Construction is nearing completion on 15 Beekman Street, a 27-story campus expansion for Pace University in the Financial District. Designed by Manish Chadha of Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by SL Green Realty, the 338-foot-tall tower will yield 213,084 square feet with classrooms, dorm rooms, a dining facility, library, and learning center. New Line Structures & Development is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 126-132 Nassau Street and located at the corner of Beekman and Nassau Streets.
Most of the tower has been enclosed in its façade of gray panels and floor-to-ceiling windows since our last update in September, when the reinforced concrete superstructure had recently topped out. The only sections to be completed are the ground floor and the vertical strip in the western elevation where the construction elevator was attached.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The rear southern side is left blank and clad in light gray paneling.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
A long metal canopy has been installed along the Beekman Street side of the first floor, and the glass frontage is mostly in place. YIMBY predicts the final components of the exterior will wrap up work by the end of spring, and the building will fully open in time for the fall semester.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The property is located in close proximity to a number of subway lines, including the A, C, J, 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains at the Fulton Street station to the south and the 4, 5, and 6 trains at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station to the north.
15 Beekman Street is slated for completion this summer, as noted on the on-site board.
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so sad the century old brick buildings that were demolished for this piece of crap
Although the former 132 Nassau represented “living history” or a “living museum,” I’m glad to see it go and replaced with this educational facility. I’m a 74 y/o retired NY trial lawyer and was an active member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, which had its offices at 132 Nassau. The building was cramped and, indeed, somewhat dangerous, given that it had only one, very slow elevator, which quite often broke down.
Roy
You’re wrong.
The building at 132 Nassau could and should have been saved and readapted into a new building, instead of building this piece of sht
You try putting up the money to save a building past it’s prime and is at the point of no return, life threatening structural issues. That didn’t work out for the neglected parking garage that collapsed one street away…
John,
Pace has plenty of money as does every millionaire developer to save and readapt the existing century old building. They demolish historic buildings because it’s cheaper that way, and they want to save money. That’s it, they don’t care about nyc history or the fabric of the neighborhood.
where do you come up with blsht that 132 nassau had life threatening structural issues?
Show me just one bit of proof of that, any report or anything else to prove this.
Glad to see the city universities investing in new infrastructure.
Pace should have invested in 132 Nassau before it was demolished
This was “designed” by no one. It was cut and pasted from the worst of the cheapo 60’s glass wall buildings. Horrendous.
It’s fine.
it’s apiece of sht
What happened? The rendering looks much better and now the building colors are battleship grey and dark grey. This is an unfortunate design and not befitting this neighborhood.