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[chris08876]

Renderings Revealed For SPARC Life Science And Public Health Innovation Hub In Kips Bay, Manhattan

New York City mayor Eric Adams and New York governor Kathy Hochul have unveiled plans to construct Manhattan’s first Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) in Kips Bay. Located on Hunter College’s Brookdale Campus at East 25th Street and First Avenue, SPARC is described as a career and education innovation hub for life sciences.

The project will transform an entire city block and create more than 1.5 million square feet of academic, public health, and life sciences space. The campus will be anchored by new educational facilities for over 4,500 students from the Hunter College School of Nursing and School of Health Professions, the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, and the Borough of Manhattan Community College’s multiple healthcare programs.

Additional components include a blood testing and ambulatory center, a training center for simulated patient blood testing, a new healthcare and science-focused high school, a new Office of Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Pathology Center, office space, and wet labs. The project will also create a new publicly accessible pedestrian bridge that connects East 25th Street to the East River and Manhattan Waterfront Greenway.

“This new Science Park and Research Campus in Kips Bay will be not only a hub for the life sciences industry and an anchor for the neighborhood, but also a bridge to the future for our city’s young people,” said mayor Adams. “SPARC Kips Bay will transform an entire city block into a state-of-the-art destination for the life sciences industry and be a place where workforce development, economic opportunity, and public health come together seamlessly—attracting businesses and uplifting New Yorkers to bring our city back stronger than ever with $25 billion in new economic activity for our city over the next three decades.”

Over the next year, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), CUNY, and Skidmore Owings & Merrill will work in partnership to complete a master planning for the development to identify the site’s infrastructure needs, opportunities to create public open space, urban design, and potential zoning amendments needed to facilitate construction.

According to NYEDC, the project team intends to engage the community leader for feedback as the development takes shape.

The vertical campus will support an educational pipeline for teens and adults pursuing careers in life sciences, healthcare, and public health. CUNY will offer collegiate degrees and continuing education programs in public health and medical research. Career programs will include courses for doctors, nurses, biochemists, and engineers, as well as a variety of supporting roles in the life sciences and healthcare fields.

“SPARC Kips Bay represents a path-breaking approach to economic development in New York City where we create clusters in which commerce and schools work side by side to provide career pathways for CUNY and DOE students in the innovative sectors of today and tomorrow,” said NYCEDC president and CEO Andrew Kimball. “Together, we are creating an unprecedented pipeline of diverse talent that will prepare our city for future health emergencies while advancing new medicines, medical devices, innovative therapies, and other products to help treat sick people and improve their lives and care.”

SPARC is expected to generate approximately $25 billion in economic impact to the city over the next 30 years and spur the creation of 10,000 jobs. This includes an estimated 8,000 construction jobs.

The $1.6 billion project cost will be funded jointly by the city and state with additional private sector investments. Construction is expected to break ground in 2023 and be completed by the end of 2026.

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[gttx]

Rendering appears to just be conceptual, given this:

Over the next year, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), CUNY, and Skidmore Owings & Merrill will work in partnership to complete a master planning for the development to identify the site’s infrastructure needs, opportunities to create public open space, urban design, and potential zoning amendments needed to facilitate construction.

[tdawg]

Whatever it ends up looking like it's a tremendous investment in CUNY, where I work and received my undergraduate and MBA degrees.

[NYguy]

https://www.realestateindepth.com/ne...t-master-plan/

New York City Unveils $42-Billion Kips Bay Health Care Hub Project Master Plan





John Jordan
November 21, 2023

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and The City University of New York unveiled on Nov. 17 the Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) Kips Bay Master Plan for what city officials say will be a first-of-its-kind life sciences career and education hub that will anchor the industry in New York.

Arriving over one year since SPARC Kips Bay was announced, the master plan unveils key project details, including a new site plan and conceptual design, a new model for education and job training pipelines, and updated economic impact projections showing how significantly it will further New York City’s role as a global leader in creating and attracting accessible jobs in life sciences, health care, and public health by creating a pipeline from local public schools to careers in these essential sectors. The project is expected to create more than 15,000 total jobs and generate $42 billion in economic impact.

In addition to the master plan, the Adams administration launched a new community task force led by NYCEDC to shape and steer the project’s vision and released request for proposals (RFP) for design of key public space, community infrastructure, and a pedestrian bridge for the project’s first phase.

“It’s no secret that New York City has the most talented workers, and the SPARC Kips Bay campus will continue this legacy by creating more than 12,000 jobs right here in Manhattan,” said Mayor Adams. “This campus will be a bridge to the next generation, preparing New York City students of today for the jobs of tomorrow in a rapidly growing sector with higher education opportunities through our academic partners at CUNY and internships at every level. This project will help us create a healthier, more prosperous city through true community engagement and public-private partnership.”

“The SPARC Kips Bay Master Plan is New York’s road map to establishing a hub for innovation, job growth, and education in the life sciences right in the heart of Manhattan,” said Governor Hochul. “With a projected 15,000 jobs and $42 billion in economic impact over the next 30 years, SPARC Kips Bay will help to build on statewide efforts like New York’s transformative Life Science Initiative to grow 21st-century businesses and jobs and ensure that the future of medicine starts in New York.”c

With new details and projections released in the master plan, SPARC Kips Bay is now expected to create 12,000 construction and 3,100 permanent jobs in the life sciences sector; and transform an entire city block with up to 2 million square feet of academic, public health, and life sciences space, advancing the LifeSci NYC goal of 10 million square feet of life sciences space by 2030.

SPARC Kips Bay is expected to enter into the city’s Uniform Land Use and Review Procedure in spring 2024, break ground in late 2025, and be completed by the end of 2031.

[chris08876]

That is fantastic and the 42 billion expected in economic output. Massive in scope.

[NYguy]

Approvals is expected to start in the spring, followed by groundbreaking the next year. It may not be the most skyline altering project, but a pretty major development for that slice of town.



https://edc.nyc/project/sparc-kips-bay


All renderings, courtesy of SOM / Miysis.










RFP


https://edc.nyc/provision-architectu...esearch-campus

[NYguy]

A few more graphics....

[NYguy]

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/th...-up-for-grabs/

Thousands of jobs to come with new NYC building


Matthew Euzarraga
Jun 6, 2024

New York City is selecting a construction management firm to handle a contract exceeding a value of a billion dollars with the potential to create thousands of jobs, the city’s economic development team announced Wednesday.

The construction of a Science Park and Research Campus in Kips Bay promises to transform the City University of New York and New York City Public Schools.

“This project will create 15,000 jobs, generating $42 billion in economic impact,” said Adams. “We’re continuing to move the ball forward on transformative projects like SPARC Kips Bay in all five boroughs as we build our ‘Harbor of the Future’ and reimagine our waterfront to create 21st-century growth and innovation.”

The SPARC construction manager will oversee:

-Deconstruction of the existing buildings on the current Hunter Brookdale School of Nursing

-Construction of the first phase of the SPARC’s development, which includes 600,000 square feet of educational facilities for CUNY and NCPS

-Reconstruction of the existing 25th Street pedestrian bridge over FDR Drive with new ADA access and universal design.

The project is expected to be completed in two phases. Phase one is constructing the nursing school, a CUNY Graduate School of Health and Policy, and a health-and-science public high school.

Phase two is building one million square feet of life sciences real estate, a Bellevue Hospital center dedicated to continuing education, and a pathology center and forensic toxicology laboratory for the medical examiner’s office.

The construction of this new building in the Manhattan borough is expected to create 12,000 construction jobs and 3,100 permanent jobs in the life sciences sector, city officials said.

[NYguy]

Meanwhile…


https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/busine...front-project/

Major developer sues city for $50M over stalled NYC riverfront project




By Steve Cuozzo
Aug. 6, 2024

The Adams administration’s bungled plans for a sea wall on a stretch of East River waterfront cost the city a precious new life sciences facility when it was most needed — and cost its would-be developer at least $50 million, a bombshell lawsuit claims.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), a NYSE-traded developer, claimed it has tried for years to construct a third tower to complete its life sciences campus on First Avenue between East 28th and East 30th streets, adjacent to Bellevue Hospital, according to lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday.

The company already put up two Alexandria Life Sciences buildings on the site’s southern portion. Its 1 million square feet of laboratory and research space is 95% occupied, with leases held by leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Popular waterfront restaurant Riverpark is also located in the eastern tower.

But the Economic Development Corp. and the Health + Hospitals Corp. repeatedly stalled ARE’s effort to build a North Tower between East 29th and East 30th Street, despite the firm’s right to build there under a binding option it exercised to do so in 2019, according to the suit.

ARE swiftly developed the first two towers. When superstorm Sandy struck in 2012, the city recognized the need to build a sea wall at the location.

The agencies assured ARE in 2015 that FEMA would fully pay for the wall and that it would not “materially impact the North Tower’s development, construction or operation,” the just-filed suit says.

But EDC and H+H allegedly couldn’t come up with a final design for the wall. In 2019, they told ARE they wanted a portion of the wall to be integrated with the foundation of the North Tower. The developer says it agreed to cooperate, although they weren’t required to do so, when the agencies again assured the flood-protection plan wouldn’t impact construction of the new building.

But the city continued to change the design again and again, frustrating ARE’s efforts to build. The city moreover wants ARE to pay for future design changes even though the company was not required to assume the costs, the suit says.

ARE says the city knew since 2020 that the plans were in flux and that FEMA approval might take years.

The delays, the suit says, “caused Alexandria to miss the life-science bull market … which has now substantially softened nationally.

“At the same time,” the suit says, the EDC “encouraged and induced other developers to build life science projects … based on erroneous and exaggerated information about demand.”

Although the suit makes no mention of it, the city plans two major life sciences projects close to the ARE site. A so-called Science Park and Research Campus spanning two million square feet in the Kips Bay neighborhood is currently going through the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.