NEW YORK | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread

[Submariner]

Hey guys and gals, I'm wondering if you know anything about this:

I am in a Starbucks directly across from "34 East 51st" It is an empty lot any while there is no "what's going on here" sticker, it appears as if it is under construction (a recently erected blue wall is up along with all the required permits. Any ideas?

[sbarn]

Originally Posted by Submariner

Hey guys and gals, I'm wondering if you know anything about this:

I am in a Starbucks directly across from "34 East 51st" It is an empty lot any while there is no "what's going on here" sticker, it appears as if it is under construction (a recently erected blue wall is up along with all the required permits. Any ideas?

According to WNY, it is a boutique office building designed by SOM that is 20 stories tall. No renderings.

[Hypothalamus]

NEW YORK | 320 West 36th St | FT | 25 FLOORS
NEW YORK | 321 West 35th St | 274 FT | 25 FLOORS*
NEW YORK | 135 West 30th St | 210 FT | 20 FLOORS*
*According to building permits
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Atria Builders proposes 29-story Marriott near Javits Center
Mark Maurer, November 14, 2013 02:40PM


461 West 34th Street and Jacob Javits Convention Center

Flushing, Queens-based Atria Builders filed plans yesterday to build a 29-story Courtyard by Marriott near the Javits Convention Center.

The now-vacant site at 461 West 34th Street, also known as 428 10th Avenue, will balloon into a 197,253-square-foot project with 399 hotel rooms. DSM Design Group is serving as architect.
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Midtown investors in talks to build 250-room Crowne Plaza
November 04, 2013 02:30PM
By Mark Maurer


320 West 36th Street garage and Crowne Plaza Times Square

Three New York City real estate players are in talks with U.K.-based InterContinental Hotels Group to develop a 25-story, 250-room hotel in Midtown West as a Crowne Plaza, the developers told The Real Deal.

Lance Steinberg and Frank Chan, the respective president and managing member of property management firm Raber Enterprises, own an 8,145-square-foot lot at 320 West 36th Street that currently holds a two-story parking garage.

The pair, along with Flintlock Construction Services, intends to turn the space into a hotel, regardless of whether an IHG deal pans out. Flatiron-based architectural firm Stonehill & Taylor has been tapped to design. Plans have not yet been filed the Department of Buildings.

The developers plan to break ground by May and open the doors by early 2016.

“The Crowne Plaza is being rejuvenated as one of the top brands in the industry,” Steinberg said.

Right now, the sole Crowne Plaza in Manhattan is in Times Square, at 1605 Broadway between 48th and 49th streets.

“At this time, a proposed Crowne Plaza in Midtown Manhattan does not appear in our pipeline,” an IHG spokesperson said in a statement. “IHG does not comment on speculation.”

In December, two Steinberg-led LLCs, Run 178 LLC and Landmark LLC, jointly paid $33.5 million for three adjacent commercial lots, including the one at 320 West 36th that went for $20.1 million, as The Real Deal reported. Another lot was the 3,521-square-foot site at 321 West 35th Street, which Flintlock is currently building into a 22-story hotel run by the wellness-centric Even brand.

Flintlock has cranked out 23 buildings in Midtown since 2003, either serving as co-developer, contractor or both, said Stephen “Chip” Weiss, co-owner of the Midtown East-based contractor. In that span of time, most were hotels, and two others were in Downtown Brooklyn.

This month, Flintlock’s 22-story, Peter 🞵🞵🞵🞵-designed Courtyard by Marriott is slated to open at 135 West 30th Street
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Why so many hotels? And why not go taller on 461 W 34th St? It's going to be up against the entire Hudson Yards mega-development!?!

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by tubeworm

Why so many hotels? And why not go taller on 461 W 34th St? It's going to be up against the entire Hudson Yards mega-development!?!

Because there's a huge hotel shortage. NYC has the lowest hotel vacancy rate in the U.S., and one of the lowest in its history.

Most of the hotels u/c or planned don't even have threads. A 40 floor hotel on West 40th Street was just permitted this past Friday, for example. There was a 34 floor one and a 20 floor one (both on the East Side) permitted a day or two before. They're going up all over the place if you look at the NYC Buildings website.

As to the "why not go taller" question, it's because of FAR limits. Builders build as big as they're allowed. Probably if there are more air rights, they have already been sold.

[Hypothalamus]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Because there's a huge hotel shortage. NYC has the lowest hotel vacancy rate in the U.S., and one of the lowest in its history.

Most of the hotels u/c or planned don't even have threads. A 40 floor hotel on West 40th Street was just permitted this past Friday, for example. There was a 34 floor one and a 20 floor one (both on the East Side) permitted a day or two before. They're going up all over the place if you look at the NYC Buildings website.

As to the "why not go taller" question, it's because of FAR limits. Builders build as big as they're allowed. Probably if there are more air rights, they have already been sold.

Thanks for your response! I don't mind making threads for the taller hotels, but I don't think I have access to the "NYC Development Hub" for information on the filings/permits. Anyway, we could make threads for the 25+ floor hotels and keep anything lower in this thread to cut down on cluttering the forums.

[Hypothalamus]

Another hotel........ but this one really hurts.

New York YIMBY:

Construction Update: 32 West 29th Street
BY: NIKOLAI FEDAK ON NOVEMBER 19TH 2013 AT 11:30 AM

The new hotel at 32 West 29th Street is well above ground, with concrete already at the 11th floor; foundation and excavation work began earlier this year, and progress has been swift.

32 West 29th’s developer is John Sharma, and no hotel operator has been announced. Permits indicate the tower will rise 21 floors, though the number of rooms is not on-file; the building will be on the smaller side of new developments in Chelsea.
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Completion of the new building is set for 2014.

DoB File: PERMIT ISSUED - ENTIRE JOB/WORK 11/15/2013
Building Height (ft.): 194
Building Stories: 21

[Hypothalamus]

Proposal: 188 11th Avenue

DoB File: PLAN EXAM - IN PROCESS 11/19/2013 (H)

Job Description:
FILING HEREWITH NEW 20-STORY MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDING.

Building Height (ft.): 250
Building Stories: 20
Dwelling Units: 33
Total Construction Floor Area: 80,961 sq.ft.

[hughesnick312]

The scale of tower development going on in New York is incredible, people talk about Shenzhen and other Chinese cities but none of them have the amount of construction as New York, I've been looking through the list of constructions and there are loads, supertalls, skyscrapers and high rises, just the u/c skyscrapers alone would create a good skyline in other cities, then there's all the supertalls and high rises, plus all the others in prep and demo, it's this tower density that other cities can't match, and it's mostly office towers too, shanghai, Shenzhen, Dubai, don't have anything like the office density if New York, they don't have the wall of towers that you see in manhattan, and at the rate New York is building, I don't think they ever will, even if New York weren't building, it would still take over fifty years for Chinese or Arabic cities to match the tower canyon and density if New York. Chinese cities have a few good office towers, and some great ones with cool designs and great height, but there is no where near enough of them, and most Chinese cities density is from 25fl commie blocks, I really don't see anyone being able to challenge New York for a long long time

[hughesnick312]

Hong Kong has great density, and as a Brit I'm proud of what we built there, there are many great quality office towers, but it also has too many commie blocks, they are very tall for commie blocks thoe, mostly 40fl and usually about 15 of them per development, all of these combined makes a very impressive skyline, but it's not the same as the office towers canyon and Art Deco, modernist, internationalist and Pomo architectural variety if New York. Back to projects now, is there any news on 2 world trade centre, it's one if my favourite designs in the world

[Hypothalamus]

More LIC infill....

New York YIMBY:

21-Story Tower Coming to 41-42 24th Street
BY: NIKOLAI FEDAK ON NOVEMBER 21ST 2013 AT 6:00 AM

Long Island City’s retinue of high-rises is rapidly expanding, and 41-42 24th Street will be another addition. Permits were just issued for the 21-story tower, which will eventually hold 421 units; the architect of record is Perkins Eastman, and the developer is Westside LIC.
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41-42 24th Street, image via Google Maps


41-42 24th Street – aerial of the site’s location, image via Google Maps

DoB Files: PERMIT ISSUED - ENTIRE JOB/WORK 11/19/2013 (R)
Building Height (ft.): 228
Building Stories: 21
Dwelling Units: 421

[Hypothalamus]

Another fantastic update by New York YIMBY's Nikolai Fedak

New York YIMBY:

20-Story Nursing Home On the Way at 125 West 97th Street
BY: NIKOLAI FEDAK ON NOVEMBER 21ST 2013 AT 9:30 AM

A new 20-story retirement home is about to begin rising at 125 West 97th Street; permits were partially approved this week, and indicate the new building will stand 280 feet.

The permits were filed on behalf of Jewish Lifecare Manhattan, and a planning PDF has the full scope of the project, which is relatively large for the Upper West Side. The neighborhood is a hotbed of NIMBY-activism, which explains why it sees hardly any new development; 125 West 97th Street is a definite step in the right direction.

Perkins Eastman is designing the building,
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Construction is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2014, and completion is slated for 2016; the building will have a total of 414 beds.

125 West 97th Street, image via Google Maps


125 West 97th Street – aerial of the site via Google Maps

[sbarn]

Love the updates!

[Submariner]

Construction is already well underway. I would take pictures but my camera is broken.

Right down the block is "Uovo Fine Art Storage" and right up the block (by the curve in the track leading to Astoria) is a rather large apartment construction. It looks as if they added an addition to an already standing building then started on yet another addition to that addition! When I get home I will get the address so people can look into it. There is a ton of growth going on here!

Originally Posted by tubeworm

More LIC infill....

New York YIMBY:

21-Story Tower Coming to 41-42 24th Street
BY: NIKOLAI FEDAK ON NOVEMBER 21ST 2013 AT 6:00 AM




41-42 24th Street, image via Google Maps


41-42 24th Street – aerial of the site’s location, image via Google Maps

DoB Files: PERMIT ISSUED - ENTIRE JOB/WORK 11/19/2013 (R)
Building Height (ft.): 228
Building Stories: 21
Dwelling Units: 421

[Hypothalamus]

http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2013/11/180-myrtle-avenue.html
By: Joyce Chen November 22, 2013

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Another development site at 86 Fleet Place is slated for a 400,000-square-foot tower that will likely be a combination of rentals and condos, according to The Brooklyn Eagle.

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/do...-residential-units-13000-needing-schools
By Lore Croghan August 30, 2013 - 11:30am

At the other site, 86 Fleet Place, the game plan is to start work in 2015 on a 400,000-square-foot tower – probably a combination of rentals and condos. The site is next to the Toren.

Anyone have info on this tower?

[hughesnick312]

Originally Posted by yankeesfan1000

hunser has compiled a very thorough list of buildings in New York of around 900 feet and up, here's a list of high rises, about 500 feet and up. I'm definitely missing some, and I consciously omitted development sites like 101 Murray, and probably a dozen or more sites just in the Hudson Yards. And "Prep," is a broad term. But I'm happy to add things that I missed.

so many towers going up man, New York is booming big time, it's like the 20s and 30s again, with all the approved ones still to come, and the supertalls, imagine what New York will look like in 6 or 7 years, unbeatable, I think once the 400m+ towers go up, the skyline will be tall enough for people to be used to it so it becomes acceptable for some mega talls, then New York will be complete and unhouchable

[Hypothalamus]

New York YIMBY:

Construction Update: Columbia Manhattanville Expansion
BY: NIKOLAI FEDAK ON NOVEMBER 26TH 2013 AT 6:00 AM

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The entirety of Columbia’s plan will add 15 new buildings, cost $6.8 billion, and transform an empty part of Harlem into a thriving hub for higher education; the neighborhood is currently dominated by old warehouses, high-rise NYCHA properties, and auto-oriented retail. The Wall Street Journal has additional details on the project.
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Completion of the Science Center is expected in 2016, and the full campus build-out is planned for the 2020s. With the development spread over 17 acres, the positive impact on the surrounding neighborhood will be felt rapidly, and will become obvious long before the entire plan is completed.

Columbia Manhattanville Expansion:

[Hypothalamus]

New York YIMBY:

Revealed: 215 West 28th Street
BY: NIKOLAI FEDAK ON NOVEMBER 28TH 2013 AT 6:00 AM

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The project is being developed by HAP – PDF on the project at the link – and permits list the architect as Michael Even. The building will stand 21 floors and have a total of 117 units, in addition to ground floor retail.
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The approval process for the development is still underway, as the initial round of permits was denied in early 2013; new ones are apparently pending, so construction should soon follow.

215 West 28th Street - Image from HAP


215 West 28th Street – Image from HAP

[Hypothalamus]

New York YIMBY:

Permits Filed: 400 East 34th Street
BY: NIKOLAI FEDAK ON DECEMBER 2ND 2013 AT 11:00 AM

New permits have been issued for NYU’s expansion at 400 East 34th Street, which will give rise to the 21-story Kimmel Pavilion; the page on the project indicates it will be for the Langone Medical Center.

For a 21-story building, the project will be oversized, as permits indicate it will comprise nearly 700,000 square feet of space, and stand 359 feet tall. NYU has released renderings of the tower, which depict a large glass box; while it may be lacking in detail, it will be a hospital, and providing ample light and air is the most important aspect of any medically-oriented design.

While the building may not be iconic, it will serve an important function, consolidating Langone’s acute clinical care resources under one roof. With the expansion underway, NYU will be better able to serve patients, and the Kimmel Pavilion will help maintain New York’s position as a leader in medical care and research.

With permits approved, construction on the Kimmel Pavilion can now begin. Completion is expected in 2017.

NYU's Kimmel Pavilion

[Hypothalamus]

New York YIMBY:

Construction Update: 150 Charles Street
BY: NIKOLAI FEDAK ON DECEMBER 3RD 2013 AT 11:00 AM

The Witkoff Group’s 150 Charles Street is almost topped-out, and the brick facade is now rising. The Cookfox-designed 15-story structure has a total of 91 condominiums, and stands 176 feet tall.

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Completion is slated for 2015, and Streeteasy has additional information on pricing; active sales listings average nearly $4,000 per square foot, and a penthouse has already sold for $34 million.

[Perklol]

Originally Posted by Crawford

.....A 40 floor hotel on West 40th Street....

Where can I find more info about this?