NEW YORK | 343 Madison Avenue | 844 FT | 49 FLOORS

[NYguy]

This tower will rise above the Yale Club. It will cantilever above the vent building midblock.


JANUARY 28, 2022

[Busy Bee]

Do we know if the ventilation building will be reclad to match or compliment the new tower?

[NYguy]

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

[artspook]

. . with KPF architects doing this one,
I’m sure it’ll be in perfect sync with One Vandy . .
Really wonderful to see some great new ones . .

[Raysiri]

I requested the correction thread to fix 343 Madison Avenue since this is under demolition. Just to let them know that they need to change the status of the existing building as proposed for the new supertall, which is the focus of this thread.

[NYguy]

MARCH 25, 2022

[Drcastro]

All I see is the same scaffolding and netting. Is there anything visibly happening?

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Drcastro

All I see is the same scaffolding and netting. Is there anything visibly happening?

No. It’s early Christmas decorations.

[chris08876]

Credit: Oppix56

[NYguy]

APRIL 17, 2022

[JMKeynes]

I hope that BP builds on spec. I think that this tower is only about 1m sf and would fill quickly.

[Lincolnlover2005]

Come check out my Sketchup Model of 343 Madison!

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/mod...Madison-Avenue

[NYguy]

Not bad.

[mrnyc]

Originally Posted by Drcastro

All I see is the same scaffolding and netting. Is there anything visibly happening?

yeah if you look close through the netting there is definitely a lot of demo.

[NYguy]

MAY 5, 2022

[NYguy]

JUNE 10, 2022

[JMKeynes]

NY Guy, you seen to have insight into these filings. Is there any technical reason why they’re filing for a smaller tower? Maybe BP just thinks that a smaller spec tower would be easier to finance.

https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/08/bos...town-east.html

Boston Properties Files Permits For 49-Story Tower At 343 Madison Avenue In Midtown East



The most recent renderings of 343 Madison Avenue. It is unclear if the design has been altered for the new construction filing. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox
BY: VANESSA LONDONO 6:30 AM ON AUGUST 7, 2022
Permits have been filed for a 49-story commercial high rise at 343 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan. Located between East 44th and 45th Streets, the 25,000-square-foot rectangular site is one block from the Grand Central-42nd Street subway station, serviced by the 4, 5, 6, 7, and S trains and MetroNorth rails. Boston Properties is listed as the owner behind the applications.

The new tower is significantly smaller than the proposed 1,050-square-foot supertall with 55 stories that would have yield 832,613 square feet of office space, 5,357 square feet of retail space, and 5,357 square feet of subterranean circulation paths to Grand Central Terminal and the future East Side Access project. The filed permits call for a 780-foot-tall development that will yield 750,400 square feet of commercial space, a contradiction to the rezoning plans approved by City Council in November 2021, so it is possible these permits are not final. The steel-based structure will also have three loading berths and multiple cellar levels.

Kohn Pedersen Fox is listed as the architect of record.

[Raysiri]

Originally Posted by JMKeynes

https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/08/bos...town-east.html

Boston Properties Files Permits For 49-Story Tower At 343 Madison Avenue In Midtown East


The most recent renderings of 343 Madison Avenue. It is unclear if the design has been altered for the new construction filing. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox
BY: VANESSA LONDONO 6:30 AM ON AUGUST 7, 2022
Permits have been filed for a 49-story commercial high rise at 343 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan. Located between East 44th and 45th Streets, the 25,000-square-foot rectangular site is one block from the Grand Central-42nd Street subway station, serviced by the 4, 5, 6, 7, and S trains and MetroNorth rails. Boston Properties is listed as the owner behind the applications.

The new tower is significantly smaller than the proposed 1,050-square-foot supertall with 55 stories that would have yield 832,613 square feet of office space, 5,357 square feet of retail space, and 5,357 square feet of subterranean circulation paths to Grand Central Terminal and the future East Side Access project. The filed permits call for a 780-foot-tall development that will yield 750,400 square feet of commercial space, a contradiction to the rezoning plans approved by City Council in November 2021, so it is possible these permits are not final. The steel-based structure will also have three loading berths and multiple cellar levels.

Kohn Pedersen Fox is listed as the architect of record.

I cannot believe it. They lied to us.

[MAC123]

Hold up, hold up.

Like YIMhudson was saying

"sounds like they used a pre-FAR bonus calculation for the filing. This would be multiple floors shorter than the proposal that was being presented to the city the past year. That would make no sense."

https://zap.planning.nyc.gov/projects/2020M0494

"Project Description
The Applicants are seeking to construct a 1,050-foot-tall commercial building with a total floor
area of 925,630 square feet and a total zoned floor area of 753,120 square feet (or 30.0 FAR).
The base of the building would be 321 feet, with a setback on all frontages and a cantilever over
the utility building on Lot 25. The building’s lobby as well as ground floor retail spaces would
Nos. C210369ZSM and C210370ZSM – 343 Madison Avenue
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front Madison Avenue, while the proposed East Side Access transit entrance will be located at
the corner of Madison Avenue and East 45th Street."

[JMKeynes]

[QUOTE=MAC123;9696103]Hold up, hold up.

Like YIMhudson was saying

"sounds like they used a pre-FAR bonus calculation for the filing. This would be multiple floors shorter than the proposal that was being presented to the city the past year. That would make no sense." [Quote]

That’s what I was wondering.