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

[Zerton]

Only 34 stories with ~21ft floor to floor heights at the office floors. Developers really want high ceilings for their Class A office space.

[ajbeaver25]

Originally Posted by Zerton

Only 34 stories with ~21ft floor to floor heights at the office floors. Developers really want high ceilings for their Class A office space.

Wouldn't that make this building have the highest consistent ceilings of any skyscraper in the world?

[mrnyc]

Originally Posted by ChiND

So this tower will be 800 feet tall?

i imagine it will be near the max of 800'.

the 'bonus' of 99,400 sq ft would typically be around 10-12 floors.

[ChiND]

Originally Posted by mrnyc

i imagine it will be near the max of 800'.

the 'bonus' of 99,400 sq ft would typically be around 10-12 floors.

Thanks.

[NYguy]

A little more info...

[ChiND]

This tower at 800 feet tall is going to look great!

[NYguy]

One of the top "trophy" buildings in the city.

The newest entrant to Manhattan’s office pipeline is poised to set a pricing benchmark at the very top of the market. Related Companies is marketing its forthcoming 52-story tower at 625 Madison Ave. with asking rents that could reach an unprecedented $400 per square foot on the uppermost floors.

The 840,000-square-foot project will target premier tenants in the technology and financial sectors, with base rents beginning around $250 per square foot and escalating sharply with elevation — ultimately delivering what would be the highest office asking rents ever recorded in New York City.

.......The design team has also evolved. Foster + Partners and Gensler — the latter also on Related’s 70 Hudson Yards — have been selected to create what is envisioned as the signature trophy tower to rule them all.

[ChiND]

800 feet of this is going to be amazing!

[Zapatan]

I know clients like their high ceilings and everything but it seems a bit wasteful to build a near 800 foot tower with only ~30 habitable floors.

Oh well, good looking building.

[ajbeaver25]

How do such high ceilings work with FAR? Are they able to build taller because of the ceilings or do they have to contribute extra square footage to get them approved?

[mrnyc]

i dont care about floors or floor height.

if the clients want a downtown atlanta marriott marquis open interior that’s fine.

as long as the outside looks as nice as this.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by ajbeaver25

How do such high ceilings work with FAR? Are they able to build taller because of the ceilings or do they have to contribute extra square footage to get them approved?

FAR is exactly what it stands - for Floor Area Ratio. The size is determined by the floor area, whatever form that takes. The only regulation comes from things like setback and lot coverage as well as maximum width at certain heights. That doesn't account for mechanical space, which is deducted - but there is a certain amount of coverage in mechanical space to be designated as such. We've seen in some cases where even the mechanical floor heights were restricted (though still high). That's just a small part of what the DOB determines when new building permits are submitted. The zoning allows you to build, but the DOB is where you prove it (or show your work, so to speak).



Anyway, the office space here won't be just any old office space. It will be elite, even by New York standards.

[ChiND]

NY Guy:

Do you know if this image depicts the 600 foot version or the 800 foot version?

It would be nice if images of the west facade were shown too.

[TKD]

Its shows neither, because the 800' figure is just the height of the max building envelope, that doesn't mean they're going to build to that height, same with other buildings that have undergone ULURP, though initial filings currently show them as building up to the max.

And it's clearly taller than 600' in the render so that automatically disqualifies it as representing that opt.

Regardless, the render doesnt show a height of 600' nor 800'.

[ChiND]

Originally Posted by TKD

Its shows neither.

So what is depicted then?

[TKD]

The render that was publicly released could've just been an in progress visual of the building, it has no height relation to the ULURP filings relating to anything, they're completely different, disregarding the massing of each of them and the fact that ULURP zoning drawings are watered down versions of the building when initially filed.

[ChiND]

Originally Posted by TKD

The render that was publicly released could've just been an in progress visual of the building, it has no height relation to the ULURP filings relating to anything, they're completely different, disregarding the massing of each of them and the fact that ULURP zoning drawings are watered down versions of the building when initially filed.

Thanks. So is that not even necessarily representative of what the tower will actually look like?

[NYguy]

Related's not fucking around...



MAY 31, 2026

[NYguy]

Foundation permits are approved, so I expect this to move forward quickly.

[BK1985]

I was just looking at the rendering again and it appears this one has a side core.