NEW YORK | 316 Fifth Ave | 535 FT | 40 FLOORS

[Eidolon]

Exclusive Reveal for Koreatown’s First Residential Skyscraper at 316 Fifth Avenue, by Kohn Pedersen Fox
BY Nikolai Fedak
July 9, 2018

Permits for the project were filed back in July of 2017 and show a 39-story building with a predominantly residential makeup of 27 full-floor or larger condominiums. That component will total 52,340 square feet, while a commercial-retail base will have 6,809 square feet on the first two floors.

The base will be topped by an amenity space with terraces for the residential portion of the project, with mechanical levels interspersed up above until the full-floor units begin on the 8th story. Two duplex penthouses will occupy the 33rd through 36th floors, while the uppermost levels will hold additional mechanical functions.

While the filings with the Department of Buildings indicate a top-floor height of 539 feet, the first rendering for the design by Kohn Pedersen Fox seemingly shows some architectural flourish at the parapet, which could yield a final pinnacle between 550 and 600 feet above street level.

Hoping it really does go above 600ft, this tower needs all the height it can get!

[Busy Bee]

Sweet and sour.

Those beaux arts buildings would have looked amazing preserved as facades at the base of a soaring glass tower. Oh well, why do that when you can go Taliban on it and haul it to the dump?

[chris08876]

Work Appears To Stall For Possible KPF-Designed Residential Tower At 316 Fifth Avenue, In Koreatown

Work has yet to begin on 316 Fifth Avenue, a 539-foot-tall skyscraper from Kohn Pedersen Fox in Koreatown. Developed by Cottonwood Management, permits for the 39-story building were filed in July 2017 and called for 27 condominiums and 6,809 square feet of retail space across the first two floors. The Midtown development, totaling 52,340 square feet of newly created space, will be located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and West 32nd Street.

Tectonic passed by the site, finding it empty and awaiting construction activity and equipment. Scattered bricks and rubble are spread across the cleared-out plot of land.

The podium will house the amenity spaces, with the first set of mechanical levels placed just below the full-floor units that begin on the eighth story. The main rendering shows the northern elevation with a string of what looks like semi-circular balconies and rounded corners on the slender eastern profile that faces Fifth Avenue. Two duplex penthouses will occupy the 33rd through 36th floors, while the uppermost height will feature additional mechanical equipment encased in a white translucent box.

Two historical low-rise buildings had to be demolished and cleared. The future skyscraper will join the skyline with the nearby Empire State Building and a number of other nearby residential properties that are continuing to spring up in the adjacent NoMad district. These include 277 Fifth Avenue by Rafael Vinoly, Madison House at 15 East 30th Street by Handel Architects, 30 East 31st Street by Morris Adjmi Architects, and Rose Hill by CetraRuddy Architecture.

A completion date for 315 Fifth Avenue has yet to be announced.

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[NYer34]

Thanks for demolishing the city's history for the sake of, well, NOTHING.

Freaking developer clowns.

[Busy Bee]

Outrageous

[UrbanImpact]

It's their land. If you want to be mad at anyone, be mad at the City for not designating the buildings historic.

[NYguy]

That's just it, an official landmark has to be of particular significance. It can't just be that a building is old, so therefore it must be landmarked. If that were the case, the majority of Manhattan would be landmarked. The case wasn't proven for that particular building. The replacement was no great beauty, but that's besides the point.