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49-Story Mixed-Use Tower with 100% Affordable Housing Moves into Environmental Review Process

According to recently-published Draft Scope of Work for a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), the chosen developers intend to build a 700,000-square-foot-tower with 234 affordable apartments, 88,000 square feet of dorm rooms, 200,000 square feet of office space and a 12,000-square-foot supermarket. Additionally, planned is 28,000 square feet of amenities that will include a health club, food court, and laundry facility. The NYPD is to reintroduce a parking facility to the building's cellar level and part of the ground floor. On the upper reaches of the tower, an urban garden, a cooling tower, and an alternative energy plant is envisioned. According to the DEIS, the completion is projected for 2023.

 

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I'm unsure if the rendering reflects the final product, but if its close then I expect this tower will be passive in design. That, in combination with the alternative energy farm envisioned atop the roof, might allow this building to exist off-grid.

 

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New Renderings Released for Dual-Skyscraper Development at 495 Eleventh Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan - New York YIMBY

YIMBY spotted a new set of renderings for the two-tower 495 Eleventh Avenue, which would rise 57 and 56 stories tall over Midtown, Manhattan.

newyorkyimby.com