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This First Avenue lot is part of a huge development site assembled by Sheldon Solow several years ago after a Con Ed power plant was demolished. The new owner, JDS Development is planning two residential towers. The architect for Solow's original condo plan was Richard Meier. That $4 billion plan was put on hold in 2009. Solow has since begun unwinding his businesses and sold this parcel to JDS. A new rental apartment plan with a new architect is to be revealed soon. The two tower scheme is fully approved.

New architect is SHoP: http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/J...id=1&passjobnumber=121331059&passdocnumber=01

SHoP-Designed Rental Towers Rising In First Avenue Mud Pit



The 9.2-acre mud pit on First Avenue between 35th and 41st Street will be an eyesore no more. Two luxury rental towers, developed by JDS Development and designed by SHoP Architects, are now rising on the site. The curving, copper-clad buildings will be the stars of the East Side, according to SHoP principal Vishaan Chakrabarti, who told the Times that the 49- and 40-story towers "dance with each other [...] like Shawn and Beyoncé." They will hold 800 apartments and be connected by a "show-stopping" skybridge (look familiar?) that has an indoor pool and lounge. SHoP is also designed the interiors, and the rooftop will feature an infinity pool, fitness center, squash court, and boxing gym. Other amenities include a "demo kitchen" with a dining room, a playroom, and a screening room. Construction began in July, and the buildings should be complete by 2016.










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As previously envisioned by Richard Meier:







Solow's Con Ed Site Gets The Wake Up Call!


Site at far left could be first to be developed.

Sheldon Solow, better known for building and buying glamorous properties than for selling, has tapped Studley Capital Transaction Group’s Woody Heller to sift offers for a major East Side development site.

The rare offering by Solow Realty and Development is for 616 First Ave., on the avenue’s east side between East 35th-36th streets. Solow spent years obtaining regulatory, zoning and environmental reviews.

The site overlooking the East River is now fully approved for two new towers of 37 and 47 stories with a total maximum floor area of 730,240 square feet.

“It offers the rare opportunity to develop a site with New York’s three most coveted view amenities — water, green space and skyline,” Heller said.

Solow, famed as the developer of 9 W. 57th St., also owns three contiguous blocks he plans to develop nearby, just south of the United Nations.

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The more I look at the pictures, my view of the towers has been upgraded to interesting. :)

If this developer is successful buying Solow's remaining parcels in this development, JDS will look to develop the remaining properties that will be complimentary to this project (616 First Ave) so it will not stick out like a sore thumb and blend in better imo.

The copper façade will definitely make this unique for NYC and hopefully they can make change proof color wise overtime. Anyway, Its just good something will finally rise in this void of an area.
 
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JDS and SHoP are bringing a new public space next to their development at 616 1st Ave: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...for Murray Hillcontent#slideshow_modal_slot_1



MURRAY HILL — A new park planned for Murray Hill will be a tranquil green space featuring ginkgo trees, granite paths and a water fountain, according to details revealed by the developer.

JDS Development Group plans to build a privately owned, public park at 626 First Ave., filled with shady seating areas and bike parking, crisscrossed by granite and limestone paths, according to renderings of the project obtained by DNAinfo New York.

JDS Development's park, which is set to be constructed alongside two luxury rental towers that are scheduled to open in early 2016, is slated for the northeast corner of the property, at the FDR Drive and 36th Street.

The developer is set to offer the proposal to Community Board 6 at a public meeting on Sept. 30, and the plan will need to be approved by the Department of City Planning before work can begin, according to Sandro Sherrod, chairman of CB6.
 
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interesting, quite daring design
 
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JDS lines up $390M for East Side luxury towers



Two luxury rental-apartment towers are coming to an East Side lot formerly owned by ConEdison.

JDS Development Group secured $390 million in financing last month from Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors LLC, a division of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. The developer is now continuing the construction of the two SHoP Architects-designed towers at 626 First Avenue.

“Basically, we want to build the highest-end rental the city has ever seen,” JDS managing partner Michael Stern told the Wall Street Journal. Rents in the 800 units are expected to be more than $80 per square foot.

Stern also told the Journal that the foundation for the towers is almost complete and that it’s almost time for vertical construction.
 
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