NEW YORK | Tower Fifth | 1,556 FT | 96 FLOORS - Page 9

NYguy · #1 Posted **Feb 23, 2019, 2:06 AM**

A larger view from the deck, almost like being there...

https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/new...l-be-rise-473m

chris08876 · #2 Posted **Feb 23, 2019, 11:23 PM**

Nice and open too. 1 WTC's observation floor should of been a little more expansive like this, with more viewing room in regards to the glass.

This is how an indoor obs floor is done!

chris08876 · #3 Posted **Mar 8, 2019, 4:37 AM**

Harry Macklowe IS married again!

At his age, the guy has swag. Money, swag, a kippah, and the desire to build tall!

What a boss. Gets divorced, and than goes for a young one!

Like Denzel once said, maaa mannn!

Credit: https://www.f3nws.com/news/billionai...ed-d64e6b28a86

NYguy · #4 Posted **Mar 8, 2019, 5:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by chris08876

Harry Macklowe IS married again!

He's not only married, he did a whole thing at 432 Park. Good thing this tower wasn't up yet...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=171

Busy Bee · #5 Posted **Mar 8, 2019, 5:03 AM**

Good lookin fur

NYguy · #6 Posted **Mar 11, 2019, 8:21 PM**

https://therealdeal.com/2019/03/11/h...-office-tower/

Harry Macklowe is one parcel closer to building his $1B Midtown office tower
Developer has closed on the purchase of 5 East 51st Street for $44M

By Eddie Small
March 11, 2019

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Harry Macklowe’s dream of a building one more soaring skyscraper in Midtown picked up a bit of steam this week.

The octogenarian developer on Monday closed on the purchase of a six-story rental building at 5 East 51st Street from Noam Management for $44 million, according to property records. His company Macklowe Properties funded the deal with a roughly $124 million mortgage from Fortress Investment Group.

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Macklowe, who was married last week following a bitter divorce that split his fortune down the middle, has been stitching together an assemblage for the site for years. He already owns 12 East 52nd Street, for which he paid $32 million, and 4 East 52nd Street.

The assemblage is central to Macklowe’s vision for a tall and skinny mid-block office building between East 51st and East 52nd Streets known as “Tower Fifth.” It would stand about 1,500 feet tall, span 1 million square feet and likely cost upwards of $1 billion. He will need to transfer hundreds of thousands of square feet of development rights from St. Patrick’s Cathedral to build the project, which is likely to cost tens of millions of dollars. To transfer air rights, Macklowe will have to go through the city’s ULURP public review process.

If built, the tower would rise even higher than Macklowe’s luxury condo project at 432 Park Avenue, which stands about 1,400 feet tall. It would face direct competition from new-development office buildings including SL Green Realty’s One Vanderbilt, Related Companies’ Hudson Yards complex, the World Trade Center and Tishman Speyer’s the Spiral.

Sites again...

NYguy · #7 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 1:31 PM**

https://nypost.com/2019/03/11/macklo...with-44m-deal/

Macklowe moves closer to building Midtown tower with $44M deal

By Steve Cuozzo
March 11, 2019

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Harry Macklowe took another step toward building a supertall office tower across from St. Patrick’s Cathedral and between East 51st and 52nd streets. He quietly closed this week on a $44 million purchase of four-story 5 E. 51st St., according to city Finance Department records.

But ecstatically remarried Macklowe still has a long way to go with the multibillion-dollar project. His assemblage isn’t complete yet; air rights purchases must be negotiated; and the 1,551-foot-tall skyscraper would need several, which would face certain contested city approvals, including from the Landmarks Preservation Commission (because it brushes shoulders with several designated landmarks).

toddguy · #8 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 4:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

https://nypost.com/2019/03/11/macklo...with-44m-deal/

Macklowe moves closer to building Midtown tower with $44M deal

By Steve Cuozzo
March 11, 2019

Besides securing air rights, what other parcels need to be acquired for this project?

NYguy · #9 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 5:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by toddguy

Besides securing air rights, what other parcels need to be acquired for this project?

He has 12 and 14 East 52nd and 5 East 51st Street. The other properties are in the process of assemblage.

NYguy · #10 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 8:32 PM**

Not sure this is accurate...

https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news...al-sheet-97949

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Developer Harry Macklowe paid $44M to Noam Management for 5 East 51st St., The Real Deal reports. The site, home to a six-story rental building, is the last piece of the assemblage the developer needs for his planned, 1,500-foot office tower dubbed Tower Fifth.

NYguy · #11 Posted **Apr 1, 2019, 3:14 PM**

MARCH 30, 2019

NYguy · #12 Posted **Apr 12, 2019, 2:15 AM**

Not one to mess around, Macklowe is already filing for demo...(5 East 51st Street)

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01

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04/10/2019

DEMOLITION OF 6 STORY BUILDINGS AS PER PLANS.

http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.co...ouse-no-5.html

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwH1mk3D4pF/

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NYC’s next office supertower is inching forward as the first demolition permit has been filed at 5 East 51st Street for 'Tower Fifth,' a planned 96-floor, 1,556-feet-tall office tower to become the tallest building in the city by roof height.

The building for which demolition permits were filed for yesterday is the 1903 John Stevens Melcher house, finished when the area was Manhattan's epicenter of mansions and social clubs. Upon Midtown's steady infiltration of commerce, in 1919 the home became a small private hospital. Macklowe closed on the building for $44M last month.

NYguy · #13 Posted **Apr 15, 2019, 2:54 PM**

Demo was also filed for these 2 buildings on the north side, 12 and 14 East 52nd Street. So Macklowe wants to clear this site, regardless of whatever is approved.

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01

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Application approved on: 04/09/2019

DEMOLITION OF 7 STORY BUILDINGS AS PER PLANS.

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01

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Application approved on: 04/09/2019

DEMOLITION OF 7 STORY BUILDINGS AS PER PLANS.

So 3 of the sites are now scheduled for demolition...

toddguy · #14 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 5:21 PM**

^^ Thanks. I do hope they change the look of the top though.

NYguy · #15 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 6:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by toddguy

^^ Thanks. I do hope they change the look of the top though.

We'll see what happens as the design is refined more.

chris08876 · #16 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 7:12 PM**

I surely hope this happens within the next two years. Building it on-spec would be ideal.

Zapatan · #17 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 7:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by chris08876

I surely hope this happens within the next two years. Building it on-spec would be ideal.

That would be awesome,

Throw some vanity height in there and make it one of the top 5-10 tallest buildings on earth

patriotizzy · #18 Posted **Apr 15, 2019, 8:58 PM**

I'm assuming the boxy rendering is merely a proposal and not a final design draft? *Crossing fingers for something juicier*

JMKeynes · #19 Posted **Apr 15, 2019, 9:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by patriotizzy

I'm assuming the boxy rendering is merely a proposal and not a final design draft? *Crossing fingers for something juicier*

I think that we've seen the final design. It's on the architect's website.

NYer34 · #20 Posted **Apr 15, 2019, 10:34 PM**

Macklowe is a thug and a barbarian.

If this design is for real, he's giving us all a kick in the teeth.