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605-Foot Office Tower By SOM Revealed For 415 Madison Avenue In Midtown East, Manhattan
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An Environmental Assessment Statement reveals plans for a 40-story tower designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill at 415 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan. The applicant 415 Madison Avenue LLC is seeking special permits as part of the ULURP process to construct a 605-foot-tall commercial building on the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and East 48th Street. Rudin Management currently owns the site, which houses a 24-story structure yielding 270,000 square feet of boutique office space. It opened in 1955 and has floor plates ranging from 5,000 to 15,000 square feet.
The applicant is seeking approval to allow for the reconstruction of overbuilt floor area in a new development, as
well as air rights from the landmarked St. Bartholomew’s Church. 415 Madison LLC is also seeking special permits to build the development according to the East Midtown Subdistrict regulations.
Proposed plans for a new commercial development will yield 343,100 square feet with a ground-floor retail pavilion and an open-air public concourse. Of the 343,100 square feet, an estimated 323,500 square feet would be above grade and approximately 19,600 square feet below grade space to be used for a Long island Rail Road (LIRR) concourse as part of the East Side Access project, which will connect the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal and a passageway to the Metro-North Railroad (MNR) lines. According to an agreement with the MTA, the developer must also construct an entrance leading to the below-grade LIRR concourse and MNR passageway on the ground floor of the Proposed Development along East 48th Street.
Renderings for the proposed development depict a double-height expression of the building module with a single
column bay. The white façade will have floor-to-ceiling windows at each level but will open up at the ground and second floors to become an arcade and a loggia. There will also be setbacks at varying heights above the base as it transitions to the tower.
An open-air public concourse yielding 2,400 square feet would sit at the ground-floor intersection of Madison Avenue and East 48th Street and contain art and seating, covered by a building overhang. A public concourse is expected to improve the circulation of the surrounding area and add more visibility to the LIRR East Side Access entrance. A 350-square-foot retail pavilion will also be accessible on the ground floor along with the public concourse.
If the special permits are not approved, the development site will be redeveloped with a 36-story, 468-foot-tall office building yielding 298,100 square feet, which would utilize the floor area permitted on an as-of-right basis. A No Action development would allow for the transfer of 36,100 square feet of development rights from the landmarked St. Bartholomew’s Church and approximately 40,900 square feet of existing non-complying floor area to be incorporated in the new building. Office space would account for 273,800 square feet with 2,200 square feet of retail space fronting on Madison Avenue, as well as 2,500 square feet for the LIRR East Side Access entrance. The transit concourse would account for 19,600 square feet below grade.
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