HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Discussion Forums > Buildings & Architecture > Completed Project Threads Archive


    111 West 57th Street in the SkyscraperPage Database

Building Data Page   • Comparison Diagram   • New York Skyscraper Diagram

Map Location
New York Projects & Construction Forum

 

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #21  
Old Posted May 6, 2012, 12:29 PM
NYguy's Avatar
NYguy NYguy is offline
New Yorker for life
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Borough of Jersey
Posts: 51,747
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crawford View Post
I would say that (very generally speaking) the E. 79th buildings will target very wealthy families with children (so big, family sized units) and 57th Street will target more internationals.
Gary Barnett would agree.
__________________
NEW YORK is Back!

“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
     
     
  #22  
Old Posted May 18, 2012, 9:46 PM
RobertWalpole RobertWalpole is offline
BANNED
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,911
http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/05/...dential-tower/

JDS buys majority interest in Starwood project, plans residential tower
May 18, 2012 05:30PM
By Katherine Clarke

Starwood Capital's Barry Sternlicht
JDS Development Group, the company behind the recent conversion of the Ralph Walker-designed Verizon building on West 18th Street, has purchased a majority interest in a development site formerly owned by Starwood Capital at 105 West 57th Street for $40 million, the company told The Real Deal today.

The firm is planning to break ground on a new 100,000-square-foot, mixed-use retail and luxury residential project in the spring or early summer, a spokesperson for JDS said. The project, which will rise to over 50 stories between Sixth and Seventh avenues, will feature condominium units as well as a significant retail component, the spokesperson said.
Barry Sternlich’s Starwood Capital Group, which purchased the property in 2007 for $52 million, will stay on as a minority partner to develop the vacant site.

The development is slated for completion in 2014.

JDS declined to comment further on the details of the deal or the plans for the site. Starwood did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The site, which was previously occupied by the Ritz Fur Shop, was formerly owned by Investcorp and Ceebraid-Signal. Pre-recession, the partnership had announced plans to build a 35-story tower with 37 residential units, three lower floors of office space and ground floor and basement retail space. Those plans never materialized.
     
     
  #23  
Old Posted May 21, 2012, 11:34 AM
NYguy's Avatar
NYguy NYguy is offline
New Yorker for life
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Borough of Jersey
Posts: 51,747
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...014308158.html

New Plan for a Growth Area

May 18, 2012
By ALESSIA PIROLO

Quote:

A venture of JDS Development Group and Starwood Capital Group aims to break ground within months on a 50-story condominium and retail tower in a part of Midtown Manhattan that's already seeing a rash of new development.

Barry Sternlicht's Starwood has controlled the site on West 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues since 2005. JDS, which also is developing a 53-unit condo in Chelsea, recently purchased a major interest in the site from Starwood. JDS will develop the new tower and Starwood will remain a partner in the project, according to a JDS spokesman. He said the venture hopes to begin construction in the late spring or early summer.

The spokesman declined to comment on the cost of the project or whether the venture has obtained a construction loan. Usually developers don't move forward with projects until they obtain such financing, though they sometimes finance new construction entirely with equity.
__________________
NEW YORK is Back!

“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
     
     
  #24  
Old Posted Jun 1, 2012, 4:10 AM
sbarn sbarn is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,071
Took these last Friday. This building is going to be a pretty remarkable sliver if/when it is constructed as planned.



     
     
  #25  
Old Posted Jun 19, 2012, 9:32 PM
hunser's Avatar
hunser hunser is offline
don't *meddle*...
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: New York City / Wien
Posts: 4,016
Good news! New DOB filing (pdf): http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/BS...de=ES787029955

687' seems to be the final height. (see pdf page 1). Also the massing model shows an elegant design. (with setbacks!)

EDIT: Tower has 55 floors and is 687ft / 209m tall, please change thread title.
     
     
  #26  
Old Posted Jun 19, 2012, 10:45 PM
jackster99 jackster99 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 281
Great news! Hopefully this one starts construction very soon.

On a side note, in sbarn's pictures from Jun 1st, does anyone know anything about that red/brown brick building with scaffolding to the right of this towers site? Is it being torn down, or is that scaffolding merely there for renovations?
     
     
  #27  
Old Posted Jun 19, 2012, 10:46 PM
Hudson11's Avatar
Hudson11 Hudson11 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,037
interesting sketch-up...
     
     
  #28  
Old Posted Jun 19, 2012, 10:59 PM
yankeesfan1000 yankeesfan1000 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: 10014
Posts: 1,617
I think the red building will not be demolished. But I may be mistaken.

Anyway, great find hunser. From the last couple of articles posted by RW and NYG, sounds like this could get going soon. Psyched on yet another 200 meter tower for NY.
     
     
  #29  
Old Posted Jun 19, 2012, 11:13 PM
sbarn sbarn is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,071
Quote:
Originally Posted by jackster99 View Post
On a side note, in sbarn's pictures from Jun 1st, does anyone know anything about that red/brown brick building with scaffolding to the right of this towers site? Is it being torn down, or is that scaffolding merely there for renovations?
I think its only having facade renovations, according to the DOB documents the building remains.

This building looks like it will have some pretty impressive height for such a narrow plot. Very exciting! While the massing is quite promising, I'm slightly confused what the "half setback line" is... I've heard of a setback line, but not a "half" one. Anyone got an idea? Also, I hope this one doesn't have to go through similar approvals to Torre Verre if it needs approvals from DCP for encroaching beyond the setback plane. Anyway the diagram is below.

     
     
  #30  
Old Posted Jun 19, 2012, 11:55 PM
babybackribs2314 babybackribs2314 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: UWS, Manhattan
Posts: 1,728
The red building is undergoing a conversion and I believe it's being re-opened as a hotel.
     
     
  #31  
Old Posted Jun 20, 2012, 12:15 AM
jackster99 jackster99 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 281
Thanks for the answers yankeesfan, sbarn, and babybackribs. I only asked because even though the red brick building is covered up, it looks like its a beautiful old building and would be a shame to tear it down. Good to hear it will be getting a new life as a hotel. Based on the location should be pretty high end. It and this new tower should compliment each other nicely.
     
     
  #32  
Old Posted Jun 20, 2012, 2:45 AM
scalziand's Avatar
scalziand scalziand is offline
Mortaaaaaaaaar!
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Naugatuck, CT/Worcester,MA
Posts: 3,506
687' with a width of 42' gives a 16.4 h/w ratio. That's higher than 432 Park, although it's not the slenderest tower in the city.
http://www.skyscraper.org/PROGRAMS/slender_program.htm
     
     
  #33  
Old Posted Jun 20, 2012, 6:35 AM
easy as pie's Avatar
easy as pie easy as pie is offline
testify
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: 94109
Posts: 853
i don't get this project - 100,000 sqf over 50 stories? that footprint seems too small for even a tower running ultra high density reinforce concrete - surely this would have to run higher than any other tower in the city. sure to be built as-of-right, how will the egresses be managed, no underground parking?

the project just seems eccentric.
     
     
  #34  
Old Posted Jun 20, 2012, 2:12 PM
scalziand's Avatar
scalziand scalziand is offline
Mortaaaaaaaaar!
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Naugatuck, CT/Worcester,MA
Posts: 3,506
Relatively few projects in New York have underground parking, so in that respect this project is not unusual. As I posted above, there are other towers with comparable slenderness already built in NY, such as Skyhouse, One Madison Park, and 785 8th ave.
     
     
  #35  
Old Posted Jun 20, 2012, 2:25 PM
Crawford Crawford is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Brooklyn, NYC/Polanco, DF
Posts: 30,551
Quote:
Originally Posted by easy as pie View Post
how will the egresses be managed, no underground parking?

the project just seems eccentric.
The vast majority of Manhattan residential highrises have no parking.

Egress is obviously subject to city code. I don't see why a skinny building would have more issues than fat buildings.
     
     
  #36  
Old Posted Jun 20, 2012, 3:11 PM
lakegz's Avatar
lakegz lakegz is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Beijing
Posts: 7,712
wow, the top floors of this tower will have barely more than 1,000 sq feet of space. What an interesting tower that will sneak up on most people.
     
     
  #37  
Old Posted Jun 23, 2012, 8:43 PM
NYguy's Avatar
NYguy NYguy is offline
New Yorker for life
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Borough of Jersey
Posts: 51,747
Quote:
Originally Posted by sbarn View Post
I think its only having facade renovations, according to the DOB documents the building remains.

This building looks like it will have some pretty impressive height for such a narrow plot. Very exciting! While the massing is quite promising, I'm slightly confused what the "half setback line" is... I've heard of a setback line, but not a "half" one. Anyone got an idea? Also, I hope this one doesn't have to go through similar approvals to Torre Verre if it needs approvals from DCP for encroaching beyond the setback plane. Anyway the diagram is below.


It will be interesting to see what type of cladding they put on this tower. The more slender towers going up, the better. And no doubt the will be more, with the Manhattan market being what it is right now.
__________________
NEW YORK is Back!

“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
     
     
  #38  
Old Posted Aug 19, 2012, 5:15 AM
sbarn sbarn is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,071
I see new sprinkler applications were filed with the DOB related to the tower construction just last week, really hope they get started on this one this fall. I think it will be a fascinating tower to see rise given its tiny site.
     
     
  #39  
Old Posted Aug 29, 2012, 1:38 PM
sbarn sbarn is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,071
A few shots of the current state of the site. I'm clearly eager to see this one rise!






(photos by me)
     
     
  #40  
Old Posted Sep 24, 2012, 8:45 PM
599GTO 599GTO is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 878
renders





http://observer.com/2012/09/107-west...ry-apartments/


Please don't tell me those are balconies. Ew. Balconies look terrible.
     
     
This discussion thread continues

Use the page links to the lower-right to go to the next page for additional posts
 
 
 

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Discussion Forums > Buildings & Architecture > Completed Project Threads Archive
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 9:44 PM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.