NEW YORK | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread

[Hypothalamus]

Pinch me cause I must be dreaming... I don't mind the street set back if it has a crown like that...



Jade Hotel Taps Kaufman for Expansion That, Wow, Looks Nice
Thursday, April 10, 2014, by Hana R. Alberts

The Jade Hotel, a boutique Prohibition-themed Greenwich Village outlet that opened in 2012, is expanding. One will be near Bryant Park, the other near the South Street Seaport, and the third in Miami, the Journal reported earlier this week. Developer Gemini Real Estate Advisors said that the Bryant Park location will be at 34-36 West 38th Street, and that the design will be inspired by early 20th-century McKim Mead & White buildings, executed by Gene Kaufman (project architect) and Atelier & Co (exterior and interior designer)—who collaborated on the first outpost, too. But wait, that Gene Kaufman? And it looks that prewar/historic/contextual/good? Well, color us surprised. Atelier & Co must be a good influence. The Bryant Park Jade is slated to open in late 2015. Meanwhile, Gemini's Seaport project is a conversion of a former Best Western at 33 Peck Slip. Atelier is on board there, too, this time working with MLG Architects on the design. The 72-roomer will open in mid-2015.

A proposed design by Atelier & Co for the Bryant Park Jade Hotel's planned "forecourt," which we think means entrance.


A proposed design by Atelier & Co for the Bryant Park Jade Hotel's planned lobby.

[Perklol]

Who would expect that from Kaufman? Looks very good

[Perklol]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Keep track of this one. It's not a proposal yet, but could ultimately be a good one for Brooklyn.


If those air rights are bought, this could get some pretty good height...

I did not realize this was so close to City Point. It has a small footprint and could be another 40+ story tower. Really looking forward to see what happens here.

[Duck From NY]

I found this lot one block north of the 50 West Street demo site (on West Street). Not sure what's going on here. A new building perhaps?

[chris08876]

Related Plans 189 New Rental Apartments Near the High Line

Related Companies has announced a new development that will fall equidistant amid the booming High Line and Hudson Yards areas in West Chelsea/Midtown West. The incoming 300,000-square-foot building at 532 West 30th Street will replace a 15,447-square-foot, seven-story structure built in 1920 that the development group purchased for $9 million last September, says Commercial Observer. The new structure will have 189 rental units and will neighbor Related and Abington Properties' Abington House, whose 312 units over 33-stories began leasing last month. It is expected on the market in 2016.

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Friday, April 11, 2014
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/11...rental_apartments_near_the_high_line.php

[Perklol]

Is it http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=210335?

[Hypothalamus]

Lenox Terrace Residents Still Oppose Six-Tower Expansion
Friday, April 11, 2014, by Jessica Dailey

It's been two and a half years since anything was last reported about the Olnick Organization's plan to expand the six-building Lenox Terrace complex, but now tenants of the Harlem rental enclave are ramping up their opposition efforts. Plans to expand the property, which sits between 132nd and 135th Streets and Lenox and Fifth Avenues, with six new towers have circulated for about five years, but nothing has happened yet. DNAinfo says that the latest opposition push comes after tenants met with the owners and reviewed the latest plans. Last week, the tenants association sent out a press release detailing their concerns and outlining what Olnick proposes.

As of right, Olnick would be able to build five new 16-story buildings with two-story commercial spaces along the perimeter and 218 above ground parking spaces, but they want a rezoning so they can build bigger. With a rezoning, Olnick wants to build six new towers up to 28-stories tall with taller retail spaces that could accommodate box stores. The proposal would add 1,100 apartments, 20 percent of which would be affordable, a landscaped park, and a 548-space underground parking garage. Currently, there is no application for a rezoning on file with City Planning.

Materials from the tenants association say that 78 percent of residents oppose the expansion plan and any rezoning, as it would "be an unsustainable burden to the community," and the increase of commercial properties "would also adversely affect the character of what is now a primarily residential neighborhood." They do not want the neighborhood to become "a commercial destination," and they fear that big box stores will push out small, family-owned businesses. Additionally, they're concerned that the dirt and noise from construction, which would be done in phases and last about eight years, would cause adverse health affects and the new towers would block light and air from current apartments.

[a very long weekend]

simple enough to nuke the box stores: eliminate all the parking. would save the developers millions too.

also, that new jade hotel is amazing, like a million times better than the stern pomo dreck that people on ssp seem to love, seems obvious that kaufmann's gang had no influence on the design but, rather, may be retained for engineering and bureaucracy stickhandling.

[chris08876]

Hey tubeworm, are there renderings for the Six-Tower Expansion on Lenox Terrace? I've never heard of this particular project? It seems pretty large for the neighborhood.

[Hypothalamus]

Originally Posted by chris08876

Hey tubeworm, are there renderings for the Six-Tower Expansion on Lenox Terrace? I've never heard of this particular project? It seems pretty large for the neighborhood.

New buildings are in yellow, existing are in white:


Lenox Terrace rendering by Davis Brody Bond


Lenox Terrace rendering by Davis Brody Bond


Lenox Terrace rendering by Davis Brody Bond


Lenox Terrace rendering by Davis Brody Bond

All images from Curbed NY

[chris08876]

Some smaller projects:
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50 Clinton Street



Details:

1) 7 stories
2) Lower East Side

247 North 7th Street



Details:

1) Two 7 Story Properties
2)Location is in the Williamsburg neighboorhood.

31-43 Vernon Boulevard



Details:

1) 6 stories
2) Astoria-Long Island City border
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April 11, 2014
All three projects at: http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/04/11/the-week-in-notable-renderings-jade-hotel-111-west-57th/

[chris08876]

76-Unit Condo Building Planned for Large Corner Lot on Broadway

A few more details on the massive Broadway development site that just sold for $10,225,000: a condo’s coming. Real Estate Weekly reports that the buyers, Axelrod Development Group and Lions Group, “are planning a 76-unit condo in Long Island City.” (The site is right on the border of Astoria.)

Actually, it looks like the new owners have already filed an application with the Department of Buildings to build on the corner lot. This application calls for 76 units over eight stories, with 73,502 square feet of residential space and 14,600 square feet of parking. The DOB disapproved the application in late March. The architect of record is Raymond Chan.

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http://queens.brownstoner.com/2014/04/76...lanned-for-large-corner-lot-on-broadway/

[Hypothalamus]

This block of Garment District should be renamed "Hotels R Us"! I don't see the logistics of watching a junky hotel go up in its own thread, either.

Commercial Observer:

42-Story Hotel Slated for West 40th Street
BY LAUREN ELKIES SCHRAM 4/11 1:34PM

Abraham Noy of 310 Group LLC is turning 310 West 40th Street into a 42-story hotel.

The 401-foot tall hotel, with 287 rooms, will sit on the 4,937-square-foot lot between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, Department of Buildings and PropertyShark records indicate.

It appears that 310 Group LLC acquired the property in 1998, according to city records, but further information wasn’t readily available.

[chris08876]

Does anybody have the statistic on the amount of hotel units going up per year? A lot of these developments lately have been hotels. It is incredible! Also, tourism in NYC is increasing even more per year. 52+ million per year and growing. Thats good though, as they are a very important economic sector.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by tubeworm

This block of Garment District should be renamed "Hotels R Us"! I don't see the logistics of watching a junky hotel go up in its own thread, either.

I'll start a thread for it. At 42 stories and 400 ft, its taller than a lot of the other stuff we have threads for.

[Hypothalamus]

Originally Posted by NYguy

I'll start a thread for it. At 42 stories and 400 ft, its taller than a lot of the other stuff we have threads for.

[chris08876]

Revealed: 959 First Avenue

The first renderings for 959 First Avenue have been posted on-site, giving a detailed look at Toll Brothers City Living’s latest project to begin construction in Manhattan; Goldstein Hill & West is the architectural firm of record, per filings with the Department of Buildings.
Permits indicate the mixed-use structure will have 197,127 square feet in total, and 9,569 square feet will be dedicated to ground floor retail. The remainder of the project will be divided between 114 residences, and the 30-story building’s pinnacle will stand 333 feet above the street.

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http://www.yimbynews.com/2014/04/revealed-959-first-avenue.html
APRIL 14TH 2014

[chris08876]

Possible future site for a large tower. Something to keep our eyes on. The site is pretty small, should yield something large.
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Hudson Yards-Adjacent Site Could Sell for Over $100 Million

Yet another development site in the Hudson Yards area — just outside the boundaries of the Special District or, as Massey Knakal chairman Bob Knakal, who is handling the sale, puts it, in the "Times Square, Penn Station and Hudson Yards triangle" — has come to market, and is expected to sell for nine figures. The site, located at 350 West 39th Street, is owned by the founder and chief executive of the advertising firm R/GA, which has had its headquarters in the two-story building that currently sits there since 1984. However, the site comes with 300,000 buildable square feet (with up to 160,000 for residential, 50,000 for retail, and the rest offices or a hotel). It will be sold at auction.

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Monday, April 14, 2014, by Jeremiah Budin
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/14...site_could_sell_for_over_100_million.php

[Hypothalamus]

Bowery Boogie:

Peter Poon’s 22-Story Hotel at 50 Bowery Will Look Like This
Posted on: April 14th, 2014 at 5:01 am by Elie

In short, 50-52 Bowery was razed last year for this. A force-feeding of twenty-two stories of glass. The rendering recently stapled to perimeter plywood perfectly encapsulates the collective fears of this neighborhood ever since word started going around about a new hotel here. The Hotel Bowery.

As we reported two weeks ago, the DOB approved permits to finally construct the 229-room hotel. Alex Chu is the owner-developer of the project and Peter Poon Architects is behind the design you see above. Meanwhile, it appears that excavation work is already underway…

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[Hypothalamus]

RKO Theater to become mixed-use condo building
Developer JK Equities is moving forward with plans to build atop the RKO Theater

Sasha von Oldershausen
April 14, 2014 06:12PM


Curbed NY

Developer JK Equities is moving forward with plans to build atop the landmark RKO Keith’s Theater in Flushing. Except the 350 apartments are now destined to become condominiums, instead of the rentals originally planned.

The theater at 135-35 Northern Boulevard, which was built in 1928 and landmarked in 1983, has been empty since 1986, despite a couple failed development projects. JK Equities, which has a track record of redeveloping historic properties, acquired the building in December for $30 million. Construction is expected to start next year, Crains reported.

In addition to the apartments, plans call for the 17-story building to contain 23,000 square feet of retail space and 385 parking spaces. The decision to turn the building from rental to condos was motivated by Flushing’s shifting terrain.

Curbed NY