NEW YORK | A Vision for 52-60 W 57th St

JMKeynes · #1 Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 3:04 PM**

https://www.cannonarchitecturestudio.com/commercial-hospitality#/super-tall-study-new-york-city/

Crawford · #2 Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 4:02 PM**

This is the Durst-owned assemblage.

I really hope Douglas Durst builds a landmark supertall here.

JMKeynes · #3 Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 4:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Crawford

This is the Durst-owned assemblage.

I really hope Douglas Durst builds a landmark supertall here.

The deeds on ACRIS identify the owner as Jeffrey Morris, Inc. Is that a Durst entity?

Crawford · #4 Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 4:43 PM**

I don't know who Jeffrey Morris is, but I know the Durst Organization owns (or owned, if recently sold) that assemblage.

They had a released design for a residential tower maybe 15 years ago, but I haven't heard anything recently. I do know the building facing 6th Ave. is being vacated.

JMKeynes · #5 Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 4:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Crawford

I don't know who Jeffrey Morris is, but I know the Durst Organization owns (or owned, if recently sold) that assemblage.

They had a released design for a residential tower maybe 15 years ago, but I haven't heard anything recently. I do know the building facing 6th Ave. is being vacated.

This Jeffrey Morris might be a corporation controlled by Durst.

Which building is being vacated? I know that the ground lease on the crappy white building on the SW side of 57th and 6th will be expiring in a few years.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.curbed....00-one-bedrooms-on-billionaires-row.html

JMKeynes · #6 Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 4:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by JMKeynes

This Jeffrey Morris might be a corporation controlled by Durst.

Which building is being vacated? I know that the ground lease on the crappy white building on the SW side of 57th and 6th will be expiring in a few years.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.curbed....00-one-bedrooms-on-billionaires-row.html

LTHE REAL ESTATE
NOV. 16, 2020
The $99,900 Studios on Billionaires’ Row Carnegie House residents are racing to offload their apartments. Why?
By Hilary Reid

Busy Bee · #7 Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 8:16 PM**

Who's vision?

JMKeynes · #8 Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 8:32 PM**

FxFowle on behalf of the site’s owner.

Busy Bee · #9 Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 8:42 PM**

Crediting the embedded photo with a link as required by SSP rules would help.

JMKeynes · #10 Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 9:04 PM**

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Crediting the embedded photo with a link as required by SSP rules would help.

I did in an earlier post in a related thread.

NYguy · #11 Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 2:04 PM**

Every time I walk by that lot, I wonder what will go up there. Would be a good location for another 57th Street special, though the view corridor is getting tight.

These other versions in the link….

NYguy · #12 Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 12:42 AM**

NYguy · #13 Posted **Sep 27, 2021, 4:28 PM**

One day, this will be more than a vision….

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

JMKeynes · #14 Posted **Oct 7, 2021, 5:40 PM**

I agree. I can't wait for that — Hemisphere House (and the heinous Carnegie House across the street) to come down.

Raysiri · #15 Posted **Oct 18, 2021, 3:48 PM**

Those renderings look pretty much like 15 HY.

NYguy · #16 Posted **Oct 14, 2024, 1:03 AM**

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estat...-270-park-ave-poses-trouble-237-park-ave

JPMorgan’s new tower spells trouble for Park Avenue neighbor

Aaron Elstein
October 7, 2024

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....Werner is a majority owner of 5 Times Square, a building that formerly housed Ernst & Young and may be converted to apartments. He also owns the dirt underneath Carnegie House, a 324 unit co-op at 100 W. 57th Street.

He and a partner bought the building's ground lease in 2014 for $315 million. They're seeking to raise the rent to $25 million a year, from $4 million, according to a lawsuit filed by the co-op. Werner's partner, Rubin Schron, told Crain's residents are living practically "rent free on Billionaire's Row".

A hearing over Carnegie House's ground rent is scheduled in Judge Arthur Engoron's courtroom on November 13.

ChiND · #17 Posted **Oct 15, 2024, 2:51 PM**

It's crazy that this empty building and lot have been vacant for decades. Does anyone remember this article from before 9/11?

The same owner owns this and the Hemisphere House.

https://nypost.com/2001/07/30/luxe-tower-to-grow-on-57th-st-lot/

Crawford · #18 Posted **Oct 15, 2024, 6:14 PM**

Yeah, I remember that assemblage. Something very tall is eventually going to be built there.

But that site has sat there for well over 20 years. I can't imagine the carrying costs. Time to get moving forward. Build or sell to someone who will build.

ChiND · #19 Posted **Oct 16, 2024, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by Crawford

Yeah, I remember that assemblage. Something very tall is eventually going to be built there.

But that site has sat there for well over 20 years. I can't imagine the carrying costs. Time to get moving forward. Build or sell to someone who will build.

I think that the owners of this site also owned the old Mayflower Hotel that was redeveloped into 15 CPW.