Work continues to wrap up on 425 Park Avenue, a 47-story commercial skyscraper in Midtown East. Designed by Norman Foster of Foster + Partners for L&L Holding Company, Tokyu Land Corporation, and co-managing partner BentallGreenOak, the 897-foot-tall structure will yield 667,000 square feet of office space and a ground-floor restaurant run by world-renowned Chef Daniel Humm, proprietor of the three Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park.
Tishman Construction is the general contractor, Cantor Seinuk WSP is the structural engineer, Flack + Kurtz WSP is the MEP engineer, ArcelorMittal provided the steel, R&R Scaffolding Ltd, Permasteelisa Group is the contractor for the façade, Susan Tillotson is in charge of the lighting, and Langan Engineering is the civil and geotechnical engineer for the Midtown, Manhattan property, which is bound by Park Avenue to the west, East 55th Street to the south, and East 56th Street to the north. The developers of 425 Park Avenue are aiming to achieve LEED Gold certification upon completion and debut it as New York City’s first WELL-certified building.
Finishing touches have continued since our last update in December, including work on the canopy above the main entrance. The sidewalk scaffolding should be taken down in the coming weeks as construction above reaches full completion.
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
Nearly all the floor-to-ceiling glass panels are in place, including those around most of the ground floor behind the metal fencing and barriers. The multiple canopies that hang over the first level of the main western elevation have some of their lights working and should all be up and running soon. We can see the soaring ceiling heights and lobby interior through the transparent glass. Several aluminum panels that were awaiting to be installed were filled in since our last update.
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
The three signature fins that crown the top of 425 Park Avenue continue to illuminate at night in various color schemes and patterns, including blue and yellow in solidarity for Ukraine.
425 Park Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
425 Park Avenue’s tenant list includes Citadel Enterprises, which plans to occupy 331,800 square feet spread across 16 full floors, encompassing the penthouse office floor, mezzanine, and one of the three-story diagrid-framed floors at the setbacks. High above Park Avenue is “The Diagrid Club,” a retreat for office workers with hospitality by both Daniel Humm and Make It Nice featuring an avant-garde sculpture by Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama, called “Narcissus Garden,” which can be seen below the green wall in the rendering below. There will also be meditation spaces and a dining area.
The Diragrid Club. Rendering from the main website of 425 Park Avenue
Completion is expected in the coming months.
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It seems like this building has been under construction for ten years…
“Okay, I’ll meet you in front of “THE TRANSFORMER ON PARK”
about 7ish, then we go get
a nice dinner!” 🤣😂🤣
YIKES !!
Norman Foster has retired to Switzerland.
Clearly he has lost control of “his serfs”
It photographs OK. But in person, it’s a big, fat mess, looking incredibly cheesy-cheap and unresolved.
Finally, 425 Park is about done. It’s such a great looking building.
Architecture worthy of admiration; well done!
Much better than what was there before. Fight on, Ukraine
Much better than what was there before. And yes…fight on Ukraine
Blue and Yellow fins—hell yes.
Looks great! Interesting top, not my personal favorite but I enjoy the uniqueness nonetheless!
A-M may have been the mill where some of the steel was purchased, but the steel structure was fabricated and erected by the Owen Steel / A.J. McNulty team.
Lamentable most awkward pastische. The very definition of the word ‘tortured’. Hurts just to look at this concoction. Marvel at just who commissions such contrived schlock.
Hurts just to look at this contrived concoction.