Façade work is nearing the finish line on 450 Eleventh Avenue, a 51-story hotel skyscraper in Hudson Yards. Designed by DSM Design Group and developed by Marx Development Group, the 642-foot-tall structure will house a 379-room Aloft Hotel along with guest amenities such as a business center, a ballroom, and a fourth-floor restaurant with a bar and outdoor terrace. Custom Metalcrafters supplied the curtain wall and Atria Builders is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of West 37th Street and Eleventh Avenue, directly across from the Jacob K. Javits Center.
Curtain wall installation was just ramping up at the time of our last update at the end of August, when work had recently resumed after a lengthy delay. Since then, nearly all of the glass has been put in place over the jagged floor plates of the reinforced concrete superstructure. The construction crane has been disassembled, and only a few sections are still awaiting their cladding.
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
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The most prominent section awaiting completion is the western corner facing Eleventh Avenue where the construction hoist is still operating.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
More panels also cover the ends of the multi-story podium.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The blank southern and eastern concrete walls will eventually be covered over with a set of EIFS panels.
Photo by Michael Young
A revised completion date has not been announced, though YIMBY anticipates 450 Eleventh Avenue to finish construction in the second half of 2024.
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The blank walls should be gray at the least
Like a dark gray matching the bricks on the big ventilation box to the south
One of the more interesting glass boxes, I APPROVE THIS ONE.
Tolerances have really gotten sloppy these days.😄
Glad to see this finally being finished! Wonderful photos ❤️
This is needed. Hard to do big conventions in New York without a ton of hotel rooms in walking distance.
I agree. I wish the same can be done to Adjaye’s Affirmation Tower and have a hotel component, but I think Hochul wanted it swapped for affordable housing
It has a little bit of style that separates it from its neighbors. The orginal design was much more dramatic and impressive though.
Am sure the views from the upper floors of all the other blue glass towers will be breathtaking?!
🤔🤣😂
Oh, I wanted to like this, but the glass matches all the other Hudson Yards blue-silver glass boxes. Rockefeller Center works because the architecture and exterior is similar. Hudson Yards has dissimilar architecture, but looks like everyone took advantage of a blue-silver glass sales event. They really should have followed Battery Park City’s example.
Someone needs to set off a shockwave that will shatter all the blue glass in this city.
How very cynical and distasteful of you…
I think we’ve seen enough death and destruction on the Gaza Strip to not wish for something like that to happen anywhere else on earth Mayor Kenny 😒
With that statement, a villains’ origin story is born
Anyone know a careers page to apply to be part of the opening team >
Open in October or November ok