570 Fifth Avenue, Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Excavation Continues for KPF-Designed Skyscraper at 570 Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan

The 24th-tallest project on our year-end construction countdown is 570 Fifth Avenue, a 567-foot-tall commercial skyscraper set to rise on the eastern edge of the Diamond District in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Extell, the 32-story structure will yield nearly 1.1 million square feet, with the majority devoted to Class A office space. The project will also contain retail space on floors one and two, an 80,000-square-foot flagship store for IKEA on the first two cellar levels, as well as a gym, swimming pool, basketball court, and juice bar on the third and fourth below-grade stories. The property is located between West 46th and 47th Streets.

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Etihad Park. Designed by HOK.

Etihad Stadium’s Grandstands Take Shape in Willets Point, Queens

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is rising on Etihad Park, the home stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club (NYCFC) at 126–87 Willets Point Boulevard in Willets Point, Queens. Designed by HOK, the 24,851-seat venue will stand as the centerpiece of a 23-acre redevelopment plan along with a new 650-seat public school, a hotel, and more than 150,000 square feet of public open space. The facility will also be the first fully electric stadium in New York City and in MLS history. The project site is bounded by 127th Street to the northeast, 35th Avenue to the northwest, Willets Point Boulevard to the southeast, and Seaver Way and Citi Field to the southwest.

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150–160 West 100th Street. Image: Google

City Opens RFP Process To Redevelop 150–160 West 100th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

By Max Gillespie

The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the redevelopment of 150–160 West 100th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The plan involves the construction of a new mixed-income housing structure on the site of a city-owned low-rise building that houses the Bloomingdale branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL) and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) Riverside Health Center. The new development would include both market-rate and permanently affordable units and a new Bloomingdale library branch. Permanent off-site facilities for DOHMH services such as the Health Academy and Riverside Sexual Health Clinic would also be provisioned. The project site is located between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues.

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Permits Filed for 500 3rd Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn

By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use building at 500 3rd Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and 11th Street, the lot is near the 4th Avenue-9th Street subway station, served by the F, G, and R trains. Paul Basile of Salvatore Basile II Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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5 West 13th Street. Photo by Michael Young.

Demolition Wraps Up for 538-Foot Skyscraper at 5 West 13th Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

At number 25 on our annual countdown of the tallest construction projects in New York is 5 West 13th Street, a forthcoming 538-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Legion Investment Group and EJS Group, the 30-story structure will span 111,022 square feet and yield 36 condominium units with an average scope of 3,020 square feet. The project will also include 2,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space with two storefronts. The through-lot property is alternately addressed as 8–12 West 14th Street and located between West 13th and West 14th Streets, near Fifth Avenue and Union Square.

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