornell did not identify the source of the $350 million, the largest donation in its history.

Until Stanford officials sent a statement to reporters and alumni at 2 p.m. Eastern time, there had been no public sign of wavering in the university’s commitment to the $2 billion project. In fact, Lisa Lapin, a university spokeswoman, said, “our negotiating team is still in New York; they were still working on it yesterday.”

John Hennessy, the university’s president, said in a prepared statement, “Stanford was very excited to participate in the competition, and we were honored to be selected as a finalist.” The statement continued, “We were looking forward to an innovative partnership with the City of New York, and we are sorry that together we could not find a way to realize our mutual goals.”

Mr. Hennessy said he and the university trustees made the decision to withdraw on Friday morning.

Stanford officials had become frustrated by the city’s attempts to negotiate new terms after the university submitted its proposal in October, according to people briefed on the matter, who insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to reveal private discussions.

The city received seven proposals, but Cornell and Stanford were considered the top contenders. Both are national leaders in engineering and computer science, and they proposed the most ambitious plans, each calling for about two million square feet of space on Roosevelt Island, which is one of three sites that was offered by the city. If anything, Stanford, the catalyst for Silicon Valley – Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s model in dreaming up the project – was seen as having a leg up.

Columbia proposed about 1.1 million square feet in West Harlem, while much smaller plans were submitted for Brooklyn, one from a consortium led by New York University, and one from Carnegie Mellon University. They are also still in the running.

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Cornell's planned tech campus on Roosevelt island got a $350 million pledge.

^^ what project is that? looks REALLY good..

One57, which is about halfway up!

You can find out more HERE (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=776476&page=128).

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/lincoln-equities-group-proposes-to-bring-massive-hallets-point-development-to-astoria)


Astoria proposal to bring 2,300 residential units to waterfront
December 22, 2011

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Developer Lincoln Equities Group is proposing to build 2,300 residential units, a park and a supermarket along the East River in Astoria, according to the New York Daily News.

The proposal, dubbed Hallets Point, calls for seven towers with 1,900 market-rate units and 400 units reserved for affordable housing. It's slated to begin the public review process next year.

The project has received strong support from the community, the Daily News said, for the new residents, supermarket and other amenities it could bring to the neighborhood. Local City Council member Peter Vallone Jr., however, worries the neighborhood cannot sustain a project of that size.

Chris Chames, a broker at Astoria Realty, said he believes the projects would push rents up in the neighborhood.

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Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/01/03/christian_de_portzamparc_shares_new_one57_renderings.php)


Christian de Portzamparc Shares New One57 Renderings

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Another day, another reveal of new renderings for pricey Midtown behemoth One57. International Business Times sits down with the building's architect, Christian de Portzamparc, and while de Portzamparc was distracted by questions, grabbed some renderings from his filing cabinets. The architect sees the building as "a tribute to the great scene of Central Park." And also, apparently, as a practical structure, since he tells IB Times that "every gesture, every shape must be justified by various reasons that would reinforce their reason to be, their use, and will give more sense to their beauty." Wonder if he finds the pricing similarly justified?

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WSJ (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203462304577136874271587102.html?mod=WSJ_NY_RealEstate_LEADNewsCollection)

NY REAL ESTATE RESIDENTIAL JANUARY 3, 2012
What's Ahead for 4 Projects

Developers Hope Economy in 2012 Will Bring Progress on Big Manhattan Towers

By ELIOT BROWN

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It's been a quiet few years in the world of Manhattan development. Since the economy turned more than three years ago, reams of plans for gleaming new towers have sat collecting dust on shelves, while the starts of office or condominium buildings have been few and far between.

Now, after two years of slow but relatively consistent job growth, a few developers are hoping 2012 will be one in which lenders warm to the market once again, and cranes start rising.

Here's a look at a few projects in the works and their outlooks for getting started this year.

432 Park Ave.
Developer: CIM Group/ Harry Macklowe

Outlook: Good

In one of the largest Manhattan purchases of the downturn, in January 2010, Los Angeles-based CIM Group picked up one of the country's most desirable development sites: 432 Park Ave., home of the former Drake Hotel.

Now the firm, working with developer Harry Macklowe, wants to build a 1,300-foot tower filled with condominiums and retail space.

In the past year, the market for high-end condos has been strong, although remaining below peak levels.

Still, CIM is in a good position to build. The main remaining hurdle is securing financing from lenders at a time when few banks are willing to give large loans for condo projects, even in Manhattan.

Hudson Yards first tower
Developer: Related Cos.

Outlook: Fair to good

For decades, planners have hoped to develop the 26-acre West Side rail yards, by the southern end of the Javits Convention Center, in a bid to remake Manhattan's far West Side into a business district.

Now Related Cos. is getting closer than anyone before: Handbag maker Coach Inc. has announced plans to buy one-third of the 1.8-million-square-foot planned first building on the site, and Related says it expects to start construction early this year.

Still, the Coach deal isn't final and Related, the New York firm headed by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, is looking for another commitment to fill the 1.2 million square feet of the tower not yet slated for a tenant. It's questionable whether lenders will embrace the project until more deals are finalized.

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3 World Trade Center
Developer: Silverstein Properties Inc.

Outlook: Fair

The third building slated to rise at the World Trade Center site, the base of the planned 2.8 million square foot 3 World Trade Center is already under construction.

But based on a deal struck for a public-sector-financing package in 2010, construction won't continue above the first few floors of retail space until Larry Silverstein, the 80-year-old developer, finds tenants for at least 400,000 square feet.

That's going to be tough, given the other office development under way at the World Trade Center site. There's already about 5 million square feet of space being built but tenants have signed commitments for only half of that.

15 Penn Plaza
Developer: Vornado Realty Trust

Outlook: Poor

Vornado Realty Trust has long dreamed of demolishing the Hotel Pennsylvania across from Pennsylvania Station, and replacing it with a soaring office tower.

But Vornado, one of the most cautious large developers in the city, has no tenants for the 2.8-million-foot tower. Further, the 1,700-room hotel generates gobs of cash—$18 million in the first nine months of 2011—and its revenue goes up every time the economy improves, offsetting the appeal of an office tower.


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Flyover video of Cornell's winning Roosevelt Island Tech campus bid:

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Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2011/12/29/fresh_renderings_unveiled_for_helmut_jahns_50_west_street.php)


Fresh Renderings Unveiled for Helmut Jahn's 50 West Street

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The Helmut Jahn-designed hotel/condo at 50 West Street showed some tentative signs of life this summer with the issuing of a permit for the building. Developer Time Equities told us at the time that the project was still in "pre-development" and that the permit filing was just an administrative move. But the folks at Wired New York dug up a few more renderings of the project, including what appear to be some interior images from the Time Equities website. A sign that we'll see more life in this project in 2012?

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Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2011/12/28/lam_poon_team_digs_for_fairfield_inn_at_south_street_seaport.php)


Lam Poon Team Digs For Fairfield Inn at South Street Seaport

Wednesday, December 28, 2011, by Pete Davies

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Down at the edge of the South Street Seaport Historic District the hospitality crew from Marriott are digging down, readying a site for a new 31-story hotel set to rise above the East River, just a stone's throw from the spanking new Pier 15. The lot is at 30 Fletcher Street, and it backs up to one of the more storied building plots from the high-flying times before the economy hit the skids, namely number 80 South Street. That's where WTC Transportation Hub-ster Santiago Calatrava hoped to hit the heavens with his sky-high priced tower of penthouses, first announced in 2004. Those heady times are far behind and now this block, close to the water and in the middle of a flood zone, will get something more mundane: two hundred guest rooms in a Fairfield Inn.

The Marriott plan is being developed by the team at Lam Generation, working with a batch of busy designers from Peter Poon Architects. That creative crew has rendered a stack of glass and metal, with a couple of setbacks up top and—to hold back rising tides—a battalion of flood gates set down low. The lot, measuring a mere 32 feet wide by 93 feet long, is awaiting a foundation and was recently ripped open. It's in the middle of what the city dubs a "Zone A" Hurricane Evacuation Zone, and that could mean trouble. The Department of Buildings labels the area a "Flood Hazard Zone" so what's going up "must be built to the most stringent standards to ensure minimal damage in case of flooding." That means the new hotel must construct flood barriers and a whole host of other techno-contraptions to keep the guests safe and dry. Holy Budget Busters!


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Pier A In Worse Shape Than Thought, Restoration To Be Costlier, Take More Time (http://www.dnainfo.com/20120104/downtown/landmarked-pier-worse-shape-than-originally-thought-officials-say)

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BATTERY PARK CITY — The cost of the massive redevelopment of Pier A has ballooned and the project is slated to run behind schedule, as officials have discovered that the rotting landmark is in worse shape than initially believed, they revealed this week.

The overhaul of the 126-year-old landmarked building will now cost taxpayers $36 million, up from $30 million, and the pier will not reopen to the public until at least the middle of 2013, Battery Park City Authority officials said.

"There was a great deal more rot … than we had anticipated when the project started," said Gwen Dawson, senior vice president of asset management for the authority, at a Community Board 1 meeting Tuesday night.

"There was a significant amount of water damage, rot and structural deterioration," she said.


Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120104/downtown/landmarked-pier-worse-shape-than-originally-thought-officials-say#ixzz1icVvjCAC

Plagiat? :lol:

Second image: Kulczyk Tower in Warsaw

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They look almost identical. Hope they go for the other design.

Selldorf Architects completes new residential tower in West Chelsea

This residential high-rise is located in New York's West Chelsea neighbourhood, a burgeoning residential area forged from a former industrial zone and home to the City’s contemporary art galleries. The client desired a building that would make a unique contribution to the neighbourhood, as well as one that would draw together uptown and downtown clienteles, through a contemporary design that echoes tradition.

Parking was critical to the client, given the site’s distance from subway lines, that residents would likely own cars, and that the site’s small footprint would prohibit building a conventional parking garage. In response, the design blends the context and tradition of West Chelsea with contemporary innovation.

The 3-storey plinth is designed to connect the building to the surrounding context by reflecting the neighbourhood’s low-rise scale, and through a material palette (terracotta cladding and blackened steel window frames) that matches the masonry façades and industrial details of the surrounding buildings. Terracotta, widely used as architectural ornament during the 19th century in New York, is applied to the plinth but with a pared down, contemporary tone. Above the plinth, the tower energises the neighbourhood with a new architectural expression: the metallic sheen and curvilinear forms of its custom-fabricated stainless steel rainscreen.

The sculptural curves of the rainscreen are matched in the terracotta base, creating formal continuity between the tower and the plinth. The 16 units are configured as duplexes - a strategy which increases the building height to maximise river views. Inside, a double-height living space gives each unit the feel of a private home. Interiors are modern, but also recall the tradition of prewar apartments with tall ceilings and casement windows. In response to the parking requirement, each unit has a private en-suite garage which is serviced by a car elevator.

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Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/01/06/casino_the_key_to_queens_convention_center_funding.php)


Casino The Key to Queens Convention Center Funding

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Why would a company agree to fully fund the construction of a multi-billion-dollar convention center miles away from midtown Manhattan, when such projects are regularly heavily subsidized money losers? If you answered "casino", then you're a winner! Part of the deal that Governor Cuomo signed with Malaysia's Genting Group to build a convention center at the Aqueduct site near JFK includes an agreement to allow the expansion of Genting's existing gambling site at Aqueduct into an all-out casino in New York City, according to the WSJ.

An analyst with one of the two largest banks in Malaysia remarked that a beneficial outcome for Genting relied on the addition of a full casino to the convention center plan. "I think the key thing here is the potential introduction of table gambling games as opposed to only slot machines at the Aqueduct Racetrack. This could fetch higher margins for Genting Malaysia." Any benefits, however, are not expected for at least two years, to give New York time to amend its state constitution, which limits casino gambling to locations on Native American reservations.

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DNAinfo (http://www.dnainfo.com/20120106/chelsea-hells-kitchen/replace-javits-site-with-park-housing-locals-say)


Replace Javits Site With Park and Housing, Locals Say
January 6, 2012 7:35am | By Mathew Katz, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

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HELL’S KITCHEN — Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan to raze the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center was met by widespread approval from a Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood group that has already drafted a plan to replace the building with park space and residential land.

Shortly after Wednesday's announcement during Cuomo’s State of the State speech, the Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association sent around a modified version of a plan for the site, drafted in 2007.

The proposal would replace the entire center with a park-filled, mixed-use residential neighborhood on the Javits space, re-opening West 35th to West 39th Street. It also proposes to redevelop half of nearby Pier 76 as community park.

The plan roughly lines up with what Cuomo proposed Wednesday, including building a new mixed-use neighborhood in the model of Battery Park City, with residential units, hotels and parks. He believes the state could attract $2 billion in private money to develop the 18-acre site.

The convention center would move to a 3.8 million square foot complex at the Aqueduct Race Track in Queens.

The neighborhood group's goal for the existing Javits site is to increase neighborhood access to Hudson River Park, alleviate traffic going to the West Side Highway and provide more affordable housing for the area.

“We look forward to working with the governor and his agencies to develop this 18-acre site with genuinely affordable housing and an expanded Hudson River Park," said Kathleen Treat, head of the Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Association.

With the Javits gone, neighbors would like to see Hudson River Park expanded from a sliver on the shore of the Hudson to having a second section east of the West Side Highway.

“I hate to say it, but [Hudson River Park’s] really inadequate around here and everyone knows it,” said Meta Brunzema, the chair of the HKNA’s planning committee. "The Javits Center is really an obstacle to it really becoming a great park."

In his speech, the governor also mentioned the possibility of keeping some convention space in Manhattan, though neighbors don't want to see it on the current Javits site. Advocates pointed towards space in the nearby James A. Farley post office for small ballrooms and meeting areas

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Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120106/chelsea-hells-kitchen/replace-javits-site-with-park-housing-locals-say#ixzz1iiNNJuxX

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/01/09/nyu_stretches_the_streets_in_2031_plan_renderings.php)


NYU Stretches The Streets in 2031 Plan Renderings

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NYU's 2031 Core Plan Update (September 2011) is filled with renderings of its proposed expansion plans and historical maps for illustration. We couldn't help but notice that one pair of maps—showing the area bounded by West Third and Houston Streets on the north and south, and Laguardia Place and Mercer Street on the east and west—stretches the street grid horizontally and gives the "after" view of NYU's plan a more wide-open appearance.

The two map illustrations appear on pages seven and eight of NYU's 2031 Core Plan Update, and they're titled Existing Conditions and Proposed Plan Site. We've animated the difference between the two maps and highlighted in red the four streets mentioned above for comparison purposes.

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Brownstoner (http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/01/developer-still-planning-super-tall-williamsburg-hotel/?stream=true)



Developer Still Planning Super-Tall Williamsburg Hotel

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Back in early November there were reports about how the firm Oppenheim Architecture+Design had won some sort of design competition for a skyscraper hotel next to the landmark Williamsburgh Savings Bank. Juan Figueroa, who owns the site and is currently developing the former bank into a gallery and event space, quickly denied the reports, saying there was no way to finance the project. Permits that were recently filed with the city indicate, however, that Figueroa is at least trying to get the official OK for a tower in the spot, whether or not he’s planning on building it anytime soon. Figueroa filed an application to build a 420-foot-tall hotel with 36 stories and more than 200 rooms. The original news about the hotel was that it would be 440 feet tall and, in fact, Oppenheim isn’t named on the application: A firm called Diego Aguilera Architects that’s based in Rego Park is referred to as the applicant of record.

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I'm not surprised this being NYC, not a week goes when you hear about another supertall proposal in the pipeline, absolutely amazing city unrivalled IMO.

3WTC rises above street grade:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6674318115_c9e449457e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roblife/6674318115/)
WTC 3 construct (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roblife/6674318115/) by Ro.E.H (http://www.flickr.com/people/roblife/), on Flickr

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/01/11/bids-to-develop-two-riverside-towers-due-this-month/)


Bids to develop two Riverside towers due this month
January 11, 2012 09:30AM

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Just a handful of bidders remain for 1.35 million of Extell Development and Carlyle Group’s buildable square feet along West End Avenue, and final bids are due by the end of the month. But the New York Post reported that the site is burdened by several major restrictions.

The parcel, named Riverside Center, is located between West 59th and 61st streets, the southernmost part of the massive Riverside South complex. The portion for sale is slated for two residential towers of 43 and 44 stories.

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Riverside Center

NY Observer (http://www.observer.com/2012/01/over-pier-we-have-a-new-plan-more-developments-at-south-st-seaport/)


“Over Pier, We Have A New Plan!” More Developments at South St. Seaport

By Stephen Duffy 1/12 5:42pm

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Avast, downtown!

Howard Hughes Corp. is set to reveal its plans for the renovation of Pier 17 at South Street Seaport, according to Crain’s. The plans will first have to get the all clear from Landmarks Preservation Commission, which oversees the seaport historic district, and it is hoped the plans will be submitted sometime in the first half of 2012.

The bid faced opposition in the past from the commission when it was presented by General Growth three years ago, prior to the massive mall operator’s bankruptcy.

Dogged in the past by building problems, the firm is ready to move forward with its presentation, after they recently conducted “thought-provoking” discussions with city organizations. One of these was with the Landmarks Preservation Commission, who they recently met a number of times, according to Crains New York.

Howard Hughes, a spin off of the bankrupt General Growth Properties, are treading carefully, considering their plans astutely, so that they are sure to appease the locals. The last leaseholder of the Seaport incurred their wrath after they proposed a large tower on the site. To satiate them, some of the latest plans being drawn up by SHoP Architects, the pier’s designers, are thought to include more greenery and greater access to the street.

The delay in the pier project has be aided by an almost comic communications failure. In 2008, Community Board 1 approved the then General Growth plan once they they set aside space for a new school. Then they committed a complete about turn, rescinding their decision, after the city said they didn’t need a school there.

Julie Menin, chair of CB1 and nascent borough president, told Crains that the board wanted to see the plans for the pier in the context of the whole development.

Once Landmarks is through with the project, it is on to City Planning and the City Council for a whole other round of reviews and approvals.

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New Glassy Offices For The High Line (http://www.observer.com/2012/01/another-glass-house-err-office-for-the-high-line/)

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The High Line is turning into the new Park Avenue. On the northern end are luxe apartment buildings, some of the finest in the city, and to the south, cutting edge office towers. While it is not quite Seagrams or Lever House, 837 Washington and the High Line Building are nothing to sneeze at. Now the Albanese Organization is constructing yet another such project, according to the Times, though it will be a little farther north, on 22nd Street.

Even long before Google purchased 111 Eighth Avenue, this was a popular place for hip companies to set up shop, and since some corners of the area were not rezoned residential, it can be cheaper to build boutique offices than boutique condos. That seems to be the thinking this time out.


Brokers and landlords in the area are keeping a close eye on the development. “The office market down here is relatively small when it comes to number of buildings,” said Charles R. Bendit, a co-chief executive at Taconic Investment Partners, which owns several buildings in the neighborhood. “I’m not sure what the demand is for 100,000-square-feet signature properties like this, but I would say there are a lot of cool companies that want to plant their flag down here. It will be very interesting to see how they do.”


The project is being designed by Cook + Fox Architects, and the hope is to create a LEED Platinum building, just like the firm’s work for the Durst Organization at One Bryant Park.

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I really love this project, so classy & impressive! It looks like the polish project indeed but who cares, as long as they're both built... :D.

Well done NY!!!

City weighs promoting upgrades in aging Midtown East office buildings (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/01/13/city-weighs-promoting-upgrades-in-aging-midtown-east-office-building/)

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Having already ceded some of its demand to recent upstart office markets like Midtown South and downtown Manhattan, Midtown East is the subject of a Department of City Planning review intending to probe whether it needs to incentivize commercial property upgrades in the area, Crain’s reported.

Midtown East has more than 70 million square feet of office space, 13 Fortune 500 companies and about 250,000 jobs. But few new office buildings have been built in the area of late, and the aging stock could become increasingly disadvantageous as tech firms play a larger role in the office leasing market. Crain’s said current regulations may be discouraging landlords from making improvements.

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/01/17/for-the-record/)


For the record

The New York real estate records smashed in 2011

January 03, 2012
By Leigh Kamping-Carder

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Even in a year marked by continued economic malaise, buyers, sellers, landlords, lenders, builders, investors and even tourists broke records in New York in 2011. Below, a list of the all-time highs — and lows — reached in the last year.

Tallest buildings

Several developers last year made headway on towers that, when built, are set to surpass the highest points in the current skyline. The most notable, of course, is One World Trade Center, which will be New York’s tallest building when it reaches its full height of 1,776 feet.

The lofty One57 condo tower, which broke ground about six months ago, is slated to become the city’s tallest residential building at 1,000 feet, eclipsing the current residential giant: the 870-foot New York by Gehry at 8 Spruce Street.

Marriott International’s under-construction hotel at 1717 Broadway, which was announced in August, is set to become the tallest standalone hotel structure at nearly 753 feet. Meanwhile, Bruce Ratner’s Forest City Ratner recently unveiled plans to build the largest-ever prefabricated tower, which would rise 32 stories at Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards (see story on page 62).

Priciest office tower

One World Trade Center is not only tall — it’s expensive. Indeed, at $3.2 billion, or $1,250 per square foot, the central structure to go up as part of the World Trade Center’s reconstruction dwarfs the cost of other glitzy office buildings in the city — and the country.

Priciest retail buy

Spain’s Inditex, parent company of fashion retailer Zara, in March closed on a deal to pay $331.6 million for a 39,000-square-foot slice of a 666 Fifth Avenue retail condo, city records show. At $8,300 per square foot, it was the highest price ever paid for a U.S. retail property, according to Real Capital Analytics data.

Highest retail asking rent

In April, Vornado Realty Trust began quietly shopping the 1,402-square-foot retail space at 691 Fifth Avenue occupied by Elizabeth Arden’s Red Door Spa, sources said. Several brokers told The Real Deal at the time that the $3,000-per-square-foot asking rent for the ground-floor space was a record for Fifth Avenue, the city’s priciest retail district. The property is still available, according to Vornado’s website, but the broker handling the listing was not immediately available for comment.

Priciest residential sale

The sale of former Citigroup chairman Sandy Weill’s 15 Central Park West penthouse may be the most expensive residential deal ever. Weill put the spread on the market in November for $88 million and vowed to donate the proceeds to charity. Mere weeks later, he found a buyer. Ekaterina Rybolovleva, the 22-year-old daughter of Russian fertilizer magnate Dmitry Rybolovlev, claimed to be the purchaser, saying through a spokesperson that she plans to stay there while studying at a U.S. university. The spokesperson declined to confirm how much Rybolovleva paid, and public records on the final price won’t be available until the sale closes. But even at a generous 39 percent discount, the price would knock out J. Christopher Flowers’s 2006 purchase of the Harkness Mansion, which set the bar at $53 million.

Priciest foreclosure auction

The Henry T. Sloane Mansion at 18 East 68th Street, once on the market for $64 million, could have set a record for the city’s priciest townhouse sale. Instead, it went to billionaire Alexander Rovt at the city’s costliest foreclosure auction in June. Rovt, who also made his fortune in fertilizer, successfully bid nearly $40 million — the total owed to first mortgage lender Madison Realty Capital.

Record residential asking price

The estate of fitness mogul Lucille Roberts put the Woolworth Mansion on 4 East 80th Street up for sale in March. The $90 million asking price is the largest on record for a townhouse property (see story on page 43.)

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Tourist volume

The number of hotel rooms in New York hit a record high of 90,000 in 2011, growing 24 percent from 2006, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has been pushing to increase tourism to the city. Likewise, the 50.2 million tourists who visited New York last year represented the highest number yet, topping the 48.8 million who came in 2010.

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W 42nd St To Gain New Hotels (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/01/17/progress-on-west-42nd-street-revamp/)


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136 W 42nd St


The high-profile block of West 42nd Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues has long needed an upgrade, according to the New York Post, and after tracking developments on the block it’s clear that progress is being made.

The partnership of Highgate Holdings, Crown Acquisitions and Ashkenazy Acquisitions has completed interior demolition work in its bid to revert the former Knickerbocker Hotel, at 1466 Broadway, back to a luxury hotel from Class B office space. Highgate has filed paperwork to construct model hotel rooms on the ground floor. Next door, at 136 West 42nd Street, the partnership is slated to begin construction in April on a hotel it will sell to Diamond Rock Hospitality. But the partners will hold on to the ground-floor retail and market it through Cushman & Wakefield.

thx desertpunk for posting all the news :)

^
You're welcome!


Nothing to See There at New Four Points on Platt Street (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/01/19/nothing_to_see_there_at_new_four_points_on_platt_street.php)

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realhospitality group


A new rendering of the planned 264-room Four Points by Sheraton at 6 Platt Street may be a brilliant new concept in increasing the hotel's pay-per-view revenue by placing guests in windowless rooms with nothing else to look at but the TV. Our first impression of the rendering was that we were looking at an inversion of SOM's Toren in Brooklyn, with the ratio of dimpled aluminum accent panels per window turned upside down. We know that the privacy of hotel guests is probably a concern along the narrow canyons of the Financial District, but we hope that the solution devised by Nobutaka Ashihara and the Lam Group wasn't to make 80% of the building's 27-story facade opaque.

TheRealDeal ([http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/01/19/nyu_2031_plans_cast_their_shadow_over_greenwich_village.php)


NYU 2031 Plans Cast Their Shadow Over Greenwich Village
Thursday, January 19, 2012, by Pete Davies

After sitting through a slew of NYU 2031 presentations, the local populace will get its turn to say a thing or ten when Community Board 2 gathers tonight for a full board neeting at PS 41 in Greenwich Village. Over the past two weeks the public has been meeting with Big Purple and the university's design teams; the five nights of hearings covered everything from open space to sky exposure planes. The planning professionals all used the driest of prose to sell their big expansion proposal, intoning in ULURP-speak about traffic, noise, and shadows that will fill the blocks south of Washington Square for the next two decades.

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Beyond the pretty pictures showing trees and flowers that will bloom some twenty years hence, NYU came armed with charts and tables. University officials reported that construction noise will hover just below the allowable maximum decibel level and that traffic signals in the area can be adjusted by a second or two to keep things moving, with barely a wait for anyone. Villagers who were watching weren't buying it, especially the folks living nearby who might want to open their windows or step out for a walk at some point prior to 2031.

Nearby residents questioned the validity of Big Purple's data and an NYU faculty member declared that the massive expansion doesn't have the support of a broad range of either faculty or students. The professor said it shouldn't be called the "NYU Plan" but rather the "Sexton Plan," laying the blame for the proposal on the ambition of NYU President John Sexton.

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Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/01/19/east_village_turning_luxurious_east_side.php)


East Village Turning Luxurious East Side

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The gilding of the East Village slowed when the market downturn put the brakes on financing for new developments, but properties that got built or set in motion are now starting to fill. The idea that people would be willing to build—and pay for—multi-million-dollar units east of Avenue A would have gotten one written off as a Tompkins Square Park babbler or locked up in Bellevue 20 years ago. Now, a penthouse two blocks north of Tompkins Square is listing for $1.7 million. A few blocks away, musician John Legend is asking more than $2,000 a square foot ($2.95 million) for his 2BR condo. Up on Third Avenue and 11th, 123 Third is offering duplex and full-floor penthouses on the same lot that housed a porn store and a nail salon five years ago. Time to rename Loisaida Avenue, El Dorado Drive?

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:wow: Interesting proyects!

yeah, very interesting!, I love NY :D

It's touches the sky. these buildings are really so high.
corbett tour package (http://www.arounddelhi.net/?page_id=3896)

Related has inked a contract with a California builder for $4 billion Hudson Yards project. http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/01/16/related-reaches-off-the-beaten-path-for-hudson-yards-construction/

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Desertpunk, you are the man!

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Ugly ...

to me, it looks nice :)

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I really love this project, so classy & impressive! It looks like the polish project indeed but who cares, as long as they're both built... :D.

Well done NY!!!

it looks stunning :cheers:

hope this kind of architecturally outstanding tower will be built in my town as well :colgate:

Crain's (http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120123/REAL_ESTATE/120129972)


Silverstein still hopes to land 3 WTC tenant

Developer Larry Silverstein is talking with several potential occupants for the second of his planned Trade Center towers as he hopes to avoid capping it at seven stories.

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Developer Larry Silverstein said Monday that he is speaking with a number of potential tenants and is optimistic that he will sign a lease so he can complete the second of the two towers he is building at the World Trade Center site.

Mr. Silverstein's statement was in response to an article in Monday's Crain's, which said the developer is planning to halt construction of 3 World Trade Center by the end of the year and cap it at seven stories—73 short of its planned height—because he can't find a tenant, sources close to the company said. Minor modifications have been made to ongoing construction so it can be capped. The seven-story podium would then be used to house retail tenants.

“We are 100% committed and determined to build 3 World Trade Center to the top as quickly as possible,” said Mr. Silverstein, CEO of Silverstein Properties Inc., in a statement.

Other sources close to Mr. Silverstein said that that the podium won't be fully completed until some time next year since the company will still be working on the interiors. That would give Mr. Silverstein nearly two years to find a tenant or call a total halt.

Under an agreement with the site's owner, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Mr. Silverstein must lease 400,000 square feet in the tower, line up $300 million of private equity and secure private construction financing in order to qualify for needed debt guarantees from the Port Authority, the city and the state

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Read more: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120123/REAL_ESTATE/120129972#ixzz1kKwFl1jx

Toll Bros Building French-Style Condos In UES (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/01/12/toll-brothers-erecting-fine-looking-francophile-condo-on-east-65th-street/)

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About a year and a half ago, I wrote an article in The Real Deal about 535 West End Avenue, a fine example of contextualism by the Chicago-based architect Lucien Lagrange. It was the architect’s first building in Manhattan and, I assumed, his last: citing a growing disenchantment with the profession, a downturn in the Chicago market, and impending bankruptcy, Lagrange had just announced his retirement at the relatively young age (for an architect) of 69. But, after Lagrange closed his own firm, he went on to join VOA Associates, also of Chicago, which describes itself as specializing in “luxury residential, hospitality and commercial mixed-use markets.”

But, after Lagrange closed his own firm, he went on to join VOA Associates, also of Chicago, which describes itself as specializing in “luxury residential, hospitality and commercial mixed-use markets.” And now he has designed for Toll Brothers a new building that is just starting to arise at 132 East 65th Street at the corner of Lexington Avenue. To judge from the renderings, it will be a fine looking residence which, even before it exists, has nearly sold out.

it seems that in all the world the french style turns to be a trend

Work is progressing at the new Marriot at 325 W 33rd St:


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http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16030&page=4


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6758877619_2e5907d68b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/curbed/6758877619/)
2012_01_325W33Marriott_3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/curbed/6758877619/) by curbed (http://www.flickr.com/people/curbed/), on Flickr

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2012_01_325W33Marriott_2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/curbed/6758877869/) by curbed (http://www.flickr.com/people/curbed/), on Flickr

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2012_01_325W33Marriott_4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/curbed/6758876895/) by curbed (http://www.flickr.com/people/curbed/), on Flickr

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2012_01_325W33Marriott_6 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/curbed/6758877407/) by curbed (http://www.flickr.com/people/curbed/), on Flickr

eh guys which year it is supposed to be the 4 towers finished?

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/01/31/gehry-bloomberg-vow-to-build-10-more-gehry-buildings-at-signature-opening/)


Bloomberg vows to build 10 more Gehry buildings
January 31, 2012

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Frank Gehry's Signature Theater

Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants 10 Frank Gehry buildings in New York City in the next two years, the mayor told a crowd outside the Signature Theater, the latest Gehry building to open in his purview, at its opening today.

As the New York Observer reported, the mayor is prepping his New York legacy with Gehry’s help. “You should know that Frank and I had a conversation backstage,” Bloomberg said and looked at Gehry adding, “and we both committed to each other that we would get 10 more Frank Gehry projects going here — in the next 700 days. If my math is any good, Frank, that is one every 70 days, so we should meet some time later today to get going.”

And the architect had some borderline schmaltzy words for the mayor in return: “I hitched my wagon to the most incredible group of dreamers you’ll ever imagine,” Gehry told the crowd, “including the dreamiest dreamer of all, the mayor of this city, Mayor Bloomberg.”

Among pet projects of Gehry’s for the next 700 days were a new home for the Joyce Theater, which will lose its lease in 2016.


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^^ That will be amazing if it happens! :D

^^ That will be amazing if it happens! :D

Not sure if Bloomberg's srs but it would be great! :)

Durst Fetner residential tower in north CP East is almost ready:

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Next up: The SHoP Pyramid at W 57th & 11th!

I just saw this n Curbed. http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/02/03/park_places_most_shocking_building_actually_getting_built.php#reader_comments

1 WTC today:

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/AkwmKQECIAAaxr_.jpg
http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/38416/photos-from-1wtc/

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http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/tag/1-wtc/

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http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/38416/photos-from-1wtc/

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http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/tag/1-wtc/

I just saw this n Curbed. http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/02/03/park_places_most_shocking_building_actually_getting_built.php#reader_comments

Oh lawdy! Here it is: :)

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/02/03/park_places_most_shocking_building_actually_getting_built.php)


Park Place's Most Shocking Building Actually Getting Built
Friday, February 3, 2012, by Sara Polsky

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The rendering for a new 21-story condo building at 19 Park Place was mind-blowing enough when the Ismael Leyva design came to our attention in late 2010. Here's what's even more mind-blowing: it's actually getting built. Tribeca Citizen recently noticed a construction update sign at the skinny lot and uncovered the intel that construction on the building will begin in the next few weeks. The sign gives the construction an end-date of November 2013. The Leyva design—which the developer confirms is still the one being used—has thoroughly normal interiors, at least according to the old renderings. But it's not the interiors the neighborhood's likely to worry about.

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http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/02/renderings-for-450-hudson-boulevard.html

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TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2011/09/07/times-square-hyatt-at-135-west-45th-street-built-buy-gary-barnett-and-extell-development-company-to-have-487-rooms/)


Extell’s Times Square Hyatt to have 54 stories, 487 rooms

September 07, 2011 03:30PM

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The new Hyatt Hotel Gary Barnett’s Extell Development Company is building in Times Square will have 54 stories, 487 rooms and is expected to be completed in 2013, Hotels Magazine reported. The hotel will rise 550 feet at 135 West 45th Street and will be designed by SLCE to feature a rooftop terrace and sky lounge. As The Real Deal previously reported, Barnett sold the site to HHS TS REIT LLC in a deal that closed in July, but remained the developer of the hotel. Barnett had originally intended to build a 50-story condominium and hotel, according to plans presented to the community board in 2007.

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1 WTC today:

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Nice development.

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/02/08/metropolitan_musem_of_art_finally_plans_new_fifth_ave_plaza.php)


Metropolitan Musem of Art Finally Plans New Fifth Ave Plaza

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The crowded and, well, blah plaza outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art is headed for a makeover, now that museum trustee and philanthropist David H. Koch has promised $60 million for the project. The Times has the details on the redo, which could begin this fall if various city departments give the thumbs-up. The plan from Philly-based firm OLIN involves smaller fountains—"programmed by computer to provide a variety of water patterns during the warm months"—which will become reflecting pools in winter. The revamped plaza will have double the current number of trees, including some topiaries; benches and retractable parasols; bronze kiosks for information and food; spots for street vendors; and night-time LED lighting

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:D

Does anyone know the BEST college in NYC to study architecture?
I'm looking for a 4 year college, so then i can get a master and so somewhere else like the NYU but for the moment i need a college not too expensive, one that accepts FAFSA
A school that is very helpful, how about the people? a don't want to sound racist, but i'd like to go somewhere not too guetto.

NYIT
citycollege
also NJIT
whats the best in everything?.

thanks :)

NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/realestate/posting-in-long-island-city-a-growing-waterfront-neighborhood.html?ref=realestate)


In Long Island City, Pepsi Sign Gets More Company

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By ALISON GREGOR

Published: February 9, 2012

TWO more glass skyscrapers are being added to the growing collection of towers on the waterfront in Long Island City in Queens.

The rental towers are part of East Coast, a project being developed by one of the city’s most prolific builders, TF Cornerstone. When completed in early 2014, East Coast will consist of six skyscrapers clustered around the giant Pepsi sign on the East River waterfront, with almost 2,800 units.

The East Coast collection already includes 47-20 Center, a tower with 498 rentals built in 2006, and the View, a condominium building with 185 units at 46-30 Center, finished in early 2010. One of the new buildings, a 42-story tower at 46-15 Center Boulevard, will open next month. The building is angled so that every one of the 367 apartments has at least a small view of Manhattan, and most have sweeping vistas of the city skyline. A second tower, at 45-40 Center, with 32 stories, has 345 apartments and should be renting by June.

A third tower, with 820 rental apartments, at 45-45 Center, is already under construction, along with a 1,000-car parking garage and a fitness and recreation center with 50,000 square feet of outdoor space. The recreation center will have a great lawn, two tennis courts, a beach volleyball court and a children’s playroom, among other amenities. It will be open to all residents of East Coast buildings, though each building also has its own small fitness center.

Ground has not yet been broken on a fourth tower, at 46-10 Center, which will have 586 rentals, and will be on the waterfront in front of 46-15. Rents in 46-15 Center will start at $2,000 a month for a lower-floor studio apartment; $2,600 for a one-bedroom; and $3,350 for a two-bedroom unit, said K. Thomas Elghanayan, the chairman of TF Cornerstone. Rents in 45-40 Center, the tower opening in June, will be a bit higher, and that building will also have three-bedroom apartments for families, he said.

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TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/02/13/toll-equity-to-stick-with-christian-de-portzamparc-design-at-400-park-avenue-south/)


Toll, Equity to stick with Christian de Portzamparc design at 400 Park Avenue South
February 13, 2012 12:00PM

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After more than a decade in the works, a Christian de Portzamparc-designed tower at 400 Park Avenue South will be built by the site’s new owners, Toll Brothers and Equity Residential, which purchased the development lot in December, the New York Observer reported.

Toll and Equity Residential decided to retain the plans laid out by the previous developer, who fell victim to the recession, because it would streamline the process of getting construction off the ground, since the design was already approved by the city. The plans call for a 40-story condominium and rental apartment tower.

“If we wanted to abandon that design, we could have actually built something much taller, but it was a sort of pencil building going straight up,” said David Von Spreckelsen, senior vice president at Toll. “At the end of the day, it was too inefficient, because too much of it would have been taken up by the core. You weren’t going to have the living space on the floors.”

In what was the most expensive development site deal of 2011, the partners reportedly paid $134 million for the large development site.

“It’s obviously really going to change the way Park Avenue South looks,” Von Spreckelsen said. “I know that it’s one of Christian’s favorite buildings he’s ever designed, and I know the city administration loves it, so I think it’s going to be great for everyone.”


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The Real Deal (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/02/13/steiner-plans-720-unit-rental-in-downtown-brooklyn/)


Steiner plans 720-unit rental in Downtown Brooklyn
February 13, 2012 08:30AM

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The Steiner family is planning a 52-story, 720-unit tower at Flatbush Avenue and Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn with 50,000 square feet of retail space, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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As The Real Deal previously reported, the family acquired the four-parcel site late last year for $30 million, in a deal where a commission lawsuit filed by Massey Knakal Realty Services is ongoing.

Steiner, famous for developing a film production studio at the Brooklyn Navy Yards, plans to invest at least $100 million in the $325 million to $350 million project, and will seek financing for the remaining costs through the “80/20″ subsidized housing program. The developer plans to rent the market-rate units for $40 to $50 per square foot.

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Brookfield’s Heart of Glass: Developer Fetes New Glass Pavilion at World Financial Center (http://www.observer.com/2012/02/brookfields-heart-of-glass-developer-fetes-new-glass-pavilion-at-world-financial-center/)


In a cordoned off and seemingly unremarkable construction site situated along the West Side Highway, a collection of high-ranking Brookfield Office Properties executives, construction managers and architects donned hardhats and stood in front of a symbolic pile of dirt that had been lined up neatly atop wooden boards.

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A Rendering of the new Glass Pavilion at The Winter Garden (courtesy of Brookfield Properties)

Holding a platinum shovel, the sun refracting off its blade that’s been buffed to a flawless shine, Brookfield’s Sabrina Kanner, senior vice president of design and construction, joined eight of her colleagues in digging their shovels into the symbolic dirt while holding big smiles for the press cameras.

The occasion was the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new glass pavilion at the World Financial Center, seen as the complex’s new front door on West Street.

It is also part of the World Financial Center’s $250 million renovation project, which will include a new dining and retail center for the ever-changing landscape of Lower Manhattan.

Construction on the new pavilion will bring back several people who worked on the original construction of the World Financial Center when it was first erected in the late 1980s.

^^ Whoa! Didn't expect it to happen so soon! Sad to see the pavilion go! Will the stairs remain!

^^ Whoa! Didn't expect it to happen so soon! Sad to see the pavilion go! Will the stairs remain!

The Winter Garden will still remain but be mallified while a new glass pavillion is built in the open space at the entrance to the Winter Garden. And the stairs will also remain!

June 16 (Bloomberg) -- Brookfield Office Properties plans to spend about $250 million to upgrade and expand the retail portion of lower Manhattan’s World Financial Center.

The plan calls for a “dramatic” glass pavilion along West Street, across from the World Trade Center, which will link the 8 million-square-foot (743,000-square-meter) complex with downtown’s two new mass transit hubs, Brookfield said in a statement. It also includes a dining concourse overlooking the Hudson River, and would save the Winter Garden staircase, which had been slated for elimination in earlier proposals.

“These improvements to the World Financial Center are coming at the perfect time, given the $20 billion private and public investment in lower Manhattan,” Richard “Ric” Clark, New York-based Brookfield’s chief executive officer, said in the statement. “We are pleased to be moving forward with a plan that incorporates the existing Winter Garden staircase and repositions the World Financial Center for decades to come.”

HWKN scoops coveted MoMA PS1 Young Architects prize with air-cleansing nylon star


Brooklyn-based HWKN (HollwichKushner) has been selected as winner of the 2012 Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1, one of the top discovery venues for up and coming designers. Along with the publicity blitz that comes with winning, HWKN will get the opportunity to transform PS 1’s courtyard to ready it for the museum’s popular summer music series Warm-Up. Now in its thirteenth year, the Young Architects Program has launched the careers of many emerging architects and the courtyard installations that have resulted, have been nothing short of amazing. This year’s proposal, Wendy, by HWKN is one of the most visually arresting of all and sure to be a favourite among environmentalists.

Dubbed an ‘air-cleansing nylon star’ by New York Times arts writer, Robin Pogrebin, Wendy features a deployable scaffolding systems composed of nylon fabric treated with a ‘cutting-edge’ titania nanoparticle spray that will neutralize pollutants. It is estimated that Wendy’s air-cleaning ability is equivalent to taking 260 cars off the road. Its bright blue spiky arms reach out with micro-programs like blasts of cool air, music, water cannons and mists to create social zones throughout the courtyard. When fully deployed, the structure creates a 70’ x 70’ x 45’ volume that’s bridges over the walls into the museum’s large and small courtyards.

“HollwichKushner’s proposal for YAP 2012 is sure to make a memorable impression over the summer at MoMA PS1”, said Pedro Gadanho, Curator in MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design. “It is iconic, but with a twist. By combining ‘off-the-shelf’ materials and scaffolding systems with the latest cry in nanotechnology it is able to produce both an ‘out-of-the-box’ ecological statement and a bold architectural gesture”.

The other finalists for this year’s MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program were AEDS|Ammar Eloueini Digit-all Studio (Ammar Eloueini, Paris, France/New Orleans, LA), Cameron Wu (Cambridge, MA), Ibañez Kim Studio (Mariana Ibañez and Simon Kim, Cambridge, MA), and UrbanLab (Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn, Chicago, IL). An exhibition of the five finalists' proposed projects will be on view at MoMA over the summer, organized by Barry Bergdoll, MoMA Philip Johnson Chief Curator, with Whitney May, Department Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art.

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^^ That's only a temporary structure (for the summer), but cool none the less!!

New renders for 51 Astor Place: http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/02/15/renderings_revealed_tenants_rumored_for_51_astor_place.php

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Developer Edward Minskoff describes his Starbucks-crushing 51 Astor Place office building as "black glass with black granite and silver fins," and for a few years now we've had just one rendering to demonstrate that. Now the building's teaser website is up, with a few more images of the 12-story Fumihiko Maki-designed building. Above, one look we haven't seen before. A few notable building features: a private green roof on the fifth floor, a tenant-accessible green roof on the 13th floor, and an urban plaza on the corner of Astor Place and Third Avenue. The lobby will include a James Carpenter-designed art installation "constructed of back-lit cast glass, which complements the building's overall design." The Astor Place plaza, meanwhile, gets an Alexander Calder sculpture.

The Winter Garden will still remain but be mallified while a new glass pavillion is built in the open space at the entrance to the Winter Garden. And the stairs will also remain!

I really really do hope that they will keep all those palm trees.

Dig it! 7 subway-extension tunnels finished
New York Post
February 14, 2012

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Photos: Joseph M. Calisi
ALL A-B0RED: An entrance (above) and the mezzanine at the 34th Street station.

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The mezzanine

Here’s another miracle on 34th Street — or, at least, under it.

As these pictures show, the MTA has finished all of the tunneling for the 7-train extension to 11th Avenue and completed carving out the mezzanine — a complex job that paves the way for train operation by 2013.

The future 34th Street station’s mezzanine is all but finished and features a soaring, curved roof with a 1,200-foot-long cavern — about the size of the Empire State Building if it were laid on its side.

The station will certainly need the space.

City Hall estimates that 35,000 passengers a day will use the station by 2030, when the area is expected to be a bustling neighborhood with skyscrapers and stores lured in by the new subway.

The city is so confident the one-stop addition to the 7 will revive the desolate area that it has agreed to fork over the $2.1 billion to pay for it.

Trains are expected to be in operation by December 2013.

Construction snafus could move the grand opening to early 2014.

It hasn’t been an easy feat bringing the 7 west.

Boring machines dug two tunnels deep underground, beginning at 42nd Street.

Because of existing infrastructure — like the Lincoln Tunnel and old railroad lines — those tunnels had to be dug extra deep and are steeply curved in spots.

Workers also had to make sure to avoid the Eighth Avenue subway line, as well as Amtrak and NJ Transit.

The westward expansion also cuts through the famous abandoned E-train platform at 42nd Street, which was featured in the movie “Ghost.”

Unfortunately, straphangers hoping for a glimpse of Patrick Swayze’s old stomping grounds are out of luck.

Although parts of the platform survived the 7-line work, they won’t be visible from the trains.

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TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/01/j-d-carlisle-buys-madison-condo-hotel-site-plots-new-rental/)


J.D. Carlisle buys Madison Avenue condo-hotel site, plots new rental
March 01, 2012 10:30AM
By David Jones

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J.D. Carlisle Development, the boutique firm behind the Beatrice rental project, told The Real Deal yesterday that it acquired a stalled condo-hotel site in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan, and will construct a new rental building on the property in 2013.

J.D. Carlisle, led by company president Evan Stein and Chairman Jules Demchick, acquired the site, at 158 Madison Avenue, from lender North Hill Capital Management, a Manhattan-based lender that took over $34 million in defaulted loans at the property.

The original project, a planned 38-story condo-hotel between 31st and 32nd streets designed by Ismael Leyva, was considered difficult to finance, not only because of the economic downturn, but because it was configured in a T-shape and was located in a submarket that is more suitable for commercial development than luxury condominiums.

“The timing made it hard to finance period, but the odd shape didn’t help,” said a source familiar with the project. “The original plan was a condo-hotel. That doesn’t work in most places in Manhattan, but that’s not a condo neighborhood.”

In 2006, the site of Andy Warhol’s former Factory, was planned as a 50-story condo project called Sundari Lofts & Towers from Buttonwood Real Estate and Thor Equities. The project was later revised under investors John Rice and Joseph Ingrassia, of Manhattan-based Capstone Business Credit, who acquired four separate parcels between 2007 and 2008, totaling $42.9 million, and sources say the project was highly leveraged.

North Hill filed suit in New York state Supreme Court in January 2010, alleging the guarantors, Rice and Ingrassia, defaulted on $34 million in loans. The two investors quickly filed a countersuit alleging North Hill engaged in coercive tactics to not only force them into personal guarantees, but also refused to allow them to find alternative financing.

The court ruled in favor of the lenders, but court filings show an agreement was reached between the parties to sell the site to a third-party and use the proceeds from that sale to cover the funds owed to the lenders. J.D. Carlisle officials did not comment on the terms of the deal, but a source familiar with the deal, said the original debt was being sold at a discount. Court records show that the original loan balance had risen to $43.1 million with accumulated interest.

Core Group, led by Shaun Osher, won a lawsuit in 2010 against the developers, claiming it was owed an $113,800 termination fee after being fired as the broker for the proposed condo. Core would have earned $4 million if the project had moved forward.

J.D. Carlisle officials said they expect to launch construction on the rental building in January 2013, and the project would be completed within two years. The firm is still working on a marketing plan and designer for the project.

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The Real Deal (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/02/27/nyc-increases-lead-over-london-as-top-commercial-property-market/)


NYC increases lead over London as top commercial property market
February 27, 2012

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After taking over the top spot for global property investment in the third quarter, New York City widened its lead over competitors. The city attracted $35.7 billion in commercial property sales, including multi-family buildings, compared to $29.2 billion in London and $22.6 billion in Tokyo, according to a global property market report released today by Cushman & Wakefield.

Excluding multi-family sales, however, New York City’s lead shrunk to $1.1 billion, as it recorded $28.2 billion in sales compared to London’s $27.1 billion. The Americas as a whole led the world in the rate of office and residential rent increases, perhaps accounting for the city’s multi-family dominance.

Overall, global sales activity, including multi-family properties, rose 14 percent in 2011 to $808 billion, and the volume is now 83 percent greater than 2009′s lows. Half of all activity occured in Asia, but the North American market showed the greatest improvement in the last year, with investment volumes rising 52 percent. That increased demand led to the greatest compression of yields in the Americans, as capitalization rates fell in the region by 31 basis points, compared to the global average of 20 points. And overseas investors took notice, as the Americas saw a 94 percent increase in cross-border investment activity.

“The global investment market has been very polarized over the past year, with the best stock seeing demand and price pressures but second tier property failing to gain traction with buyers or occupiers,” said Cushman & Wakefield President Glen Rufrano. “That looks likely to continue this year but we do expect higher risk strategies to grow in popularity as the year goes by, helped by the promised flow of assets from financial institutions at last starting to pick-up.” — Adam Fusfeld


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DNAinfo (http://www.dnainfo.com/20120223/lower-east-side-east-village/donations-flood-support-low-line-park-under-delancey-street#ixzz1nE0FOA3J)


Donations Flood In to Support 'Low Line' Park Under Delancey Street
February 23, 2012 11:30am | By Julie Shapiro, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

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LOWER EAST SIDE — Donations are pouring in to support a bold proposal to build a sunlit park under Delancey Street.

Less than 24 hours after the founders of Delancey Underground, nicknamed the "Low Line," launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter, they have already received more than $12,500 from 60 supporters.

"This is just the beginning," Delancey Underground co-founder Dan Barasch said in a video on Kickstarter. "Help us create the Low Line, a beautiful park that all New Yorkers can enjoy for generations to come."

The project would convert an abandoned trolley terminal beneath Delancey Street into an inviting 60,000-square-foot public space by funneling in enough natural sunlight to grow trees and flowers. The park would stretch from Essex to Clinton streets beneath the entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge.

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NY Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/brooklyn/new_nets_arena_shaping_up_8fqUqryYIQLOxg2zRe0nMN)


New Nets arena shaping up

4:01 AM, February 22, 2012ι By RICH CALDER
Hoop fans take notice – an arena is truly growing in Brooklyn.

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Workers earlier this month buttoned up the top of the under-construction Barclays Center in Prospect Heights by completing its steel-roof deck, and they also recently began insulating the rooftop and waterproofing it with a light-gray covering.

“This is that magic time when the building really begins to take shape, so that you can finally feel it’s an arena,” said Bob Sanna, executive vice president for construction at Forest City Ratner Cos., developer of the soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets’ 18,000-seat arena. Sanna during an interview with the Post yesterday said about 35 percent of the 188,425-square-foot roof is complete and that Barclays Center is still on schedule to open in September. “We got lucky with the warm weather we've been having. You usually aren't able to get roofers on a roof in February,” said Sanna.

Although it will be months before the Nets' future hardwood-playing floor is installed, much of the arena's interior is starting to shape up. Premium seats are now being installed in the arena’s lower bowl. The upper-bowl’s seating is already complete, along with the lower and upper concourses. The arena’s entrance to an abutting transit hub is also ready for game day tip-offs. National Grid earlier this month began powering the site, so it could be heated, allowing temperature-sensitive work like floor- and wall-tiling to begin.

Next month, workers will begin work on the exterior’s most eye-grabbing feature -- a canopy with an oval window called the "Oculus" in its center. It will extend out 80 feet from the arena entrance and hover 36 feet above a public plaza., A video screen that can display everything from game highlights to art installations will wrap the Oculus’ perimeter.

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TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/02/21/brookfield-awaits-amtraks-ok-to-start-construction-on-manhattan-west-deck/)


Brookfield awaits Amtrak’s OK to start construction on Manhattan West’s deck
February 21, 2012 09:00AM

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Brookfield Office Properties is awaiting only the go-ahead from Amtrak, which operates the train tracks beneath the site slated for its massive Manhattan West project, before it begins construction on a deck to cover the rail yards.

The New York Post reported that while Brookfield officials say they are 95 percent of the way to an agreement with Amtrak executives, Amtrak in turn said the sides still have “some substantive” issues to iron out. The developer had previously said construction would start in January.

Fulton St. Transit Center progress:

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Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/02/longdormant_pearl_street_sheraton_comes_back_to_life.php)


Long-Dormant Pearl Street Sheraton Comes Back to Life
Friday, March 2, 2012, by Sara Polsky

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A tipster sends word (and photos) of a little Pearl Street surprise: the planned and canceled hotel at 213 Pearl Street appears to be back on. The site was once earmarked for two hotels, a Sheraton and an Aloft, but financing dried up before the 53-story project could get off the ground. New signage at the site advertises a 260-room Four Points by Sheraton, with the official address of 6 Platt Street. DOB records show a permit issued for a partial job as of January, and that permit calls for a 27-story building.

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An earlier render of 6 Platt St showing both the Sheraton and Aloft towers:

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UN Renovation Will Cost $2 Billion (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/05/u-n-headquarters-renovation-gets-2b-price-tag/)

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The East River-facing U.N. building, which has been under renovation since 2009, has received a final cost for the work: $2 billion, the Associated Press reported, which is 4 percent over the project’s initial budget.

This marks the first renovation of the building since its opening 60 years ago, the AP reported, which includes changes such as asbestos abatement, shared work stations from private offices and blast-proof windows that cannot be opened for security measures

Durst, PA plan broadcast antenna for 1 WTC (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/06/durst-port-authority-plan-broadcast-antenna-for-1-wtc/)

There’s a new plan for the 480-foot 1 World Trade Center spire that could lure more tenants at the expense of the architect’s vision for the final structure. The Wall Street Journal reported the Durst Organization has gotten the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey on board to install a radio and television broadcast antenna inside the building’s spire.

“Our expectations would be to become the premiere broadcast facility in New York City,” said Thomas Bow, senior vice president at the Durst Organization. Durst hopes the tower will lure some broadcast tenants away from the Empire State Building, which generated some $16.1 million in rent and usage fees for its antenna in 2010. Durst expects 1 WTC to generate $10 million and will offer the antenna at 4 Times Square as a backup to tenants.

The antenna would be located inside a slimmer, less conical spire than initially planned that would save $20 million but drew criticism from the project’s architects, Skidmore Owings & Merrill. Durst would fund $27 million in infrastructure and buildout costs to help land the tenants.

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/12/architects_chosen_for_first_hudson_yards_residential_tower.php)


Architects Chosen for First Hudson Yards Residential Tower
Monday, March 12, 2012, by Sara Polsky

http://www.cpexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/110211-Hudson-Yards-1.jpg

The team at Kohn Pedersen Fox is already hard at work on its design for a pair of towers at Hudson Yards, with Coach set to move into the first one in 2015. Developer Related wants the site's first residential building to be done around the same time, and Related's just chosen the architects at Diller Scofidio + Renfro for the project. The Journal has the deets on the building: it will be around 800 feet tall and have 700 units. DS+R, which has never built a skyscraper, would work with the Rockwell Group on the design. The DS+R-Rockwell team is also working on an arts center to the east of the tower, and Elizabeth Diller tells the Journal they're "very conscious of the adjacency to the High Line," so until renderings are available, we can imagine what that means for the building's design.

[...]

AP (http://www.vosizneias.com/102736/2012/03/13/new-york-designs-for-3rd-section-of-nys-high-line-unveiled)


Designs For 3rd Section Of NY's High Line Unveiled
March 13 2012

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New York - New York City parks officials and advocates have unveiled designs for the third and final section of the High Line, an elevated stretch of historic freight rail line in Manhattan that has been converted to a public park.

The final section will wrap around the Hudson Rail Yards between West 30th and West 34th streets.

Construction will be closely coordinated with the development of Hudson Yards, which will feature more than 12 million square feet of new office, residential, retail and cultural space.

Officials say the final section will cost about $90 million. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2013 with a full public opening scheduled for the spring of 2014.

The designs were presented at a community meeting on Monday night.

[...]

Currently, NYC is kicking every city's ass when it comes to engaging urban spaces.

NY Observer (http://www.observer.com/2012/03/scope-ing-out-west-57th-street-art-fair-takes-over-durst-pyramid-site/)


SCOPE-ing Out West 57th Street: Art Fair Takes Over Durst Pyramid Site
By Matt Chaban 3/12 6:30pm

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/17105/slide_17105_237325_large.jpg

Next month, one of the most anticipated groundbreakings is set to take place at the corner of 57th Street and the Hudson River. There, the Durst Organization will sink its shovels in preparation for Bjarke Ingel’s unusual apartment pyramid. Before that fanfare begins, another triangular structure has quietly risen on the lot, only the latest project to occupy the not-quite dormant site. The giant white tent is this year’s home for nomadic SCOPE art fair.

“I was hoping if we built it, they would come, and so far, they have come,” Alexis Hubshman said. “This is easily our best year yet.”

It does not hurt that the tent is just a block north of Pier 94, where the Armory Show has camped out for the past few decades. “I would be lying if I said that the convenience of it wasn’t important,” Mr. Hubshman said.

[...]

Greenpoint Landing comes ashore (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/)


http://www.handelarchitects.com/images/projects/location/new-york/greenpoint/4.jpg

Renderings Released for 'Greenpoint Landing': More Miami on the East River

While only vague massing studies have previously been seen regarding the redevelopment of Greenpoint's waterfront, we now have some concrete renderings from the apparent master plan, dubbed 'Greenpoint Landing'. The Greenpoint Lumber Yard is being redeveloped by the Park Tower Group, who--as the Observer notes--are working with Handel Architects to create a vision for the revitalized neighborhood.

http://www.handelarchitects.com/images/projects/location/new-york/greenpoint/5.jpg

Handel's website gives a great description of the plan, which is said to include 4.2 million square feet of mixed-use development. The project is expected to provide over 4,000 new units of housing in addition to a mix of retail and public parks. With 11 new buildings and 20% of the future housing set aside as affordable, the scale of the project is quite large. Perhaps most exciting is the project's integration with a marina, which could provide part of the new backbone this waterfront neighborhood so badly needs.



A previous plan set out by Costas Kondylis:

http://www.ckdllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/GreenPointLanding.png
http://www.ckdllc.com/

1715 Broadway reaches skyward:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vmCcy7swHHM/T16YGyYFvrI/AAAAAAAAAC8/tOTm1PFZQ58/s1600/3121.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/construction-update-250-west-55th-1715.html

450 Hudson renderings: (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/02/renderings-for-450-hudson-boulevard.html#more)

This 40 story, 600 ft tower is slated to rise near Hudson Yards.

http://alloyllc.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_w_650/hy_-_landing_slide_1.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/02/renderings-for-450-hudson-boulevard.html

http://alloyllc.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_w_650/hy_-_landing_slide_3.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/02/renderings-for-450-hudson-boulevard.html

http://alloyllc.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_w_650/hy_04.jpg
http://alloyllc.com/portfolio/450-hudson-park-boulevard

the 3rd Section Of NY's High Line seems amazing!!! If you have more renders it would be amazing to see it

the Pyramid building is also amazing!
they are doing designs that convert back to NY in a worthy capital of skyscrapers, so hopefully continue

Greenpoint Landing comes ashore (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/)



A previous plan set out by Costas Kondylis:

http://www.ckdllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/GreenPointLanding.png
http://www.ckdllc.com/

:cheers::cheers:

the 3rd Section Of NY's High Line seems amazing!!! If you have more renders it would be amazing to see it

the Pyramid building is also amazing!
they are doing designs that convert back to NY in a worthy capital of skyscrapers, so hopefully continue



More renders:

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/11/76/10/2613762/3/628x471.jpg
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Designs-for-3rd-section-of-NY-s-High-Line-unveiled-3400707.php

http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/11/76/10/2613763/3/628x471.jpg
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Designs-for-3rd-section-of-NY-s-High-Line-unveiled-3400707.php

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/11/76/07/2613758/3/628x471.jpg
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Designs-for-3rd-section-of-NY-s-High-Line-unveiled-3400707.php

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1037807.1331604250!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/image.jpg
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/high-line-ramble-afield-spring-2014-section-3-reaches-34th-st-article-1.1037813

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/13/look_inside_the_new_proposed_pier_17_at_south_street_seaport.php)


Look Inside The New Proposed Pier 17 at South Street Seaport
Tuesday, March 13, 2012, by Dave Hogarty

http://inhabitat.com/nyc/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2012/03/South-Street-Seaport1-537x391.jpg
http://inhabitat.com/nyc/green-roofed-glass-structure-to-replace-the-south-street-seaport-tourist-mall-at-pier-17/

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/files/img_seaport_closeup.jpg
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2012/03/5465086/more-renderings-take-us-inside-shops-pier-17-plan


The latest renderings of the new design by SHoP Architects for Pier 17 that replaces the red shed by the Brooklyn Bridge show a more open glass and steel structure that has transparent curtain walls and an open air plaza on the lower level. The illustration above makes it appear that SHoP's design is exchanging one form of openness for another. The present structure of Pier 17 is that of a conventional mall, with shops around the edges of the building and a central atrium that provides an open vertical space. The flat stacked floors of the redesign trades this vertical space for lateral sightlines and cross-ventilation, at least on the lower level. The glass curtain walls on the upper floors should provide equally impressive views of the waterfront and the Brooklyn Bridge, whereas the red shed Pier 17 blocked its interior from the surrounding waterfront environment.

[...]



Here's the old "Red Shed":

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p4RelMnB09s/SB8XYuxau-I/AAAAAAAABCY/ywWmdEcKPUQ/s400/NYCpier17.jpg

Its really incredible how much there is to be excited about in NYC. I love it! Thanks for constantly updating this thread!

Its really incredible how much there is to be excited about in NYC. I love it! Thanks for constantly updating this thread!

You're welcome!

ps. there's more:

610 Lexington back On Track

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/72417180/original.jpg
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5616&page=14


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/commercial/whole_foods_in_billy_burg_MXKSFxcmtNZjDu2Aw7M4vL

In what we hope will be a first step towards a new, classy skyscraper, Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs have recapitalized their major 610 Lexington Ave. stalled development site and modified a loan with RCG Longview. Documents show RCG Longview, a nimble funding group founded by Peter Cohen, Jeffrey J. Feil, Jay Anderson, Jonathan Estreich, Michael Boxer and Mort Olshan, took over what was a $66,395,143 loan from ING.

Before it went belly-up, the original lender, Lehman Bros., had grown several loans to $145 million prior to ING taking over. RCG further reconstituted a mezzanine loan, leaving RFR owing a mere $64,735,264. RFR also transferred the property to another entity with a value of $78,041,438. After Lehman and the markets tanked, a deal with Shangri-La hotels to anchor a towering new luxury condominium project faded into the vacant lot.

In an e-mail, an RFR spokeswoman said the company bought back the 610 Lexington Ave. note and is starting to redevelop the site as a hotel and residential condominium development, as previously planned.“Currently we are going to market to source an appropriate hotel operator,” she said.

[...]
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/commercial/whole_foods_in_billy_burg_MXKSFxcmtNZjDu2Aw7M4vL#ixzz1p85TBDzw

105 West 57th: Hotel Crillon Coming to Midtown? New Skyscraper Proposed! (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/105-west-57th-another-new-skyscraper.html)


http://www.pbase.com/image/93718946.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/105-west-57th-another-new-skyscraper.html


Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Documents filed with the city reveal that another tower is in the proposal phase along 57th Street. The future building, at 105 West 57th, will contain 51 floors and rise 671' high. Despite the building's height, there will only be 27 apartments! The building is likely to be extremely luxurious, and prices on the finished product are likely to be quite astronomical. 10,000 square feet of the building will also be dedicated to ground-floor retail, with any tenant likely to be quite high-end given the building's prime location.

[...]

International Gem Tower Tops Out (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/15/group-gathers-at-international-gem-tower-to-celebrate-project-milestone/)

http://ny.curbed.com/uploads/untitled-983.jpg
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/15/gem_tower_tops_out_nycha_audit_shows_waste.php


A group of leading officials from Extell Development and Tishman Construction, as well as hundreds of construction workers, gathered at the site of the International Gem Tower today to celebrate the building’s topping out, Tishman announced today.

Among the attendees at the 50 West 47th Street plot were Extell President Gary Barnett and Tishman President and CEO Daniel Tishman.

As mentioned in an architectural review of the tower the current issue of The Real Deal, the 34-story, 750,000-square-foot building will be completed by the end of this year. Designed by Skidmore Owings and Merrill, the building plans were originally unveiled five years ago. However, due to the recession’s effects on both the development and diamond businesses, the project faced delays.

Construction began last April and, when complete, the building will have commercial condos, as well as commercial space available for lease. Tishman said the building would be fully operational by mid-2013. — Zachary Kussin



http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/3860/dscn918001.jpg
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=5615546

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/13/look_inside_the_new_proposed_pier_17_at_south_street_seaport.php)



Here's the old "Red Shed":

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p4RelMnB09s/SB8XYuxau-I/AAAAAAAABCY/ywWmdEcKPUQ/s400/NYCpier17.jpg

really bad new to me

it looks better right now....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6977615851_5c2a3a0093_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidnyc/6977615851/sizes/l/in/photostream/

^^ Agreed. I don't think it need to be redeveloped at all. It is still looking attractive right now. I went there before and I loved it.

CIM Group Takes Over Turtle Bay Tower (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/16/cim-closes-on-midtown-mixed-use-development-site/)

http://s3.amazonaws.com/trd_three/images/38187/303_East_51st_Street_articlebox.jpg
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10491&page=4

http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/303-East-51st-Street1-262x300.jpg
TRD


Los Angeles-based CIM Group closed its majority stake in a high-rise residential tower and retail development site in Midtown, according to a statement from the developer yesterday.

The site, at 303 East 51st Street, will be co-developed by CIM Group and Ziel Feldman’s HFZ Capital and construction will begin later this year, the statement said. The project will rise at the corner of Second Avenue and upon completion will have 123 units, averaging 1,568 square feet per unit, plus 9,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. SLCE Architects will design the 32-story residence.

The previous majority stakeholders in the development, Acro Real Estate and Polar Investments, will remain involved as minority equity partners, according to the statement.

^^ Agreed. I don't think it need to be redeveloped at all. It is still looking attractive right now. I went there before and I loved it.


^^ the don't now how to spend money... haha

St Patrick's Cathedral Embarks On 2 Year, $175 Million Renovation (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/an_altared_state_65SCFuIc78dsC9ByPv2zWN)

http://www.idontgetit.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo-St.-Patricks-Cathedral.png
http://www.idontgetit.us/2012/01/made-in-china-for-the-catholic-church-whats-wrong-with-this-picture/

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/16/hudson_yards_look_out_here_comes_the_neighborhood.php)


Hudson Yards: Look Out, Here Comes the Neighborhood
Mar. 16 2012

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New promotional materials for the Hudson Yards project, passed along by a tipster, outline the transformation of of the train yards site between 10th and 12th avenues into a completely new neighborhood, or high-end superblock shopping/condo/office enclave. The prospectus is titled Hudson Yards: New York's Next Great Neighborhood, although the renderings convey a sort of Corbusier-superblock grandiosity that flies in the face of the word "neighborhood." Plan diagrams show the first building slated for completion is the south office tower in the Eastern Rail Yard (2015). There are no scheduled dates of completion for the proposed primarily residential Western Rail Yard's development, but there's no disputing that the entire project could be transformative to the West Side.

One feature we enjoyed in the plans: a Cultural Shed exhibition space in the Eastern Rail Yards. It sounds like a place where one can store one's over-sized sculptures next to the lawn care equipment. Case in point: one can see Jeffrey Koons' proposed long-stalled hanging locomotive piece suspended from the ceiling of the Cultural Shed in the background of a rendering. We don't care what type of engineering miracles that will require

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Herald Square To Get 28 Story Hotel (http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120315/REAL_ESTATE/120319936&utm_source=Real%20Estate%20Daily%20[RED]%20Alert&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Newsletters)




The Herald Square area is getting a new hotel. It is slated to rise right behind the new low-rise retail building on West 34th Street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, where shoe and accessory retailer DSW opened earlier this month.

The owner of the 7,357-square-foot lot located at 218 W. 35th St. has been in discussions with three different hotel operators and is working on finalizing financing for the project, according to sources. Owner 34th Street Penn Association plans to build a 28-story hotel boasting as many as 330 rooms. The cost of the development could not be determined immediately.

The planned hotel is still in its early stages, but excavation on the site is well underway and the foundation is already being poured. Final paperwork has not been filed with the city Buildings Department, but SRA Architects has been hired, a source said.

Owner 34th Street Penn Association is a partnership between three different families. One of the partners of the company confirmed that a hotel was planned, but did not elaborate.

[...]
Read more: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120315/REAL_ESTATE/120319936#ixzz1pEheFYwP

CitizenM Budget Luxury Hotel Rising Near Times Square (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/16/citizenm_budget_luxury_hotel_rising_near_times_square.php)

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/4f60fcec85216d75d000cd01/201203_CitizenM_218W50Brack1.jpg
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/16/citizenm_budget_luxury_hotel_rising_near_times_square.php



CitizenM, the Dutch hotelier aiming for budget-minded travelers with an eye towards luxury, is building up at 218 West 50th Street, where 230 guest rooms will soon be welcoming some of the 50 gazillion visitors who come to town each year. The concept for the 19-story hotel is by Concrete, the Amsterdam firm that's put together a batch of hospitality sites for CitizenM in "target cities" worldwide. Concrete uses a modular system, "completely prefabricated in CitizenM's own production facility and subsequently transported to the building site, where they are assembled to create the hotel." What's rendered inside for the New York flagship near Times Square is a blend of bar and work-place lounge, perfect for cocktails and laptops with lots of room for communing with friends and fellow travelers.

CitizenM Budget Luxury Hotel Rising Near Times Square (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/16/citizenm_budget_luxury_hotel_rising_near_times_square.php)

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/4f60fcec85216d75d000cd01/201203_CitizenM_218W50Brack1.jpg
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/16/citizenm_budget_luxury_hotel_rising_near_times_square.php

The cube sign at the top is something you'd find in Tokyo.

Is this visible from Times Sq?

The cube sign at the top is something you'd find in Tokyo.

Is this visible from Times Sq?

Interesting comparison given that the hotel is only going to be 19 stories. And It won't be that visible from TS but but I guess it's in the spirit!

^^ Agreed. I don't think it need to be redeveloped at all. It is still looking attractive right now. I went there before and I loved it.

Really? The mall is a dump for tourists and NY's don't use it. The new one is hardly amazing, but is far better then this cow shed. It is something that all NY'ers will use and enjoy.

Interesting comparison given that the hotel is only going to be 19 stories. And It won't be that visible from TS but but I guess it's in the spirit!

Yes, but it's in the sign district, correct?

really bad new to me

it looks better right now....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6977615851_5c2a3a0093_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidnyc/6977615851/sizes/l/in/photostream/

I'd like to see some of those old brown 80's buildings in the foreground re-clad in the future. A little more glass would help brighten up downtown.

Yes, but it's in the sign district, correct?

Yes but at the northern boundary near the Gershwin Theatre.

Crews are readying the site at Brookfield Properties' Manhattan West platform

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5499&p=390492&viewfull=1#post390492

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5499&p=390796&viewfull=1#post390796


http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7954/53072893mp3.jpg
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5499&page=12

New York is still the reigning city...today, it even looks lovelier...

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/16/ace-hotel-owners-joint-venture-to-buy-temple-court-building/)


Ace Hotel owner, others buy Temple Court building in FiDi
March 16, 2012 04:00PMBy Katherine Clarke

http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/beek.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6105/6349584856_c316c89edc_z.jpg
http://abandonedplaces.livejournal.com/2445316.html

A joint venture partnership including New York Ace Hotel owner and GFI Capital Resources Group President Allen Gross’ GB Lodging is set to puchase the Temple Court building, a nine-story city landmark at 5 Beekman Street formerly owned by the Chetrit Group and Bonjour Capital, GFI told The Real Deal today.

The acquisition is one of the private equity hotel investment firm GB’s first since it was founded last year by Gross and former Chartres Lodging Group partner Bruce Blum. GB is a division of GFI, a spokesperson for the company said, declining to comment further on the acquisition other than to say there were others involved in the deal. The price was not clear.

Hillel Spinner of Venture Capital Properties said he brokered the off-market deal on behalf of the seller. Speculating that GFI would transform the abandoned building into a hotel, he said: “The new owners have the kinds of experience necessary” to make the project successful. The deal, which is currently in contract, will likely close in the next few weeks, he said.

Temple Court, an historic brick and terracotta office building built in the 1880s, has been vacant for many years, according to news reports, and has only been used for fashion industry photo shoots and events, including a shoot for Harper’s Bazaar and for AMC television series “Rubicon,” canceled in 2010. The landmarked property is configured around a nine-story atrium surrounded by Victorian era railings.

The building was reported to be in contract to hotelier Andrew Balazs last year; but a spokesperson for Balazs, who had been interested in sprucing up the declining building and converting it into a hotel, said he had never signed on the dotted line.

“[Balazs] took a close look at it but then walked away from the deal because it didn’t make sense,” the spokesperson said.

[...]



Fingers crossed for Ace. This outrageously well-located historical gem is LONG overdue to reclaim its grandeur! :)

UPDATE:


http://ny.curbed.com/archives/categories/fidibattery_park_city.php

A press release that just landed in the Curbed inbox offers a few more details on what's to become of 5 Beekman Street, the decayed urban treasure that was briefly in contract to Andre Balazs before selling to a joint venture that includes the owner of the Ace Hotel. The new owner is planning a "297-room luxury boutique hotel with 90 residences." It might be sacrilege to say so, but 5 Beekman with condos might be even better than 5 Beekman redone by Andre Balazs.

The cube sign at the top is something you'd find in Tokyo.

Is this visible from Times Sq?

dear god....:cripes::cripes::cripes:

what a POS

dear god....:cripes::cripes::cripes:

what a POS

Hardly. I've seen much worse. I'll take this over a McSam any day. Oh, and if you know NY development, you know that there is a lot of shit worse than this going up.

Hardly. I've seen much worse. I'll take this over a McSam any day. Oh, and if you know NY development, you know that there is a lot of shit worse than this going up.

Ooo.. watch out we got a bad ass over here.

Oh oh...... and I do know what is being built in NY... captain obvious. This is looks like something gene kaufman would design.

Journal Square Development: Jersey City's First Supertall? (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/journal-square-development-jersey-citys.html)

http://handelarch.com/images/projects/location/jersey-city/journal-square/1.jpg
http://handelarch.com/projects/type/residential/journal-sqaure-residential.html


Monday, March 19, 2012

Renderings retrieved from the website of Handel Architects reveal a massive new project coming to Journal Square in Jersey City. While no height figures have been released, Handel does state that the tallest building will rise to 82 floors. Given modern floor heights, that means the tallest tower is likely over 1,000 feet tall--a major milestone that Jersey City has yet to surpass (its current tallest, the Goldman Sachs Tower, is 781 feet to the roof).

The project is going to consist of three towers, and a mix of office, residential, and retail, although the project will be chiefly residential, with 2,000 new units. One of the main components is a large plaza occupying a portion of the lot, providing a focal point for public gathering and much needed open space in an area that is densifying quite rapidly. As development pressures continue to rise, Jersey City should continue gaining substantial verticality. It will be interesting to see whether Brooklyn and Long Island City answer their competition across the Hudson River with supertall developments of their own.

[...]



http://handelarch.com/images/projects/location/jersey-city/journal-square/2.jpg
http://handelarch.com/projects/type/residential/journal-sqaure-residential.html

http://handelarch.com/images/projects/location/jersey-city/journal-square/4.jpg
http://handelarch.com/projects/type/residential/journal-sqaure-residential.html

http://handelarch.com/images/projects/location/jersey-city/journal-square/3.jpg
http://handelarch.com/projects/type/residential/journal-sqaure-residential.html

^^
That is awesome! Great for Jersey!

Love the design! :)

The design is very simple, nothing special but still a great plus for the area!

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/16/ace-hotel-owners-joint-venture-to-buy-temple-court-building/)



Fingers crossed for Ace. This outrageously well-located historical gem is LONG overdue to reclaim its grandeur! :)

UPDATE:


EXCELLENT!!

If you lived in NYC or even NYS you would understand why this doesn't belong in this thread. Jersey City is in New Jersey, look at a map!

If you lived in NYC or even NYS you would understand why this doesn't belong in this thread. Jersey City is in New Jersey, look at a map!

I live in Manhattan for half of the year, and I will openly say that I disagree. Yeah, New Yorkers dislike New Jersey and even the thought of New Jersey, and they will most likely never go to Jersey to check this out when it gets build assuming it does. But my friends from New York are always instantly intrigued when I say "there are buildings under construction in Jersey City." The fact is that most New Yorkers who look across the Hudson often will be just as interested in what the new skyline across the mighty river is going to look like as anyone else.

Hotel Willow Begins Rising: 120 West 57th Street (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/hotel-willow-begins-rising-120-west.html)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a-1zKNeWxLI/T2g4dvpQ-3I/AAAAAAAAAE0/hGrxv4aDW4A/s1600/ark.jpg


Yet another site along 57th Street is going vertical. The Willow Hotel is now rising at 120 West 57th Street, creating even more buzz on a stretch of 57th already dominated by the construction of One57 (and soon 105 West 57th, as well). Designed by Roman & Williams and rising 299', the hotel seems quite simple, but not completely mundane--decent filler for a stretch of Midtown soon to be dominated by colossal supertalls.

I live in Manhattan for half of the year, and I will openly say that I disagree. Yeah, New Yorkers dislike New Jersey and even the thought of New Jersey, and they will most likely never go to Jersey to check this out when it gets build assuming it does. But my friends from New York are always instantly intrigued when I say "there are buildings under construction in Jersey City." The fact is that most New Yorkers who look across the Hudson often will be just as interested in what the new skyline across the mighty river is going to look like as anyone else.

It's not that I dislike Jersey City at all, my boy owns a house there and I spend half my time in New Jersey. This is just off topic and it makes it difficult to follow a thread that is already redundant. There are dedicated threads for large projects and they do not need to be duplicated here.

How far is this going to be from the Hudson. Cause if it isn't too close the hight difference will bareley, or not be noticed.

If you lived in NYC or even NYS you would understand why this doesn't belong in this thread. Jersey City is in New Jersey, look at a map!


you are psychorigid !

NYC, New Jersey, same thing.

*runs away*

^The list is for U/C towers only, and 80 south street might not even be built.http://www.australialuxe.info/ht2.jpghttp://www.ihatespam.info/jh.jpghttp://www.ihatespam.info/bh.jpg

Penn Station retail site close to adding 39-story hotel (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/21/penn-station-retail-site-close-to-adding-39-story-hotel/)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FRcyvypuCCQ/TDNEOOiF18I/AAAAAAAAMLM/UIXKAPp8A9k/s320/image002.jpg


A high-profile ownership group is moving forward with plans for a 39-story, 330-room hotel on West 35th Street, the New York Post reported, and is in talks with five hotel brands to stake a flag on the property.

The property, a former Howard Johnson between Seventh and Eighth avenues, was released back to the ownership group of Bobby Cayre, Alex Adjmi, Michael Cayre and Jack Dushey after begin “tied up” by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Post said.

Work on the new Whitney Museum on the West Side is well underway:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6832900014_21972dfb2f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7799907@N05/6832900014/)
IMG_4399.JPG (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7799907@N05/6832900014/) by denkmanttlb (http://www.flickr.com/people/7799907@N05/), on Flickr

Developers Unveil Renderings For Brooklyn's Tallest Building (http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/12/web_citypointtower_2012_03_23_bk.html)

http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/citypoint-tower.jpg


Here it is — Brooklyn’s tallest building!

Developers showed off this rendering of the skyscrapers planned for the former Albee Square Mall — the long-stalled Downtown City Point retail and residential complex on Flatbush Avenue Extension between Willoughby Street and DeKalb Avenue.

The mock-ups, which were presented to Community Board 2 earlier today, showed two gargantuan skyscrapers on Flatbush. The plan needs the approval of the city before it can move forward.

The two towers — the taller of which could rise to 65 stories or more — would be completed in 2015 and 2016, according to Paul Travis, of Washington Square Partners, which is part of the team of developers behind the plan.



Here's a look at the retail component:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3jVWXUOSWBs/TecUXwtKXZI/AAAAAAAAHho/gl1BCMwSZEk/s1600/City_Point_Phase_1_large.jpg
http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/06/city-point-in-downtown-brooklyn-getting.html

a 65 storey tower for Brooklyn would be great :cheers:. probably not a supertall but well over 200m :)

Portions of City Point are already under construction before the project gets full approval:

Nearing completion:

http://cdn.brownstoner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/city-point-phase-one-finished.jpg
http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/03/city-point-phase-1-almost-done-food-for-albee-sq-plaza/


A year ago at the site:

http://i810.photobucket.com/albums/zz21/esb1250/photo-2.jpg
http://www.110livingston.net/2011/02/28/citypoint-steel-rising-other-downtown-updates/

Hopefully the newer tower designs will get approved so this puppy can rise skyward. :cheers:

really nice :)

Journal Square Development: Jersey City's First Supertall? (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/journal-square-development-jersey-citys.html)

http://handelarch.com/images/projects/location/jersey-city/journal-square/1.jpg
http://handelarch.com/projects/type/residential/journal-sqaure-residential.html



http://handelarch.com/images/projects/location/jersey-city/journal-square/2.jpg
http://handelarch.com/projects/type/residential/journal-sqaure-residential.html

http://handelarch.com/images/projects/location/jersey-city/journal-square/4.jpg
http://handelarch.com/projects/type/residential/journal-sqaure-residential.html

http://handelarch.com/images/projects/location/jersey-city/journal-square/3.jpg
http://handelarch.com/projects/type/residential/journal-sqaure-residential.html

It's gonna change NJ forever.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45hhkh/1-new-york-city-ny/#gallerycontent

Thought I should show everyone this! Although everyone thinks the economy sucks, many cities are starting construction comebacks in the US. And unsurprisingly NYC is #1 with 17.2 billion dollars in construction starts. That is about 7 billion dollars over #2 on the list, Dallas Fort Worth. Things are looking good for NYC!

I posted this over at SSP, but I thought this would be a good place as well. I did a little photoshopping the other day to show how the Midtown Skyline should evolve over the next few years:

Current:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/7009241109_f7bfc28c43_b.jpg
Original Image Source (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=89119317&postcount=2276)

Future:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7232/7009217443_fcb8ebdbee_b.jpg

New Towers Highlighted:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/7009002157_cccdd64299_b.jpg
From left to right: Hudson Yards Towers, Torre Verre, 432 Park, One 57.

Very cool! Thanks for posting!

^^
Nice panos!


Permits Filed For 1045 Sixth Ave ("http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/permits-filed-1045-sixth-avenue-will-be.html')

http://www.observer.com/files/2011/08/HinesBryantPark.jpg


These new permits filed with the Department of Buildings finally confirm the height of the soon-to-be-built building at 1045 Sixth Avenue. The building will rise 441 feet and contain 29 floors of office, with approximately 450,000 square feet of total space.

99 Church St. back on?

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/92288658/original.jpg

From: http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11875&p=391358&viewfull=1#post391358



*The following information was last updated on March 23, 2012.

•Superstructure construction is currently on hold, but may restart late in 2012. A new completion schedule will be posted here upon announcement.
•Foundation work concluded in July 2009
•Contractor to replace section of sidewalk on Park Place; schedule TBA

http://lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/99_church_street_33450.aspx



Nothing new in terms of Silverstein's stance on 99 Church but an interesting reaffirmation of a schedule they first broached last year...

I did another photoshop collage to compare the current to future skyline, including the full WTC complex and other recent proposals:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7072/6873874568_df69340fb3_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7019978549_faccb60432_b.jpg

Original photo credit to tearbringer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tearbringer/6870972818/in/set-72157612645575672/) @ flickr.

Cool!

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/27/train_may_return_to_high_line_with_giant_jeff_koons_sculpture.php)


Train May Return to High Line With Giant Jeff Koons Sculpture
Mar. 27 2012

http://cdn.hypebeast.com/image/2012/03/jeff-koons-25-million-locomotive-a-reality-1.jpg

Maybe bringing Jeff Koons' "Train" sculpture to the High Line will require less of an engineering miracle than we first supposed. A rendering for the Culture Shed in Hudson Yards showed the sculpture improbably suspended from the ceiling, but the above rendering of it suspended from a crane seems somehow more believable. The whole setup "would employ a gyroscope to stabilize the sculpture to prevent it from swaying," explains the Times. The replica of a 1943 Baldwin 2900 locomotive—weighing several tons, with a working horn and wheels and the capacity to emit steam—would cost $25 million or more to put together and install. (The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is interested in the sculpture, too, so each coast might end up with one.) One possible location along the High Line is Tenth Avenue and 30th Street; the sculpture's already been deemed too big to fit at Tenth Avenue and 18th Street.

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A previous attempt to pull this off at the Los Angeles Museum of Art failed:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/images/2009/03/03/jeff_koons_locomotive_lacma_3.jpg

^^WTF?? xDD

Here are a couple more photomontages...

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6041/6876851976_52d77e5396_b.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6094/7022952813_a456d9ccb9_b.jpg

^^ There are so many projects in New York City that will be completed in 2020. Why on this picture are some of them?

^^ There are so many projects in New York City that will be completed in 2020. Why on this picture are some of them?

These are only the ones that will be visible from this angle (1000+ ft), others that are less than 800 ft would get lost in the crowd and not worth the effort of resizing. There are a few big projects that I missed though... oh well, next time. :cheers:

And when will be next time:)?

Movin' up: 1715 Broadway and 250 W. 55th St. rising in tandem.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nYByUQjeBzM/T3M8UE-3ljI/AAAAAAAAANw/VJ8-s8_qeek/s1600/3291.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/construction-update-one57-250-west-55th.html

Beautiful shots by Tectonic Photo of 4WTC on the move:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6046/7019057941_30af3ee22b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10342485@N05/7019057941/)
4 WTC (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10342485@N05/7019057941/) by tectonic Photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/10342485@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/7019058073_147fcc63bb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10342485@N05/7019058073/)
4 WTC (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10342485@N05/7019058073/) by tectonic Photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/10342485@N05/), on Flickr

love the glass!

Chetrit’s Williamsburg project shows signs of life (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/29/chetrits-williamsburg-project-shows-signs-of-life/)

http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/502metropolitan.jpg


A Chetrit Group development site that has long illustrated the consequences of the boom years in Williamsburg appears to finally be ready for construction, according to Brownstoner.

Permits were recently filed for the site, at 502 Metropolitan Avenue, for a 14-story mixed-used project with 234 residential units designed by Gene Kaufman.

The filing, which is pending zoning approval, calls for 156 enclosed parking spaces and at least 56,000 square feet of commercial space. Winick Realty, which had reportedly landed Duane Reade as an anchor tenant before the bust, is marketing the commercial part of the development.

I did another photomontage, showing the impact of recent proposals from the Upper West Side.

Original Photo Credit: pipgoat (http://www.flickr.com/photos/19241549@N04/page2/) @ Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/6882436732_370b69e4b3_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7249/6882436938_8bccc8d124_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/7028546291_0bb8cf3076_b.jpg

^^
NICE!!! :D

Wyndham Garden Hotel In The Bowery Revealed: (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/29/wyndham_garden_hotel_on_bowery_exactly_as_promised.php)

http://cdn05.boweryboogie.com/media/uploads/2012/01/wyndham-garden-bowery-glassed.jpg?9d7bd4
http://www.boweryboogie.com/2012/01/wyndham-garden-chinatown-on-bowery-to-open-in-march/

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/29/cim-submits-plans-for-citys-tallest-residential-tower/)


CIM, Macklowe submit plans for city’s tallest residential tower
March 29, 2012 06:30PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6073564689_72f2276881.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2011/09/luxury-residential-redefining-new-york.html

CIM Group and New York developer Harry Macklowe are making strides toward building the tallest residential building in New York City at the Drake Hotel site at 440 Park Avenue. They filed a plan examination request for the building, one of the first steps towards getting a development off the ground, with the Department of Buildings, according to a DOB filing dated March 26.

The California-based real estate investment trust filed its plans for an 82-story condominium tower for review to DOB, which will check if its plans are in compliance with building code, a DOB spokesperson confirmed, saying an examiner had not yet reviewed the filing. The filing cites the height of the building as 1,397 feet in total, which would make it the tallest residential building in the city; for comparison’s sake, One57, Extell Development’s planned condo tower on 57th Street will be 1,004 feet tall upon completion in 2013 and the Empire State Building, the tallest structure in the city, is 1,453 feet in height.

[...]

New York YIMBY (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/hudson-yards-could-three-towers-top.html)


Hudson Yards: Could Three Towers Top 1,000 Feet?
Thursday, March 29, 2012

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6815485132_742b60ace4_b.jpg

While most of the speculation regarding Related's Hudson Yards development has focused on the two major office towers, photographs of a model of the future Yards reveal another major tower. It has been known that a major residential tower will rise adjacent to the southern office building (which will be anchored by Coach), but less is know about the future hotel/mixed-use tower that will rise next to the North Tower.

With the height of both office buildings set to eclipse 1,000 feet, a third building stretching into the clouds would add an unprecedented (yet welcome) amount of density to an area that is currently forlorn. The tower is the flat-topped building to the right of the large 'shard-type' North Tower in this image--

The hotel tower's design (likely quite preliminary) adds a great deal of mass to the complex, given the other prominent towers both have tapered tops. It will be interesting to see more details start to come out regarding the hotel and residential towers of the complex, as most of the focus up till now has been on the two office towers.

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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/5285956900_b9988023ed_o_d.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1150103&page=9
Preliminary hotel design...could this go much higher?

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Fordham at Lincoln Center rolling along:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GyTC1g_EZWs/T3ITG88_-vI/AAAAAAAAALs/pCAuluqG4MU/s1600/2012-03-27+10.52.45.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4djL8GnrTB0/T3ITG7FYmMI/AAAAAAAAALs/jVW9BaHJjtk/s1600/2012-03-27+10.53.33.jpg

New York YIMBY (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/construction-update-fordham-university.html)



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Experts Debate NYU’s Controversial Expansion

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2012/03/images/NYU-campus-expansion.jpg

New York University has proposed reshaping its Greenwich Village neighborhood with 2.5 million square feet of new construction, dramatically increasing density on two “superblocks” devoted mainly to faculty housing. The plan, initially generated by a competition-winning team composed of SMWM (now part of Perkins+Will), Toshiko Mori, Grimshaw Architects, and Olin Partnership, would entail the demolition of several buildings. The controversial proposal is moving through the city’s labyrinthine approval process and is likely to reach the city council by June. Michael Kimmelman, the New York Times architecture critic, recently suggested a compromise that would green-light some of the new structures while declaring others—including a pair of boomerang-shaped towers— “non-starters.”

......

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2012/03/NYU-Campus-Controversial-Expansion.asp

another supertall for the hudson-yards would be so great, hope it will become reality :)

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/04/02/new_tower_plan_headed_for_west_28th_along_the_high_line.php)


New Tower Plan Headed for West 28th Along the High Line
Monday, April 2, 2012, by Pete Davies

http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2012/04/Malhotra-Highline1-537x401.jpg
http://inhabitat.com/

Crews are ripping up the roof of the former Club Quo at 511 West 28th Street, prepping the plot for a new batch of residences that will rise along both sides of the High Line, just west of Tenth Avenue. What's to come seems to be a rethinking of a prior plan from Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects, revealed back in 2009, originally a mix of hotel and residential with retail down below. The current plan is from Avinash K. Malhotra Architects for developer Kadima Tenth Avenue SPE; the hotel is now nowhere to be seen but the residential and retail remain. The zoning details are still pending, but the Schedule A on file indicates three separate components, with massing much like what was seen before. When it's all done, this will be a gateway, presumably in glass, a portal for park-goers passing through on their way to the mega-hood that Related and team envisions for the blocks to the north.

Along the High Line at 28th Street a 14-story slab will rise with 44 units above and a pool in the cellar, all butting up to the ginormous Avalon West Chelsea project that's now digging down next door. Rising over West 29th Street will be a blockier 14-story stack, with 128 units above and parking for 59 vehicles (and 162 bikes) on the lower floors. Across the High Line, at the southwest corner of Tenth and West 29th, a 25-story tower will rise, holding 140 units. Down at street level and below the High Line retail will rule.

[...]

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http://www.lhparch.com/project.aspx?cat=&id=7

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http://www.lhparch.com/project.aspx?cat=&id=7

RFP Issued For High Line Phase 3, Construction Could Begin As Early As July! (http://www.dnainfo.com/20120402/chelsea-hells-kitchen/work-on-high-lines-third-section-start-july)

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-03-14-high2.jpg


CHELSEA — Work on the High Line's third and final section could begin as early as July, DNAinfo has learned.

The city put out a request for proposals early Monday morning to manage the construction of the elevated park's third section, which will run from from West 30th to West 34th Streets, stretching from 10th to 12th avenues.

Companies interested in the project have until April 20 to put together a plan to build the third section and preliminary work would begin on July 15.

According to the request for proposal, the project will last roughly 29 months.

Friends of the High Line, which helps fund raise for and run the park, has previously said the project will cost roughly $90 million and will open to the public by spring 2014.

It was not immediately clear how many contractors the city would hire or what the contracts would be worth.

Friends of the High Line could not immediately be reached to comment on any changes to the construction timeline.

Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120402/chelsea-hells-kitchen/work-on-high-lines-third-section-start-july#ixzz1qwois9Nc

NY Aquarium Makeover: Sharks Won't Just Be On Wall St Anymore! (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/04/02/aqarium_rebaits_makeover_hook_with_sharksappeal.php)

http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/image_large.jpg
TRD


The New York Aquarium is betting its $150 million renovation on the appeal of sharks with the inclusion of the marquee exhibit "Ocean Wonders: Sharks!", in which visitors will be able to walk beneath a 500,000-gallon tank where sharks will swim around them on all sides. Along with the shark exhibit, the new main building will resemble a shimmering wave—small aluminum squares will sparkle in the sunlight and move with the wind for 1,000 along the boardwalk. The new design is meant to bridge the gap between the aquarium and the beach and boardwalk. Currently, the aquarium is hidden from view from the boardwalk behind a long, tall wall that is attractively decorated, but still an imposing wall. The Wildlife Conservation Society hopes to open the redesigned aquarium by 2015.

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/04/03/city-scores-federal-approval-for-key-step-in-willets-point-development/)



City scores federal approval for key step in Willets Point development
April 03, 2012

http://www.nysun.com/pics/6958.jpg
NY Sun

The Federal Highway Administration delivered good news to the city’s longstanding effort to redevelop the Willets Point neighborhood of Queens. According to Crain’s, the federal agency ruled that proposed ramps for the Van Wyck Expressway would not significantly affect traffic and businesses in the neighborhood.

While the city’s Economic Development Corp. praised the decision, it did little to stifle opponents of the new highway ramps and the redevelopment plan in general. They say the findings work only under the assumption that the city’s development plans for WIllets Point come to fruition. Without that development, they note, the city has found that the ramps would make traffic “intolerable” on the Van Wyck.

Still, the city expects to move forward with the 20-acre first phase of the project, which calls for commercial, residential and hotel development along with park space.

[...]

Portzamparc's Second New York Masterpiece Set to Rise: 400 Park Avenue South (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/portzamparcs-second-new-york.html)

http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mcculleydesign/wWKeRZWHgJF0GWm9I9AS0dSVzf3JT1FnrPbT8BvTooytkviha1r8eeR3aYMY/Picture_22.png


April 3, 2012

While much activity is occurring in Midtown, the area surrounding Madison Park has been relatively quiet. This is about to change, as the city's Department of Buildings indicates that plans for 400 Park Avenue South have finally been approved, meaning that Christian de Portzamparc's skyscraper can finally begin to rise.

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Site diagrams filed with New York's Department of Buildings give a better look into the dynamics behind the structure, with detailed drawings of each 'shard' within the building. The many components come together as an extremely graceful (and tasteful) whole, which will eventually contain over 400 residential units, in addition to ground-level retail space.

Designed by Portzamparc, the building will contain both condominiums and rental units. The rentals will be on the lower floors and controlled by Equity Residential, while Toll Brothers will have ownership over the condos. All said, the building will contain 476 units in total--a welcome addition to a neighborhood that doesn't have too many skyscrapers.

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Besides the retail and residential, the plans for 400 PAS also include a subway entrance, which will be a welcome amenity for the public. The building should start construction this year, and while no completion date has been given, the end of 2013 or early 2014 would seem likely.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LqrH1feZZiM/T3ptFWPsm_I/AAAAAAAAAOU/zKyxn1rX4Z8/s1600/pas1.jpg
http://www.chdeportzamparc.com/content.asp?LANGUEID=2

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/29/cim-submits-plans-for-citys-tallest-residential-tower/)

:applause:

fantastic news again :cheers:

NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/realestate/commercial/development-flourishes-in-manhattans-hudson-yards-district.html?adxnnl=1&ref=nyregion&adxnnlx=1333540186-FCRPJ59zBZixYMwPPg9UOA)


Development Thrives in the Hudson Rail Yards

By JULIE SATOW
Published: April 3, 2012

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/04/04/business/Tenth/Tenth-popup.jpg
509 W. 38th St.

A 200-unit rental building will begin rising later this year at 509 West 38th Street west of 10th Avenue, one of dozens of developments that are being planned in the Hudson Yards district over the next several years.

With the No. 7 subway extension on schedule to open next December, the third section of the High Line moving ahead and residential and commercial development within the rail yards themselves (from 30th to 33rd Streets, west of 10th Avenue) advancing, the neighborhood’s transformation is starting to come into focus after a city rezoning to residential and commercial from manufacturing.

“The activity really began to pick up about six months ago when the announcement that the extension of the No. 7 subway line was on budget and, more importantly, on time,” said Robert A. Knakal, the chairman of the brokerage firm Massey Knakal. The line will curve through the yards area; it currently ends at Eighth Avenue.

The decision by the luxury brand Coach to anchor the first office tower within the rail yards has further spurred activity, Mr. Knakal said, adding, “This is the most active period we have seen since the Hudson Rail Yards project was first announced.”

Since the main rezoning of the area from 28th to 43rd Streets and west of Eighth Avenue in 2005, more than 5,000 apartments have been built and more than $5 billion in private development has poured into the area, according to the Hudson Yards Development Corporation, a city entity overseeing the area’s redevelopment.

Iliad Development hopes to break ground in the fourth quarter on the building on 38th Street, which will have 200 rental apartments, mostly studios and one-bedrooms. Ismael Leyva Architects is the architect of record and is responsible for the layouts, while BKSK Architects is designing the brick and glass facade. AvroKO, the firm that has designed restaurants like Beauty & Essex on the Lower East Side, is designing the lobby and apartment interiors. The 30-story building will also include an outdoor roof garden, a screening room, a party room and a gym.

The building will front the Hudson Yards Boulevard, a parklike thoroughfare that is planned to bisect the area, and will have views of the next phase of Hudson River Park, if it is built.

[...]

One57 today:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KHizc7ER3ZE/T32vVfQPlrI/AAAAAAAAAQk/14wXcXOnHUw/s1600/2012-04-05+10.02.29.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/construction-update-one57-willow-hotel.html

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k_ziu4eDAIc/T32vVfsW07I/AAAAAAAAAQk/5yC_2QN_yT4/s1600/2012-04-05+09.59.08.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/construction-update-one57-willow-hotel.html

The Willow Hotel starts to rise:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gh7iSc316ZM/T32vVeUzIyI/AAAAAAAAAQk/hpWZLFKqnm0/s1600/2012-04-05+10.05.01.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/construction-update-one57-willow-hotel.html

wow, One57 looks so slim in that shot from behind.

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/04/06/related_and_friends_return_for_another_high_line_tower.php)


Related and Friends Return for Another High Line Tower

http://www.bloomberg.com/image/i0tudnZhDRJ4.jpg
bloomberg

Following up on the recent report of the land rush for new developments around the burgeoning Hudson Yards mega-hood, we direct you to the southwest corner of West 30th Street and Tenth Avenue, where the Related Companies is digging down for a new 33-story residential tower. The architect of record is Ismael Leyva, father of sharp dark glass and futuristic fantasies in Midtown and downtown. Related's development partner at 500 West 30th is Abington Properties; as Crain's reported recently, the project is financed by a $200 million construction loan. When it's done, this new stack of residences will be a neighbor to another new West Chelsea tower set to rise one block south above the gardens in the sky.

250 W 55th gets glassy

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7265/6908760706_62ef8e6f95_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/6908760706/)
IMG_8218 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/6908760706/) by kz1000ps (http://www.flickr.com/people/27672048@N00/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/7054853269_c3394446f4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/7054853269/)
IMG_8219 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/7054853269/) by kz1000ps (http://www.flickr.com/people/27672048@N00/), on Flickr

1715 Broadway still naked:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5116/7054240571_b8e6a6c449_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/7054240571/)
IMG_8233 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/7054240571/) by kz1000ps (http://www.flickr.com/people/27672048@N00/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5447/7054238217_8cac43ed4b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/7054238217/)
IMG_8231 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/7054238217/) by kz1000ps (http://www.flickr.com/people/27672048@N00/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5443/6908148716_9dca0b67d1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/6908148716/)
IMG_8230 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/6908148716/) by kz1000ps (http://www.flickr.com/people/27672048@N00/), on Flickr

great updates, thank you :cheers2:

The pit at 51 Astor gets deep:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7119/6916688690_4f3096d0a6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottlynchnyc/6916688690/)
Cooper Union pit (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottlynchnyc/6916688690/) by Scoboco (http://www.flickr.com/people/scottlynchnyc/), on Flickr

I made another photomontage demonstrating the evolution of the NYC skyline over the next few decades. I went a little crazy with this one, including some visionary proposals.

Original Photo Source: ill-padrino www.matthiashaker.com (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ill-padrino/6917653336/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/7069775585_257b795404_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/7069775835_3ca5ec5905_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/7069775981_557f299865_b.jpg

Great work! But as i know, Moynihan station towers will never be build, right? And i think in 2030 in New York will be much more skyscrapers, than on this pictures=) Maybe it is 2020?

^^
Agreed, even in New York there can be 800ft+ towers that randomly pop up almost out of no where.

wow, that's really awesome!

I wanna wake up in a city that doesn't sleep...... I wanna be a part of it, NEW YORk ,NEW YORK!!! :cheers:

From: New York Yimby: http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/57th-street-development-boom-becoming.html


57th Street Development Boom: Becoming New York's Most Prominent Artery


While 42nd and 34th Streets have been the historic focal points of Manhattan, the newest wave of development will propel 57th Street to a similar significance. The difference will be in terms of who actually uses each artery; 34th and 42nd are both dominated by transit hubs (Penn Station and Grand Central, respectively), while 57th's significance will be purely from a density/architectural standpoint. Thus, while 34th and 42nd are dominated by tourists and commuters, 57th could potentially be the most legitimate hub for people who actually live in Manhattan.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iqrHg9JySDs/T4zesLxl3ZI/AAAAAAAAAoA/FWN0ezrDy7U/s1600/57thst.jpg

At the moment, there are at least eight projects under construction (or imminently so) along 57th Street, with two of these projects exceeding 1,000 feet. Impressive height is only one of the features of the projects along 57th Street--groundbreaking designs that could change the direction of modern architecture are another.

http://images.nymag.com/arts/architecture/features/bjarkeingels110214_560.jpg

Immediately across the street at 610 West 57th, AvalonBay has plans for a 48-story mixed use tower. The bulk of the tower will be residential, but the lowest floors will contain approximately 270,000 square feet of retail space. The residential component is expected, but such a large addition of retail would be a major transformation for the western portion of 57th, currently devoid of large stores.

Further east along 57th, development promises enormous potential. Nothing official has been released for 225 West 57th, but the large plot (owned by Extell) holds promise for something incredibly large--the site has roughly 1.3 million square feet of air rights, 30% more than Extell's One57 rising one block to the east.

The next block has the most activity of all, with three projects now in various stages of construction. As mentioned, One57 continues to rise, with topping-out likely before summer. One57 will be 57th Street's first 1,000'+ building, but it won't be the sole holder of the distinction for long. On the same block, the Hotel Willow is also under construction, and the building is almost above street-level. Across the street, the lot of 105 West 57th lies vacant, however recent buzz indicates the site should be under construction as well by the end of the year, adding another almost 700' tower to an incredibly dense block.

The most impressive proposal of all lies another few blocks to the east, at 432 Park Avenue. The retail component fronting 57th may have the address of 50 East 57th, and the building's location at the intersection of two of New York's most desirable thoroughfares couldn't be more prime. Recent Department of Buildings filings indicate the building will rise to just short of 1,400 feet, although nothing has been finalized.

Finally, the project at 250 East 57th will be rising soon as well (718' to the top). The building on the project's site is currently a school, and the developer has almost completed its replacement nearby--demolition should begin shortly, allowing construction to proceed on the large project (which will also feature a new Whole Foods as part of its retail component).

http://ny.racked.com/uploads/2008_8_wholefoodsmidtowneast.jpg

An interesting caveat for the projects along the eastern end of 57th Street is the potential rezoning of the neighborhood. Mayor Bloomberg wants to upzone the 'Midtown East' district by 20-30%, as New York's current office market is incredibly old by global standards. 250 East 57th is beyond the scope of the rezoning (as it's along Second Avenue), however 432 Park would definitely be impacted. Fast-tracking the zoning change, which seems to be Bloomberg's intention, could mean a tower even taller than the already proposed behemoth at 1,400' or so.

[...]

One57 (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/construction-update-one57-willow-hotel_17.html)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fcelZ2ub_o4/T43biNoMr2I/AAAAAAAAAqM/nSCpZARdiUM/s1600/2012-04-17+09.49.16.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/construction-update-one57-willow-hotel_17.html

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6sZs0KAU8M/T43biJyqLfI/AAAAAAAAAqM/QfJP8tT0Tns/s1600/2012-04-17+09.54.41.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/construction-update-one57-willow-hotel_17.html

It will copy the mecanism of photosynthesis...

http://img0.gtsstatic.com/gratte-ciel/ce-gratte-ciel-copie-le-mecanisme-de-photosynthese_86012_w460.jpghttp://img0.gtsstatic.com/gratte-ciel/ce-gratte-ciel-copie-le-mecanisme-de-photosynthese_86014_w460.jpg

http://img1.gtsstatic.com/gratte-ciel/ce-gratte-ciel-copie-le-mecanisme-de-photosynthese_86013_w460.jpghttp://img1.gtsstatic.com/gratte-ciel/ce-gratte-ciel-copie-le-mecanisme-de-photosynthese_86015_w460.jpg

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Really an amazing project...:)

http://www.gentside.com/gratte-ciel/ce-gratte-ciel-copie-le-mecanisme-de-photosynthese_art39226.html#

I anticipate 225 W 57th. To compete with 432Park and Torre Verre, Extell will build a magnificent landmark.

I love all of the structures from the early 1800s which surround Astor Place. Abraham Lincoln came to the Cooper Union building shown above give a speech against slavery before he was president.

I made another photomontage demonstrating the evolution of the NYC skyline over the next few decades. I went a little crazy with this one, including some visionary proposals.

Original Photo Source: ill-padrino www.matthiashaker.com (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ill-padrino/6917653336/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/7069775585_257b795404_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/7069775835_3ca5ec5905_b.jpg

:shocked: seems like new york will build only a few towers in the next 18 years?

This should http://www.cx-7.info/g.php be proud!!!!!

:shocked: seems like new york will build only a few towers in the next 18 years?

Not 18. Maybe 10-12. And i think that soon will appear some interesting projects.

imo not all the proposed towers will be built and even some of those currently approved towers might have a chance to be cancelled, fingers crossed :angel:

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/04/23/ll-seeks-architect-for-new-park-avenue-tower/)


L&L Seeks Architect For New Park Avenue Tower

http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/425park.jpg

L&L Holdings has taken a major step towards erecting the first new office tower along Park Avenue in more than 30 years. The Wall Street Journal reported the firm has reached out to 11 big-name architects, including three Pritzker Prize winners, for design ideas on a new skyscraper at 425 Park Avenue, between 55th and 56th Streets.

L&L Holdings acquired the long-term lease on the existing building in a partnership with Lehman Brothers Holdings in 2006. In an effort to boost revenue on the prime Park Avenue site, it wants to demolish the existing 31-story, 567,000-square-foot, circa-1950s office tower and replace it with a new $750 million building. The property is currently mostly leased with rents of about $50 to $70 per square foot. The Journal speculated that a new building would attract rents of more than $100 per foot.

To build as tall as possible per building codes, L&L Holdings must keep 25 percent of the existing structure, although Bloomberg is working to change those rules. In the meantime, L&L hopes to have the building vacant by 2015 so that demolition can start and the building can be complete by 2017.

The land underneath the building was purchased last year by TIAA-CREF for $315M.

[...]



This will likely be a skyscraper although in the era of 432 Park Ave, a supertall can't be ruled out...

25 Story Hotel Sneaks Up On Meatpacking District (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/new-25-story-hotel-soon-to-rise-at-414.html)


http://stonehilltaylor.com/projects/hotels/49/photo02.jpg

Permits filed with New York's Department of Buildings show a new hotel is set to rise at 414 West 15th Street, which is possibly confirmed by these renderings from Stonehill Taylor. The project, which is in the heart of the Meatpacking, adjacent to Chelsea Market, will rise to 25 stories and 284 feet, and have 158 rooms.

[...]

:shocked: seems like new york will build only a few towers in the next 18 years?

That's doesn't account for the entire Hudson Yards neighborhood outside of Relateds development which will see dozens of new buildings, the towers that will follow East Midtowns rezoning, anything in Lower Manhattan outside of the WTC like 99 Church, 50 West, 56 Leonard, Nobu Tower all over 700 feet, or anything in Brooklyn, Jersey City, Queens, Long Island City, or anything in Manhattan below about 550 feet because there is just far too much to keep track of.

Even just the projects showed in that render include 17-22 projects over 700 feet, and at least 12 supertalls, depending on the Hudson Yards. I think any city in the world would be happy with 20 700+ footers over 18 year.

Plus, projects that get built between now and then that we don't know about. Like this 600+ footer in Midtown is already doing site preparation, and will be done in about 2 years and came together really quickly.


Starwood's Crystal Vision (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303978104577364121853280622.html?mod=WSJ_RealEstate_MIDDLETopNews)
April 24, 2012, 4:20 p.m. ET
By CRAIG KARMIN And KRIS HUDSON

http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/MI-BO693_baccar_DV_20120424162640.jpg

"Trying to tap into Manhattan's hot market for luxury apartments and high-end hotels, Starwood Capital Group's Baccarat Hotels and Resorts is launching a plan to develop a project across from the Museum of Modern Art...

Starwood is entering a heavily populated Manhattan hotel market but one with limited high-end options, said some hotel analysts.

"New York City has about 90,000 hotel rooms, but five-star hotels are lacking in Manhattan compared to other cities like Paris or London," said Tom McConnell, a hotel analyst with real-estate broker Cushman & Wakefield."

25 Story Hotel Sneaks Up On Meatpacking District (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/new-25-story-hotel-soon-to-rise-at-414.html)

Wow, I had no idea this was gonna go up, and I live right near the Chelsea Market. :)

Ideal height for new 425 Park Avenue should be around 240 metres.

Cross-posted at Wired NY & SSP: I've created a Google map overlay with NYC construction here: http://g.co/maps/45g64 Trying to include any projects that are either actively under construction OR proposed (but not totally dead in the water). Please let me know what I'm missing or any errors. Thx.

Cross-posted at Wired NY & SSP: I've created a Google map overlay with NYC construction here: http://g.co/maps/45g64 Trying to include any projects that are either actively under construction OR proposed (but not totally dead in the water). Please let me know what I'm missing or any errors. Thx.

Nobu Tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=150805) comes to mind right off the bat, there have been some recent rumblings there. Um, 225 W 57th should be there, as should 610 Lexington Ave (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=156584), and Riverside South (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=160278), and the Girasole (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=140389).

Also, not to nit pick, but the first phase of the Hudson Yards is being built on the other side of 11th Ave. Overall, that's a really comprehensive map though. Thanks for sharing, looking forward to seeing some of those green icons turn blue.

wow, new york city is beyond even the world could for me, I'd love to visit this city, new york city very much different from my city, but in my town has two markets that are floating above the river, I hope you'll look and been to my city. :)

What is new york city now done this, whether I should know? :)

One57 reveals more skin:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zz5T4VXT018/T5qrbROCFMI/AAAAAAAAA0g/cYZmnpNUCP4/s1600/2012-04-27+09.58.18.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/construction-update-one57.html

Related's third Hudson Yards supertall will be slender, svelte:

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/142921325/original.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/renderings-released-relateds-third.html


While vague diagrams and models had showed Related's mixed-use tower at Hudson Yards to be quite tall, the latest renderings confirm the suspicions. The mixed-use tower is going to be enormous yet slender, and definitely looks like it will surpass the 1,000 foot mark (although barely--the height would likely be around One57's).

More amazing than another supertall in the neighborhood is how this building will still fail to stand out all that much, given the much larger giants adjacent. The Coach Tower may be the same height but it will be much bulkier, and the Hudson Yards North Tower will be almost 1,300' feet tall.

The renderings of the mixed-use tower aren't too detailed, but they do show a building whose profile is at least different from most other tall towers. More detailed renderings are sure to come as the opening date (per the below Related brochure) is 2017.


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/142921328/original.jpg
http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/04/renderings-released-relateds-third.html

Star Ledger (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/world_trade_centers_main_tower.html)


World Trade Center's main tower to be topped by state-of-the-art radio, TV broadcast facility

http://media.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/photo/10897777-large.jpg

Published: Friday, April 27, 2012

NEW YORK — Taking advantage of its 1,176-foot height, including a 408-foot antenna, the main tower at the new World Trade Center site will be topped by a state-of-the-art radio and television broadcast facility expected to generate $10 million a year, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said yesterday.

The Durst Organization, the real estate firm that manages and has a $100 million equity stake in the tower, formally known as WTC 1, will invest $34 million in the new broadcast facility, which will serve as a transmitter for signals generated by broadcasters at their own studios elsewhere.

Curbed (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/16/hudson_yards_look_out_here_comes_the_neighborhood.php)

its a mall ?

what is the best mall of NY

its a mall ?

what is the best mall of NY

Malls are anathema to New Yorkers so while there are a few malls in the city, mainly in the outer boroughs, they don't elicit much enthusiasm and none could be descibed as 'the best' of anything. The proposed lower floor areas in Hudson Yards that you linked to will be a mix of uses from trading floors for a big financial firm to small shops and restaurants. Upscale mall-type retail environments can be found at Trump Tower, Time Warner Center, World Financial Center (U/C) and the new Westfield development at World Trade Center (U/C). As always, the best shopping is on Fifth and Madison Avenues.

1WTC now higher than the Empire State Building

http://assets2.static.vosizneias.com/uploads/news_photos/thumbnails/800_cogogukudle6pwig7lrbtisyu2rtixfw.jpg

ArchPaper (http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=6015)


Unveiled> City Point Phase Two
Cook+Fox designs a pair of towers in Downtown Brooklyn.

http://archpaper.com/uploads/image/bk_city_point_01.jpg

With a four-story retail complex ready to open along Brooklyn’s Fulton Street Mall, City Point’s second phase, designed by Cook+Fox with Lee Weintraub Landscape Architecture, is ready to move forward. Phase two consists of two residential towers—standing 19 and 30 stories and holding a combined 650 units—sitting atop a 500,000-square-foot retail podium. “The whole project is envisioned conceptually as one project, a big mixed-use transit-oriented development,” said Cook+Fox partner Rick Cook. “This is a perfect spot for a tall building in Brooklyn.”

Cook said the towers’ skins are currently being designed, but each building will have its own identity. “We intend to play off a similar fenestration pattern and skin” of the first phase, Cook said, which could incorporate the same custom-glazed white terra-cotta tiles. Landscaped areas are subtly incorporated into the site and on the rooftops. “We’ve created a series of recesses on the street wall where we could incorporate green spaces,” Cook said. A glass market hall leads through the site to the planned Willoughby Park by Michael Van Valkenburgh. A future third phase calls for an even taller building that Cook said will anchor the corner with a strong sense of verticality.

[...]

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/04/30/barnett-poses-obstacle-to-vornados-central-park-south-development/)


Barnett poses obstacle to Vornado’s Central Park South development
April 30, 2012 08:30AM

http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/220CPS.jpg

Vornado Realty Trust’s plans for a luxury condominium along Central Park South are being stalled by rival developer Gary Barnett, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Extell Development CEO holds a lease for the ground-floor garage at 220 Central Park South, a building Vornado wants to demolish to make way for a 41-story new development, and is refusing to vacate the property.

Vornado has spent $40 million to buy out residential tenants, but has been unsuccessful in attempts to reach a similar agreement with Barnett, who bought an interest in the lease a few years ago and holds it for another five years.

“We have a little issue there, but we’re trying to resolve it,” Barnett said.

Vornado, which bought the existing structure for $132 million in 2005, is weighing demolishing the entire structure except for the space Extell leases, but Barnett has bashed Vornado for even considering the alternative, which he deemed unsafe.

The Journal noted that Barnett owns a neighboring site on 58th Street where he was planning an 18-story development whose views could eventually be compromised by Vornado’s current plans. Meanwhile, Vornado Chairman Steven Roth said the site would be better than what Barnett is building at 157 West 57th Street

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ArchPaper (http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=6015)


Unveiled> City Point Phase Two
Cook+Fox designs a pair of towers in Downtown Brooklyn.

http://archpaper.com/uploads/image/bk_city_point_01.jpg

With a four-story retail complex ready to open along Brooklyn’s Fulton Street Mall, City Point’s second phase, designed by Cook+Fox with Lee Weintraub Landscape Architecture, is ready to move forward. Phase two consists of two residential towers—standing 19 and 30 stories and holding a combined 650 units—sitting atop a 500,000-square-foot retail podium. “The whole project is envisioned conceptually as one project, a big mixed-use transit-oriented development,” said Cook+Fox partner Rick Cook. “This is a perfect spot for a tall building in Brooklyn.”

Cook said the towers’ skins are currently being designed, but each building will have its own identity. “We intend to play off a similar fenestration pattern and skin” of the first phase, Cook said, which could incorporate the same custom-glazed white terra-cotta tiles. Landscaped areas are subtly incorporated into the site and on the rooftops. “We’ve created a series of recesses on the street wall where we could incorporate green spaces,” Cook said. A glass market hall leads through the site to the planned Willoughby Park by Michael Van Valkenburgh. A future third phase calls for an even taller building that Cook said will anchor the corner with a strong sense of verticality.

[...]

Photomontage I made of 432 Park :cheers::

Original Image Credit: manhattan skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubyray/7074816099/) by rubalisciousness (http://www.flickr.com/people/ubyray/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7254/6984354398_2fe00560b4_b.jpg

Edit: I may have made it a little too tall, but oh well.

Has anybody seen The Avengers? Anyone noticed where and how the Stark Tower is made? it's a really funny idea :D.
It's the Metlife tower, but partly dismantled, you can see the tower cranes at the base of the tower, dismantling the lower floors. The Stark Tower "comes out" of the Metlife, and keeps part of the original facade:
http://media.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/10300/starke.png
Pic from: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=47954

what? one 57's clad reveal is hot!

and let us return to the topic, because there is no end we will discuss it? now in new york city there are how many projects are being done in building a skyscraper?

and let us return to the topic, because there is no end we will discuss it? now in new york city there are how many projects are being done in building a skyscraper?

English?

I don't think there's any accurate count, but last time I heard it was something like 52 skyscrapers. I presume that is just under construction and is probably composed of buildings with 25+ floors.

Public Slams Chelsea Market Expansion (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/03/public_slams_chelsea_market_expansion.php)

http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CM-detail-FROM-SOUTHWEST-455x500.jpg
http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/29113


Last night Chelsea residents had an opportunity to publicly comment on the Chelsea Market Expansion plan and the sentiment in the room ran strongly against the project. The main line of argument during the public hearing portion of the Manhattan Community Board Meeting held at St. Luke's Hospital was that the community had fought long and hard to zone the neighborhood, so CB4 members were urged to maintain that zoning and not carve out exceptions in the hopes of gaining concessions from the developer Jamestown Properties. The alleged threats of the expansion included economic development displacing current residents, the dilution of the neighborhood's socio-cultural diversity, and the fact that Jamestown was going to make a shit-ton of money from this project and they're not even Americans.

Domino Developer Loses Lawsuit Over Site Ownership (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/03/domino_developer_loses_lawsuit_over_site_ownership.php)

http://archpaper.com/uploads/image/Domino1.jpg
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5474


As promised, the court has handed down a ruling in the latest Domino lawsuit, developer Isaac Katan's attempt to stop a restructuring deal at the site. And? No injunction, according to the Commercial Observer. Which means joint site owner the Community Preservation Corporation is free to give the majority stake in the project to its lender. Both Katan and CPC will hold much-reduced stakes in Domino as a result. Of course, Katan hasn't given up the fight yet: his attorneys say Katan has a "newly-inked white-knight offer" in hand to bring "an experienced real estate developer" into the Domino mix.

Not looking good at all for this project as condos. As rentals, it might stand a chance but without Vinoly's overpriced designs...

TheRealDeal (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/05/03/pier-40-to-have-residential-development-cinema/)


Pier 40 to have residential development, cinema?
May 03, 2012 03:00PM

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Pier 40 could be home to a new 600,000-square-foot housing development. The Villager reported that a new study focused on the best ways to enhance the economic outlook for the cash-strapped Hudson River Park proposes housing on the pier as a way to bring in some income and save the now-decaying pier.

Other scenarios for the pier include erecting a cinema, a Cirque du Soleil venue and a retail store on the pier, located just off West Houston Street.

A task force tapped to review the study favors a combination of residences and a hotel for the pier, the Villager said. The combination would be the most profitable in terms of rent, the Villager reported, and would leave 70 percent of the pier open for public sporting use.

As previously reported, the Hudson River Park Trust is currently working to secure bond power from state legislators. The Hudson River Park project is now 14 years old, 70 percent complete and in need of $200 million to finish its development.

^^

I really hope so, it's time we give the pier a makeover :lol:

English?

I don't think there's any accurate count, but last time I heard it was something like 52 skyscrapers. I presume that is just under construction and is probably composed of buildings with 25+ floors.

^^ wow, 52, was incredible once in new york city building, whether it's all a skyscraper? concept applied in new york city in constructing a building, whether the concept with a green city where planted with trees

Permits Filed: 105 W.57th St. Rising Soon, Likely Topping Out Over 700 Feet (http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/05/permits-filed-105-west-57th-street.html)

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Old rendering: will the revived tower change dramatically?


New permits filed with the Department of Buildings likely indicate that construction is imminent on 105 West 57th Street. The future building will be 52 stories tall, which is one story greater than previous permits indicated, meaning the height will likely exceed 700 feet. Along with the other developments along 57th Street, this will dramatically transform the skyline and the corridor, giving it another notch when it comes to ultra-luxury developments.

88 Willoughby Construction Begins (http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/05/377-bridge-street-is-officially-back-in-business/?stream=true)

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The 57-story condo/rental tower is finally going up at 388 Bridge Street in Downtown Brooklyn! Just yesterday, a lot of heavy-duty construction work started up at the site. It looked like workers were pouring concrete into the foundation, but our view through the fence wasn’t great. Last month there were stirrings here after years of inactivity. At its completion, this development will hold 234 apartments and 144 condos, both market and affordable rate. Construction on the H&M down on the corner of Bridge and Fulton started up late April. Onward and upward!

^^ Permits Filed: 105 W.57th St. Rising Soon, Topping Out ​​Likely Over 700 Feet

was very charming at all these buildings, if any of the building with the green concept to fight global warming?

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/05/07/brookfield-plans-apartments-for-manhattan-west/)


Brookfield plans apartments for Manhattan West
May 07, 2012 09:00AM

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Long considered only for its office and retail potential, Brookfield Office Properties’ massive Manhattan West development site could include residential, too. Citing information from an investor call, Bloomberg News reported that the developer may include up to 900 residential units in its 5.4 million-square-foot plan.

“We’ve always highlighted the office density because we’re an office landlord,” said Brookfield Office President Dennis Friedrich said. “But we have the ability to build 900 units on that site. That market has really taken off, and may drive greater value for us, so we took a little bit of time to study that.”

The current plans calls for two skyscrapers on the site, located along Ninth Avenue across from Pennsylvania station. New Chairman Ric Clark said the firm is still negotiating to begin construction on the platform above the rail yards.

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Buildings can be built above the world trade center's height but, no building can be above 2,000ft in the USA due to the federal aviation administration's rules (would need special permission).

2000ft to tip? Or 2000ft only roof height? If just to roof height, 1900 would do, and add a few more hundred ft for a spire or some frame and windows past the roof. If entirely to tip, then heck, we could go 1,999.99'... he he he :nuts:

"Special permission?" I am pretty sure there are many ways around this.. and heck, if any city in the usa could get "special permission," I am sure it would be nyc

Found it!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/7069775835_3ca5ec5905_b.jpg

Credit goes to sbarn

Although it looks fabulous, but are there any plans to rezone the western side of Manhattan? because I'm noticing the tall skyscrapers would be on the western riverfront.... if so, we would have three major skyline areas, Downtown, Midtown ,and Western riverfront (whatever the name of the area is).

Hell's kitchen.

Here's a key for the picture I posted earlier:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/7069775981_557f299865_b.jpg

Credits to sbarn again

Not a fan of this, it makes ESB look tiny. Some of the buildings are great, but 432 park sticks out like a sore thumb, and really overshadows ESB. I wish that Tower Verre was taller, it has a strikingly beautiful design.

Great post!


Thank you, for sharing information in this forum..


regards,


Caroline

Kanto finally losing it?

But if your happy what else matters?

and........ I don't like this thread straying off thread but reading previous posts I only wish the view of the ESB from Top of the Rock is classified as a national monument. Yeah it's one thing to save a building but you also have to save it in context of what it means and has meant to this city. I have been looking at a mounted giant classic view picture of this in a local store and think I'll have to buy it !
Now back to WTC 1............it looks great in the background as well : )

Here's a key for the picture I posted earlier:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/7069775981_557f299865_b.jpg

Credits to sbarn again

Hmph, I find it rather curious that there are so many new towers in midtown, but except for the WTC there are none in downtown. Is there no space left in downtown or what?

Hmph, I find it rather curious that there are so many new towers in midtown, but except for the WTC there are none in downtown. Is there no space left in downtown or what?

welcome back Kanto...................i would say that they would have to raze something downtown ( my favorite part of the city) to put something else up, just as they do in almost every area of the city as how many open spaces are there in Manhattan? perhaps a few along the Hudson?? I'm excited there is even more to go on 1WTC........... thanks to those who posted those pics above showing whats left vs current height

Hmph, I find it rather curious that there are so many new towers in midtown, but except for the WTC there are none in downtown. Is there no space left in downtown or what?

Ever heard of 99 Church, 56 Leonard, 50 West and the towers on Washington Str.? All in Downtown. Not to mention all the small hotels (300 - 600ft) going up which don't even have a thread here. Also many towers shown in that render will be completed in a couple of years (<2020), not in 2030.

TRD (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/05/08/lehman-could-facilitate-second-new-park-avenue-office-tower/)


Lehman could facilitate second new Park Avenue office tower
May 8 2012

http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/park-ave.jpg

Just two weeks after L&L Holdings requested proposals for Park Avenue’s first new office tower in three decades, speculation is growing that a second new tower could rise on the avenue. According to the New York Post, now that Lehman Brothers Holdings has full control over 237 Park Avenue it is considering building a new tower on the property, near 45th Street.

Monday Properties both manages 237 Park Avenue and owns the neighboring building at 230 Park Avenue. The addresses were going to be merged for zoning lot purposes in order to construct a new tower around 237 Park Avenue. But to build that new tower, developers need about 1.5 million square feet of air rights, which is owned by Lehman Brothers and Argent Ventures.

Now that Lehman has a stake in the properties, and considering it already has a stake in the air rights, perhaps the landlords can strike a deal for additional air rights and expand atop the existing structure or build a new one entirely, the Post said.

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High Line area residentials begin their big dig:

Avalon West Chelsea:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2KI9eBXNw68/T6gcxRgOo9I/AAAAAAAADBw/f8vkiUSZ7R8/s1600/avalon+west+chelsea+closest.JPG
http://afinecompany.blogspot.com/2012/05/related-avalon-dig-deep-at-top-of-high.html

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RqU4Li5aACA/T6gdqixk-UI/AAAAAAAADB4/9ugWksMIYF8/s1600/avalon+fogarty.JPG
http://afinecompany.blogspot.com/2012/05/related-avalon-dig-deep-at-top-of-high.html


Related site at 30th and 10th St.:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yq3ln5Dan7c/T6gb0wv8H9I/AAAAAAAADBg/dyRGdl7yhLY/s1600/related+muddy.JPG
http://afinecompany.blogspot.com/2012/05/related-avalon-dig-deep-at-top-of-high.html

MAYBE rendering:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2D_txX35CgY/T6gcpUN4zqI/AAAAAAAADBo/aqAeMdcd5as/s1600/related+render+better.jpg
http://afinecompany.blogspot.com/2012/05/related-avalon-dig-deep-at-top-of-high.html

NYU Seeks Approval To Build $1.2 Billion Pavillion (http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120507/REAL_ESTATE/120509919)

The 22-story, 830,200-square-foot building for inpatient and outpatient service will be located on the medical center's existing campus, at East 34th Street.

http://redaf.med.nyu.edu/files/redaf/u20/Kimmel_34th_street_view_446x446_0.jpg


NYU Hospitals Center is expected to announce Monday that it has filed for state regulatory approval of its long-awaited $1.2 billion project to build a new clinical facility, the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion.

The certificate of need, filed last month, calls for a 22-story, 830,200-square-foot building for inpatient and outpatient services. It will be located on the medical center's existing East 34th Street campus, between First Avenue and the East River, where the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation and the Ronald O. Perelman Research buildings now stand. NYU said the project could generate 10,400 construction and related jobs in New York, $1.44 billion in economic output and 9,100 nonconstruction jobs.

If approved, the new pavilion will have 374 inpatient rooms with one bed each. That design could help the hospital's bottom line by helping it control costly infections and making patients feel better about their hospitalization—at a time when reimbursement will be based in part on patient satisfaction scores.

[...]
Read more: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120507/REAL_ESTATE/120509919#ixzz1uJAqJmGs

Dream Downtown Hotel / Handel Architects


http://www.archdaily.com/232361/dream-downtown-hotel-handel-architects/

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