Demolition is now complete at 41-47 West 57th Street, the site of a 1,100-foot-tall mixed-use supertall in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by OMA and developed by Sedesco, the 63-story building will yield 119 residential units spread across 443,100 square feet, nearly 205,100 square feet of commercial space in the form of a 158-room hotel, and a 10,212-square-foot restaurant. The project is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and will have frontage along both West 57th and West 58th Streets. Sedesco is offering to help construct a pair of new ADA-accessible elevators to the nearby 57th Street station on Sixth Avenue, servicing the F train, in exchange for an additional 52,000 square feet.
At the time of YIMBY’s last update in June, the westernmost building was still covered in black netting and scaffolding. This structure is now razed and the entire project site from 41-47 West 57th Street lays empty, blocked off by a row of white boards along the sidewalks of West 57th Street. The void in the air space gives us a good impression at how big of a footprint the supertall will have.
The site of 41-47 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The site of 41-47 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The site of 41-47 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The site of 41-47 West 57th Street from Sixth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
41-47 West 57th Street will rise into the skyline between SHoP Architects‘ 111 West 57th Street and Rafael Vinoly‘s 432 Park Avenue and potentially eclipse the height of Christian de Portzamparc’s One57 by 96 feet. As explained in our last article, the architectural height of 1,100 feet is a With-Action incentive and is the maximum height for the project. Below is a table that shows the differences between No-Action Conditions versus With-Action Conditions, as well as the difference in square footage with the increase in hotel rooms, residences, and commercial space totaling to just over 57,000 square feet.
The No- and With-Action incentives and the square footage difference.
The two new elevators for the 57th Street station would be placed at the southwestern corner of West 56th Street and Sixth Avenue, under the Zoning for Accessibility program that allows developers to provide improvements to transit stations in exchange for more building allowances to a project within 500 feet. 41-47 West 57th Street sits only 250 feet away to the east.
The location of 41-47 West 57th Street and the 57th Street subway stop.
Should the rezoning not be approved, Sedesco would downsize the overall square footage of 41-47 West 57th Street to 385,706 square feet. This change in area would nonetheless still deliver a bold visual impact on the Billionaires’ Row skyline.
41-47 West 57th Street is anticipated to be constructed in only a single phase over a period of roughly 45 to 48 months, or nearly four years, and thus be completed and operational by 2026. YIMBY will keep a close eye for signs of excavation and foundation work in the near future.
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The other side in a different style, I hope it works. This was one of them, that these photos started into moments on progress. What sort materials for supertall, and I can catch sight with full figure: Thanks to Michael Young.
huh?
57th street between 5th and 8th is so scummy and I don’t understand why anyone would want to live there.
Scummy? Really? Is that the word you’re looking for, because I don’t think it applies.
Views of and physically one block south of Central Park, one block west of Fifth Avenue isn’t a desirable place to live?
What’s the story on the vacant lot on the south side of 57th Street across from this? It has been empty for many years. Why not build there instead of tearing everything down?
I think there is a building in the planning stages for that lot.
I’d love to see an economic analysis of the city’s Zoning for Accessibility program. The developer gets an additional few hundred million in profit for 2 subway elevators? Is the city that incompetent at infrastructure? (Don’t answer that.)
Seems like city would be better off just charging directly for allowing the extra square footage. Or better still, figure out a way to auction it off.
First, I would think that the “help to build” the elevators is in the form of contributing a certain dollar amount to pay for MTA Construction (of whatever it calls itself) to pay contractors to design and build the elevators and reconfigure the mezzanine as needed. The zoning change would probably dictate exactly how much transit benefit in dollars must be contributed to receive the bonus. It is similar to when a developer constructs a public bonus plaza or a school in return for some benefit. The amount of the community benefit and the bonus square footage are carefully prescribed. It’s when politically powerful developers cut deals with elected officials to short change the community and get more value while delivering less that there is a problem.
They should make these supertalls pay to completely renovate the nearest subway stations. Two elevators is not enough.
So they decided to differentiate their high-end building from all of the others on this street by making it look really bland and unexciting? Didn’t know there was a market for that.
THEY DESTROYED BEAUTIFUL CENTURY OLD STONE BUILDINGS TO BUILD THIS F’KIN OUT OF CONTEXT PIECE OF CRAP OUT OF CONTEXT GLASS BOX?
MORE OF NY HISTORY DOWN THE DRAIN FOR GREED GREED GREED.
THIS BUILDING WILL BE PARTIALLY OCCUPIED PART TIME BY CORRUPT RUSSIAN, CHINESE MOBSTERS AND ARAB OIL BILLIONAIRES JUST AS A WAY TO PARK THEIR ILLICIT MONEY.
AND WE ACCOMMODATE THEM WHY???
Agree with the sentiments but turn down the volume next time.
Why do we accommodate them? Because our political class are bought and paid for, openly corrupt grifters, that’s why. And they get re-elected over and over.
Exactly. The Former Guy and all his real estate developer peers, especially Related, Extell, Zeckendorf. The US Treasury Department has very explicit disclosure rules when selling real estate to “interested persons” of foreign governments. Why has that not been enforced with all of these Russian oligarchs and Middles Eastern potentates who buy into these towers?
Also, Guesser, stop with the all uppercase rants. It is really unnecessary and takes the wind out of your narrative. Chill.
your cap lcok is on
Let’s build!
OMA is an interesting choice in architect. I think their best work is usually in their low-rise designs, but I suspect they’ll do a fine job here. Regardless, more housing supply is great for the city. Would be better if the hotel were also resi, but regardless, glad this is getting built!
119 units for ultra wealthy investors does ZILCH for housing supply. Get real.
You have no idea what you’re talking about. Supply is supply..