Permits have been filed for a 71-story mixed-use skyscraper with affordable Housing at 265 South Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Located adjacent to Rutgers Park between Jefferson Street and Frank T. Modica Way, the lot was previously addressed as 260 South Street. Four blocks north of the site is the East Broadway subway station, serviced by the F train. Two Bridges Associates L.P., a partnership between L+M Development Partners and the CIM Group, is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Rendering of 260 South Street by Handel Architects from 2016. It is unclear if the design has changed significantly since then.
Pre-filed applications in 2016 called for a 66-story, 1,400-unit residential tower with approximately 350 affordable units. In 2020, the New York Appellate Court ruled in favor of a group of developers which included Two Bridges Associates that would allow them to move forward on four developments along the Two Bridges waterfront, including a two-tower development rising 798 feet at 260 South Street.
Latest details specify a 761-foot-tall development yielding 14,526 square feet for community facility space. The building will have 1,313 residences, however it is unclear how many units will be designated as affordable housing. The concrete-based structure will also have a cellar, a 30-foot-long rear yard, and 103 enclosed parking spaces.
Handel Architects is listed as the architect of record.
Demolition permits have not been filed. An estimated completion date has not been announced.
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Good. The city needs higher density housing.
The subway station is 4 blocks WEST.
It’s definitely north, dude. Check any map.
NY Yimby needs to stop using blocks as measure of distance. They aren’t standardized in length.
There is an entrance to the F train on Madison Street. That’s like maybe a 5 minute walk from the site.
YES.
The new towers look striking along the west shore of the East River just north of the Manhattan Bridge. Every time I hear about “affordable Housing”, I fume. If you can’t afford it, you simply don’t live here. An alpha city, one of the greatest in the world, New York City is infected with the most corrupt flamingly liberal politicians, that make it operate like a communist enclave. It is the heart of capitalism nonetheless.
You fail to realize that cities rely on service and restaurant workers who need to be close to their jobs or else they will take jobs elsewhere. You also fail to realize that NYC is an alpha city due in large part to the diversity of its people and workforce. Anyway, it sounds like you hate it here, so why don’t you just leave?