NEW YORK | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread

[chris08876]

Two Trees' Giant Dock Street Dumbo Project Finally Revealed

After years of delays, Two Trees' huge Dock Street Dumbo project is finally on the up and up (and moving quite quickly), but the developer has not released any new renderings since things started moving along last year, save for the blurry image that was posted on the construction fence, leaving everyone wondering if the 2008 vision still stood. Well we can wonder no longer. The marketing team for the 290-unit building sent along the first update image. The vantage point is what one would have while standing under the Brooklyn Bridge at the corner of Front and Dock Streets. Clearly, the facade will be glassy and reflective, as the rendering shows the bridge on the side of the building.

The building will be ready for occupancy by the first quarter of 2015, and Two Trees will begin leasing this fall. Rents have not been released for the market rate units, but the 58 affordable units will start around $500 for a studio. LEESER Architects and Ismael Leyva Architects created the building, which consists of a 17-story tower, a shorter nine-story building, and a 50,000-square-foot school. As the rendering shows, the 300-seat middle school runs along Front Street and Dock Street, with the residential buildings fronting on Dock and Water Streets, giving the building its address, 60 Water Street. The ground floor on Water will also be home to retail.

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http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/08/28...treet_dumbo_project_finally_revealed.php

[MayDay]

I'm in NYC for a few days, staying in Soho - any requests for construction pics? I got some nice shots of 432 Park, the Stern tower near the Woolworth... any others I should try to get?

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by MayDay

I'm in NYC for a few days, staying in Soho - any requests for construction pics? I got some nice shots of 432 Park, the Stern tower near the Woolworth... any others I should try to get?

I'd like to see what is going on at the site right across from the Holland tunnel. They're tearing my cousins building down to construct it

[chris08876]

Long-delayed Queens Midtown Tunnel high-rise gets third extension

Perlbinder Realty, the Manhattan real estate firm led by brothers Stephen and Mark Perlbinder, won its third extension for a long-delayed mixed-use high-rise planned for Second Avenue between 36th and 37th streets, partly spanning an entrance to the Queens Midtown Tunnel.

The site is a large one, and so is the question mark about its future. The owners have not developed it since first winning approvals from the city in 2002. At the moment, the property has a parking lot on part of the land. The north portion is occupied by a ramp providing access to the Queen Midtown Tunnel, which is operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. In July, the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals approved an application from the Perlbinders’ company S&M Enterprises and the MTA, which will transfer development rights as part of the plan, to extend a variance originally granted 12 years ago to build a 34-story tower with the address 245 East 36th Street.

Perlbinder Realty did not respond to a request for comment. The MTA had no comment, and referred questions to the developer. It was unclear what the site would be worth. But with the average price of a Manhattan apartment at $1.68 million, a completed building at the site could be worth more than $800 million.

In 2001, the Perlbinders and the MTA originally applied for the variance to build the residential tower on five individual parcels along Second Avenue between 36th and 37th streets that the family amassed over decades. In the application submitted to the Board of Standards and Appeals, the developer — citing hardships because of the tunnel ramp — asked the city to drop multiple requirements for the particular zoning parcel it occupied. For example, the firm wanted to construct a mixed-use tower, which was contrary to the site’s specific zoning. The city agency approved the initial application in May 2002, then amended it a few months later, giving the developer four years to build. The plan included 9,678 square feet of retail, several office floors and 480 residential units on floors five through 34.

The project was never constructed, however. The application was extended in 2006, 2010 and now in 2014.

The latest extension is for another four years.

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http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/08/27/l...n-tunnel-high-rise-gets-third-extension/

[chris08876]

Originally Posted by MayDay

I'm in NYC for a few days, staying in Soho - any requests for construction pics? I got some nice shots of 432 Park, the Stern tower near the Woolworth... any others I should try to get?

All of the projects along the highline? Could make for a nice walk too.

[MayDay]

We might make it over to the High Line, got some great shots of 56 Leonard and 30 Park Place from Sohi at Trump Soho - can't wait to get home and post them

[chris08876]

Prodigy Network closes on hotel project for $85M

Real estate crowdfunding startup Prodigy Network closed on the acquisition of a 15-story rental building at 17 John Street for $85.3 million. The sum included more than $25 million in crowdfunded equity. Prodigy, led by Rodrigo Nino, is in the process of converting the property into a 23-story, 191-unit extended-stay hotel. The building, nicknamed a “cotel,” aims to fuse a hotel, co-working space and LinkedIn-esque environment that offers extended stay suites, networkin events and collaborative work environments.

The startup’s Manhattan portfolio contains roughly $450 million in commercial buildings with more than $70 million of crowdfunded equity. Jay Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records was formerly located at the Metro building on the site.

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http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/09/02/p...el-project-for-85m/#sthash.lnbjDRTB.dpuf

[DKNewYork]

I snapped this pic on Thursday night. Can anyone confirm that this is the new version of the 9/11 Light Memorial? This was the first time I saw the shaft of light coming from the top of 1 WTC and haven't seen it since.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3889/14959896940_103136da6a_b.jpg

[chris08876]

Williamsburg Art Gallery Pierogi Will Not Become Luxury Condos

A tipster sent us this photo of a rendering for luxury condos he found on the recently erected scaffolding over seminal Williamsburg art gallery Pierogi. We are pleased to report it’s art.

Pierogi owns the building and no plans have been filed to replace it with luxury condos or anything else. (Note the names for the fictitious owner and contractor, “Star Corp.” and “Square Fabrication.”)

The DOB recently approved a permit for the scaffolding. Click through to see the scaffolding on the front of the building.

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http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/09/...y-pierogi-will-not-become-luxury-condos/
Permit: http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQu...passjobnumber=340180459&passdocnumber=01

[chris08876]

Project: 8-12 Maiden Lane

Permits list the developer as Thomas Wang, of WL Group Construction, which is based in Flushing. Kaufman is the architect of record, and the 75,467 square foot project will be split between 192 rooms. Ceiling heights will be relatively generous compared to average new hotels, with the 24-story building rising 246 feet.

The Financial District appears to have dodged a bullet in terms of design, as hotel development is prone to severe value-engineering, yet the renderings for 8-12 Maiden Lane are actually somewhat appealing. Whether the final product resembles what’s depicted remains to be seen, but the structure’s base actually respects the street-wall.

Above the masonry-clad lower levels, the actual tower rises. Unfortunately, the facade for this portion will be less attractive, but given the location, it will be invisible on the overall skyline, and the dynamic between the base and the street is what really matters. And luckily, in this regard, 8-12 Maiden Lane appears to be pedestrian-friendly.

New building permits were approved this past April, and construction is likely to wrap-up in the 2016 timeframe.

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http://www.yimbynews.com/2014/09/revealed-8-12-maiden-lane-new-24-story-hotel.html

[sparkling]

The West Chemical Company, a warren of abandoned buildings dating back to the early 1900s, is now an empty shell. Soon it will be completely demolished and replaced with an $875 million luxury residential project.

Soon, a 42-story tower will rise on the site, which will eventually house two more towers and 1,600 apartments.

Full article http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/11...ed_long_island_city_chemical_complex.php

[chris08876]

Hell's Kitchen Residents Think a 16-Story Building Is Too Tall

The Elad Group is anxious to build a residential building on a vacant West 43rd Street lot with 15- and 16-story towers over Amtrak lines, but the developer needs special permits to build over the tracks and to have some regulations waived. With only generic designs as placeholders, Elad's plans were met with resistance from Community Board 4 during a meeting this Wednesday. The board said that Elad is rushing the permitting process and that the request to breach height limits is an order too tall.

Current Site:


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http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/12...think_a_16story_building_is_too_tall.php

[chris08876]

Project: 2 North 6th Place

We were surprised to see Curbed reblog a story of ours about the third Edge tower from December yesterday but appreciate the shoutout. Later, Curbed tracked down a rendering of the tower we haven’t seen before.

The design looks pretty similar to the other Edge buildings. There is one big difference, however, that stands out: Apparently the tower at 2 North 6th Place will be dark colored. In fact, it looks black in the rendering. The other Edge buildings are glassy and white.

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http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/09/...oth/?ic_source=ic-featured-frontpage-top

[chris08876]

Project: 34-46 Vernon Boulevard

While perusing Department of Building documents, we spotted this new building permit recently issued for 34-46 Vernon Boulevard. That’s the massive, two-towered development planned for the Long Island City waterfront and rendered above. Here’s what the permit says:

NEW BUILDING -
REFILE APPROVED JOB APPLICATION # 402475781 UNDER NEW 2008 CODE IN ORDER TO
ERECT NEW 18 STORIES BUILDING WITH SUB-CELLAR AND CELLAR.

So it seems like old building applications must be updated before work starts. Previous plans with the DOB called for an 18-story building with 232 units; other reports said the developers planned two 20-story residential towers, which the rendering, probably outdated, supports. The DOB issued permits for excavation work last summer but since then, the site has been quiet. The developer is Alma Realty, who is better known for plans to build Astoria Cove nearby. If you know any more details on this project, which seems to be shrouded in mystery, hit up the tipline.

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http://queens.brownstoner.com/2014/09/a-...-for-the-massive-vernon-boulevard-build/

[chris08876]

Extell's Hudson Square 'Affordable' Building Gets First Render

Looks like third plan's a charm for Extell's project at 68 Charlton Place; it seems the developer has decided to stick with its proposal to develop a 22-story residential building with 91 market-rate co-ops and 25 affordable apartments. Excavation is moving ahead at the property, where BBH spotted the first rendering of the Hudson Square building. Extell's previous plans for the lot included both a 35-story luxury hotel, and later, a 13-story residential building. The 22-story building with more than 20-percent affordable housing won the approval of Community Board 2 in February, despite Extell's plan to build two separate towers separating affordable and market-rate apartments. BBH reports that the building will be complete towards the end of 2016.

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Thursday, September 11, 2014
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/11...ffordable_building_gets_first_render.php

[chris08876]

Originally Posted by chris08876

Project: 2 North 6th Place




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http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/09/...oth/?ic_source=ic-featured-frontpage-top

Update (Height/floor info and updated previous title: Post #993)

Douglaston Development has filed a new building application for a third Edge tower, Brownstoner has learned. Since there are no renderings yet, here's a picture of The Edge from U2, jamming with Bono. The new tower will probably look, and be, approximately that insufferable.

The proposed building would be designed by architects the Stephen B Jacobs group. It would rise 40 stories — 398 feet — and contain 554 units. In addition, there would be 678 square feet of commercial space, 160 "dry floodproofed" parking spaces, bike storage, regular storage, a business center, a playroom, an outdoor, a gym, and, most notably, a rooftop terrace with a barbecue, pool and hot tub. We, for one, cannot wait to see what the advertisements for this one are going to look like.

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http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/11/williamsburgs_edge_will_get_third_tower_554_new_units.php

*** Only in New York would a 398 foot tower go unnoticed.

[chris08876]

Project: 117 Livingston Street

Not often do New York City developers manage to keep big tower projects under wraps until the new building permit is filed, but today we’ve seen two: the first at 15 East 30th Street in Manhattan, and the second at 117 Livingston Street, in downtown Brooklyn, with permits filed this afternoon.

The 21-story, 210-foot building doesn’t approach the size of the 825-footer in Manhattan, but it occupies a very visible location on Livingstone Street at its busy confluence with Red Hook Lane and Boerum Place, the primary Brooklyn Bridge approach. The residential tower is being planned by Quinlan Development Group (also responsible for 267 Pacific and 153 Remsen nearby, as well as One Vandam in Manhattan), with Ennead Architects as the permit’s applicant.

The 120,000-square foot structure, which could also use the 415 Red Hook Lane address, will contain 110 apartments spread over nearly 93,000 square feet of residential space, in addition to almost 14,000 square feet of commercial space. With an average unit size of just under 850 square feet and a density that suggests the project will include a 20 percent affordable housing set-aside, rentals are nearly guaranteed, though nobody from Quinlan’s office was available to comment.

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http://www.yimbynews.com/2014/09/21-stor...mits-filed-at-117-livingston-street.html

[chris08876]

Project: Eastern Mirage ( 42-31 Union Street )

Just outside of the heart of downtown Flushing, a very special mixed-use hotel and medical building has started to rise. A glassy stack of 18 floors of class-A commercial space, the tower is an exceedingly rare instance of a developer asking the city to build less housing and more commercial space than allowed by the zoning code.

The land on which 42-31 Union Street sits, mid-block between Sanford and Franklin Avenues – just to the southeast of Flushing’s central business district — is zoned purely for residential use. In 1998, The Department of City Planning rezoned a large amount of land on the Flushing riverfront, between Roosevelt and Northern, for fairly high density commercial use.

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http://www.yimbynews.com/2014/09/reveale...l-medical-center-42-31-union-street.html

[chris08876]

Premises: 242 BROOME STREET MANHATTAN


13 Building Characteristics

Primary structural system: Masonry Concrete (CIP) Concrete (Precast) Wood
Steel (Structural) Steel (Cold-Formed) Steel (Encased in Concrete)

Proposed
Structural Occupancy Category: II - OTHER THAN I, III OR IV
Seismic Design Category: CATEGORY B
2008 Code Designations?
Occupancy Classification: R-2 - RESIDENTIAL: APARTMENT HOUSES Yes No
Construction Classification: I-B: 2 HOUR PROTECTED - NON-COMBUST Yes No
Multiple Dwelling Classification: HAEA
Building Height (ft.): 160
Building Stories: 14
Dwelling Units: 55

Mixed use building? Yes No

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http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQu...passjobnumber=121187045&passdocnumber=01

[Lecom]

Is there anything going on with this site as of late?

Even if there isn't, given the rapid development in this Greenwich Street South neighborhood, I'm sure something will commence sooner rather than later.

Emporis building page; looks like it had a previous hotel design by Gene Kaufman, 135 meters / 39 stories tall, now cancelled.

February 2012 article: Development Site On Market for $17 Million. "Priced at $17 million, 98-100 Greenwich Street has plans for the construction of a 24-story, 180-room boutique hotel, which is comprised of approximately 70,000 sq. ft. buildable. The site is currently occupied by a vacant five-story mixed-use building."

RealtyTrac building page; states that the building that used to stand here was built in 1929; also shows that the site was sold for $19 million in January 2013.

Status as of September 2014

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