Nobutaka Ashihara

215 Pearl Street’s Exterior Reaches Long-Awaited Completion in Financial District

External work is complete at 215 Pearl Street, a 38-story hotel in the Financial District. Gene Kaufman Architect, which took over from Nobutaka Ashihara Architects, is the architect of record and designing interiors as well. Lam Group is developing with The Rinaldi Group as the construction manager, the 165,655-square-foot structure will house a Courtyard by Marriott and a Residence Inn by Marriott with a total of 320 guest rooms.

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The Future Of The Flower District Is Up In The Air As New Developments Grow On West 28th Street

The single-purpose commercial district is a staple of the city’s urban patchwork, whether it is the Diamond District at 47th Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown, the Lighting District along the Bowery, or the former Radio Row in Lower Manhattan. Among these spaces, the Flower District in Midtown South is among the most unique. The concrete jungle meets the green jungle on sidewalks lined with rows of flowers and shrubbery. Yet while the District has been around for over a century, ongoing transformations are shaking its identity to the core.

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310 West 40th Street

New Look: 310 West 40th Street

Back in November, YIMBY posted an update on 310 West 40th Street, which featured an on-site “rendering.” As is becoming increasingly typical with these images (and as YIMBY detailed in a post last month), developers…

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