Bloomberg is reporting that Chinese developer Fosun is co-developing a 47 story condo tower on Madison with JD Carlisle LLC. Anyone have any idea what tower this is?
Inside, most lower units occupy the full 4,816 square-foot floor plate while the upper floors feature a duplex and a triplex in the added penthouse structure. An open plan along the 67-foot street front accommodates living and dining spaces in one large great room. Industrial style black metal and glass sliding doors act as moveable partitions, allowing residents to close off the family room next to the kitchen. Existing steel columns have been preserved and featured in the living and dining area, complimenting the interior design's blending of modern and industrial. Much of the interior kitchen and bath cabinetry and door hardware have been custom designed by the architect and also reflect this aesthetic.
A seven-story, 133-unit residential development is planned for 125 Borinquen Place near the BQE in Williamsburg, according to a plan exam application filed last month. The mixed-use building will have 89,205 square feet of residential space, 977 square feet of commercial space and 68 enclosed parking spaces. DJLU Architect is the architect of record. The L-shaped corner lot still houses a one-story building, and the DOB has not approved demo applications for it.
Tell us a little bit about your design for the former Brillo Manufacturing Co.’s 1950 “daylight factory” in Dumbo.
AA: The former Brillo Factory building, 200 Water Street, is on a great block with a cobblestone street. As a purpose-built factory structure, its window sill heights are different on almost every floor to accommodate different size manufacturing equipment. One window sill is at five feet, and others at eight feet. As a landmarked building, the challenge was to find a way to convert the building to multi-unit residential while keeping the design. Our design involves removing 30 feet off the back of the building, which brings more daylight into the apartments. The original rear facade was painted concrete block with steel flashing on each floor plate. It wasn’t an esthetically conceived or pleasing design, just utilitarian. So we specified a precast concrete wall in a modular pattern that emulates the concrete blocks. The precast concrete wall gives the texture and feeling of the old concrete block wall, but in a fine finish with a smooth texture. In place of the original and unattractive steel flashing we changed the coursing size to a thinner piece, to indicate something was there. We added back the square footage we removed with a roof top addition. It’s a four-story building. Also, we aligned the new elements with the old features, literally and figuratively. For example, we designed an all-glass extension, about three feet out from the wall, which is pushed back from the street.
BS: What were some of the goals and challenges with this project?
AA: The challenge in repurposing the Brillo factory building was to keep its historic character and still having a modern building with desired amenities. The first floor ceiling height is approximately 14 feet, and ceilings on some floors are 12 feet high. But the room dimensions have to be in proportion to ceiling heights. No one wants a 10-foot-by-10-foot bedroom with a 12-foot-high ceiling. We realized if we employed open layouts, a floor-through living space from front to back, with multiple angles of light to enter the room, we can use the ceiling height in an appealing way. It almost becomes a gallery rather than just a bedroom squeezed into a tall space.
An important aspect of the design was ensuring that the pedestrian experience on Water Street is not significantly changed. We reused many aspects of the original building. A huge loading dock that was there since the 1950s is replaced with a modern architectural grille that serves as a screen to shield the main entrance. You walk behind it to enter the building. Details like that are important. There is a scar on the building where at one time a bridge connected it to another factory across the street. We’re not just filling it in. We’re putting in floor to ceiling glass to show something special had been attached there.
Tremendous effort Chris... nothing short of amazing!
Thanks. Comments like this motivate me to continue the work. Glad you guys like it. Be sure to check out the Boston, Vegas, and Dubai threads. Essentially resurrecting them with a similar style to these compilations. Unfortunately it will remain inaccurate in the front page as I can't fix or edit it but the updates are there for current projects. But anyways, more developments for NYC.
The Summit Ridge Apartments is to be a six-story, mixed-population development project located in the Lower Highbridge/Yankee Village section of the Bronx. The project entails the new construction of 58 units of multi-family housing. The site is situated on the northeast corner of Summit Avenue and West 162nd Street. The Project will consist of 8 studios, 20 one-bedrooms, 24 two-bedrooms, 6 three-bedrooms and includes 1 two-bedroom superintendents unit. It is contemplated that the partnership will enter into a 60-year regulatory agreement with New York City Housing Development Corporation that will provide for all units at the Project to be set-aside for households earning no more than 60% of AMI. The building will total approximately 58,000 gross square feet.
The Barclay is a four-story, 56 unit planned new residential development project located within the St. Josephs Hospital Zone Redevelopment Area on the Southside of Paterson, NJ. JCAL Development Group LLC is working with the Area 11 designated ‘Master Developer’ – St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center – on revitalizing the Barclay Street corridor that connects points west (Montclair/Clifton) and patrons traversing via I-80 with the hospital campus.
Situated at the northwest corner of Barclay and Chadwick Streets, The Barclay will boast 56 spacious two-bedroom units, ranging from 920-1,020 square feet, each with two full bathrooms in a four-story structure. Taking advantage of a 14-foot site slope along the main frontage, the project will feature 74 underground parking spaces, with bicycle storage and tenant storage lockers. The project will also have a tenant laundry room in the basement. The rear-yard will feature a 7,000 square foot landscaped terrace for passive recreational uses.
The units themselves will be designed as spacious, modern-style apartments perfect for entertaining and living. They will provide for maximum flexibility of use and layout by the tenants. The kitchens will feature high-end appliances, modern style cabinets, ceaser stone counter-tops and porcelain tiles. The units will feature LED lighting, dimmer controls and under-cabinet LED strips. Each unit will contain its own packaged HVAC system. Given the zoning district’s ample height allowances, the floor-to-ceiling heights will be minimum 9 foot clear for each of the four residential floors.
New York designer Karim Rashid has asked his Facebook fans to select their preferred option from four facades for a building in the city's SoHo district.
Rashid is currently developing the design for a seven-storey structure at 30 Thompson Street, sandwiched between historic buildings on a narrow plot. The building will include seven apartments – one on each floor – and is earmarked for completion in 2017.
"For being such a large city, NYC is really many small communities made up of very vocal, opinionated residents," he said. "Hearing public feedback can be difficult because people are so mired in the past – they don't want to embrace change."
Recent designs in BK definitely seem to be a step up from designs from a few years ago. And great designs are pushing south and east. Looking forward to all this great new infill!!
Construction Update: Extell’s Controversial 800-Foot Tower Ready to Rise at 250 South
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After being slapped with a partial stop-work order about three weeks ago for causing a local street to sink, Extell’s Lower East Side mega-development at 250 South Street appears to be back on track. A recent visit to the site shows that piles for the SHoP Architects-designed building are again being driven into the bedrock. However, it appears excavation will continue to be an arduous journey since most of the parcel sits on landfill and is only a few feet above street level.
The hotel component will measure 49,100 square feet, split between 175 hotel rooms, and the project will also include 10,000 square feet of manufacturing space, which the Schedule A seems to indicate will be used for some type of food-related use.
The hotel chain acquired the site for $17 million last year, and the building will stand nine stories and 96 feet to its roof, also including 23 open-air parking spaces. Permits list the developer as the Sydell Group.
Wythe Avenue is booming with new development, and unlike most hotels in New York City, the new product in this area is overwhelmingly attractive. The contextual industrial-contemporary aesthetic of the Morris Adjmi-designed Wythe Hotel, just a block away, set an attractive precedent for the neighborhood’s new construction that subsequent developers seem keen to follow.
While the plan for 97 Wythe Avenue does not appear to be nearly as contextually-minded as the Wythe, it will nevertheless be attractive, with a simple, clean, and PTAC-free facade. The hotel component will partially cantilever over the retail base, and exposed cross-bracing will nod to the neighborhood’s post-industrial look.
This looks great but I wish the industry could do a little better camouflaging expansion joints in masonry. These look bloody awful. Also wasn't this addition supposed to be metallic?
This looks great but I wish the industry could do a little better camouflaging expansion joints in masonry. These look bloody awful. Also wasn't this addition supposed to be metallic?
Its a coat of aluminum. One is brick/terracotta, the other has a coat of aluminum. The idea behind it is to have an older looking structure in harmony with a newer, future looking mid rise.
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Be sure to check out the Boston, Vegas, and Dubai threads. Essentially resurrecting them with a similar style to these compilations. Unfortunately it will remain inaccurate in the front page as I can't fix or edit it but the updates are there for current projects. But anyways, more developments for NYC.
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