NEW YORK | 185 E 80th St | 508 FT | 34 FLOORS

[NYguy]

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estat...ment-tower-185-e-80th-st-upper-east-side

Upper East Side corner lot to get 34-story residential tower


JULIANNE CUBA
April 3, 2025

A 34-story residential building is poised to replace a corner lot on the Upper East Side now occupied by several low-slung properties, records show.

Midtown-based Skyline Developers, which was started by Orin Wilf in 1999, filed permits with the Department of Buildings this week to erect a 508-foot tower with 66 dwelling units at 185 E. 80th St., according to city records.

The proposed structure would rise between Lexington and Third avenues and replace what's now a 4-story building containing six apartments and two commercial units, including a locksmith and a cleaners, the latter of which is closed. It would include between one and three apartments on each floor — it's unclear if they would be rentals or condos — as well as 23 enclosed parking spots in the cellar, retail space on the first floor, and designated rooms for laundry, pet care, exercise and yoga, and billiards. The residential space would span about 242,000 square feet, and the commercial, about 2,000, records show.

[Crawford]

Nice.

UES is getting a ton of really high-end, traditional-style condo towers. Hopefully this will be another great addition.

[NYguy]

Good height for the area, and will likely be higher than that given number.

[ChiND]

Since the article refers to a “corner lot,” I assume that the developer owns the building on 3rd Avenue.

[NYguy]

It is indeed the corner lot, which is a good thing. The homes just west of the site won't be touched.

This site will be combined with the 3rd Avenue site:

The Wilf family, who keep a low profile and rarely do interviews, had filed permits last month to demolish the East 80th Street building along with three adjacent properties, all also 4 stories, at 1410-1418 Third Ave.

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estat...ment-tower-185-e-80th-st-upper-east-side

These are the buildings to be demolished

[ChiND]

This is fabulous news. The buildings on Third are heinous.

[Crawford]

All crap, hopefully replaced by a classic UES tower.

Robert AM Stern or equivalent would be ideal.

[ChiND]

The shape of This tower looks great.

https://www.uppereastsite.com/luxury-developer-plans-53-story-tower-for-ues-corner/

Luxury Developer Plans 53-Story Tower for UES Corner
by Upper East Site Staff
April 4, 2025

[NYguy]

That graphic does resemble some of the larger towers that went up in the area, and that’s good because some of the early filings suggested the building would only cover a third of the site.

[NYguy]

This looks to be similar to 200 East 83rd, the tower not too long ago built by Naftali (who also happened to pick up the 800 5th Ave site). If that graphic is accurate, it looks to also be another Stern design...



200 E 83rd is just a couple of blocks away...
























180 E. 88th St is also nearby, and of similar height. The design is not as great.




https://luxexpose.com/92nd-street-y-programming-initiative-launches-at-180-east-88th-street/




https://www.lxcollection.com/property/180-east-88th-street/residence/PH

[chris08876]

Demolition Underway for 34-Story Skyscraper at 1410-1418 Third Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

Demolition is ramping up at 1410-1418 Third Avenue, the site of a planned 34-story residential skyscraper on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects, with Hill West Architects as the architect of record, and developed by Skyline Developers, the 508-foot-tall structure will yield an undisclosed number of units along with 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property is alternately addressed as 185 East 80th Street and is situated at the corner of Third Avenue and East 80th Street.

Scaffolding and black netting have been installed over the assemblage of five low-rise buildings since our last update in early February, when demolition prep was just getting underway. The windows have been removed from the structures and their ground floors are boarded up as crews work on interior gutting. YIMBY expects the buildings to be razed to street level before the end of the year.

No finalized renderings have been revealed for the forthcoming skyscraper apart from the following axonometric diagram, revealing a massing and crown that is largely characteristic of other prewar-inspired designs by Robert A. M. Stern Architects. The drawing shows the building beginning with a multi-story podium culminating in stepped setbacks, which will likely create space for private terraces. The tower then rises largely uninterrupted with a lone setback on the western elevation and three columns of what appear to be protruding bay windows on the southern and eastern faces. A loggia cutout is also shown near the setback at the southwestern corner. The crown features another array of cascading setbacks, and bulkhead will cap the flat parapet. The entrance to the building’s parking garage is visible on the southern side along East 80th Street.

The skyscraper is slated to house one to three apartments per floor. Crain’s New York Business reported there will be 66 units spanning approximately 242,000 square feet, but these figures are subject to change. It’s unclear whether the units will be rentals or condominiums.

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NYY

[ChiND]

We're losing vile garbage and will be getting an extraordinary new RAMSA masterpiece. This is the Age of Ramses (and the Myceneans)!

https://newyorkyimby.com/2026/01/demolit...treet-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html


Michael Young/Yimby

[ChiND]

But for the two pieces of junk that fortunately were razed, this block is stunning.


NYGuy

[Busy Bee]

Yeah. They should look great with the new bookend too.

[ChiND]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Yeah. They should look great with the new bookend too.

I agree.

[ChiND]

From pincusco.com

Skyline Developers pays $19.2M to Brodsky for 57K sf air rights in Carnegie Hill
March 11, 2026 8:56 am

https://www.pincusco.com/skyline-develop...-for-57k-sf-air-rights-in-carnegie-hill/

[Crawford]

Nice. Wonder if the tower plans are revised for something taller, or if this air rights sale was already baked into the plans.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Nice. Wonder if the tower plans are revised for something taller, or if this air rights sale was already baked into the plans.

Would have to check the building permits.