[NYguy]

Originally Posted by BXFrank

I hope they don’t sandwich a glass thing on top of the existing structure, Stern should get involved with this and build it with the same materials and look of the original with a gothic crown.

This is going to be an office building, so that’s not going to happen. At 1.5 msf, on top of the existing structure, it will be pretty tall - at or close to supertall status. It might even rival the old 15 Penn plan and the ESB in height. Macy’s would probably want something that would at least be recognizable on the skyline, it is their flagship.

Things have gone well at the other Macys construction project in Brooklyn...


https://www.globest.com/2020/02/04/whitt...k-sf-at-tishman-speyers-wheeler-project/

The Whittle School & Studios has entered a 20-year, 620,000-square-foot lease with Tishman Speyer at The Wheeler in Downtown Brooklyn. This is the third location the global school company is opening, offering a K-12 curriculum.

In 2015, Tishman Speyer and Macy’s teamed up to birth The Wheeler, a development partnership between both of the entities to construct a modern 10-story glass and steel tower that’d reimagine the historic Downtown Brooklyn store.

Macy’s approached Tishman Speyer to help redesign and renovate the property. As part of this process, the prominent retailer consolidated its operations into the first four shopping floors and lower levels of its main Art Deco building built in 1930 and an interconnected cast-iron structure built by developer Andrew Wheeler in the 1870s.

Tishman Speyer led the effort, careful to preserve and restore the Wheeler building’s Mansard roof and cast-iron façade, which required the disassembly of the entire façade for off-site renovation and repairs. Once restored, the façade was then returned to the site and re-assembled piece by piece in its original location. The joint venture also preserved and restored the Art Deco masonry façade and the distinctive terrace railings of the original Macy’s building.