NEW YORK | 625 Madison Ave | ~800 FT | 34 FLOORS

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller

Exactly. How many floors is 270 Park, like 53? If they build a Class A office tower with 52 floors on this site, it will be at least 1,000 ft.

I hope so, but renderings usually take height into account (unless this for some reason does not) and not all buildings are going to build ceilings like 270 Park Avenue. 270 Park is 60 floors with 130 feet of mechanical space up top.


A modern 52 story office tower could still be 7-800 feet. I really like the design though, at least it's not a box.

[NYguy]

Keep in mind that what Related says is 52 floors, might not actually be 52 floors.

[ChiND]

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[ChiND]

NY Guy, as you and TDVK seem to have particular insight into the cryptic DOB filings, I'm curious how tall you think this will be.

Also, do you think that the rendering that was posted this week represents the tower with or without the extra square footage from the transit improvement bonus? In Post 338, you commented as follows:

It appears to be for a 624 foot building and lists Gensler as the archiect.

https://a810-dobnow.nyc.gov/publish/Index.html#!/search
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Originally Posted by Crawford View Post
Pretty sure Foster is the architect. Gensler is prolly just handling the initial filings.

Yes, that's the height that's always been there since the refiling. However, plans for the transit improvement bonus haven't been filed, so it's not complete.

Happy Cap Slapper

[NYguy]

It will be a 700 footish building.

[ChiND]

Originally Posted by NYguy

It will be a 700 footish building.

[Zapatan]

If at 32 floors it was 676' (as the title suggests) wouldn't it be much higher than that?

Unless the floor count is fake or the ceilings shrunk.

[ajbeaver25]

Yeah 52 floors at 700 feet is comparable to a residential tower which means either the floor count is wrong or the height is wrong

hopefully the height

[BK1985]

Height-aside, I really enjoy the designwork on this one. I was half expecting the usual glass box.

[NYguy]

Posting again for those that missed it…

Originally Posted by NYguy

Keep in mind that what Related says is 52 floors, might not actually be 52 floors.

Originally Posted by Zapatan

If at 32 floors it was 676' (as the title suggests) wouldn't it be much higher than that?

Unless the floor count is fake or the ceilings shrunk.

Originally Posted by ajbeaver25

Yeah 52 floors at 700 feet is comparable to a residential tower which means either the floor count is wrong or the height is wrong

hopefully the height

[ChiND]

I like the design and don’t really care about the height, but I’m surprised that Related is content with 700 feet when all of the other new “peer” towers will be a lot taller (eg, 343 and 346 Madison, 570 5th, 70 HY).

[mrnyc]

not a big fan of that crown, but the rest of the building is very stylish.

as usual more interested to see the base as that’s what we all interact with.

[ChiND]

This design is quite nice, but I find the diminutive height odd. It seems that its non-iconic peers (e.g., 343 Madison, 346 Madison, 570 Fifth, and 70 HY) will all reach (or exceed) 800 feet.

I'd rather have this sub-700 foot tower than the absurd stick that was previously proposed, but I am perplexed by its Liliputian stature.

[UrbanImpact]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Another look...

Love this design! It is giving a little bit of Frankfurt style in NYC

[ChiND]

I'd like to see the west facade that fronts Madison Avenue.

[chris08876]

Credit: JC_Heights

[NYguy]

Won't be long before this is under construction - tenant signing or not.

[ChiND]

NY Guy,

I'd much rather have this roughly 700 foot tower than the ridiculous 1,200 foot stick that was proposed earlier, but why is this relatively short? Couldn't Related buy more air rights? Since there's no height limit on the site, I assumed that Related would have sought to be a few hundred feet taller than the GM Building.

[NYguy]

Been waiting for this. Keep in mind, these transit improvement bonuses are not full ULURP. Notice the height and floor count difference between this and tge GM building. The particular submarket where this building will be located is for boutique, trophy buildings. It will be among the highest, if not the highest in rent. I believe they have factored into everything, the floorspace as well as the site zoning go achieve the max.

[ChiND]

So this tower will be 800 feet tall?