New renderings have been revealed for 343 Madison Avenue, a 46-story commercial skyscraper in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by BXP, the tower will yield 950,000 square feet of office space and a collection of tenant amenities. The property is located along Madison Avenue between East 44th and 45th Streets.
The main photo above previews the development’s position among the skyscrapers of Midtown East. The building rises in three main tiers separated by shallow setbacks with terrace space. The exterior is composed of a light glass curtain wall, with illumination around the interstitial levels where the setbacks are located. The core wall is positioned on the eastern elevation and extends up above the roof parapet.
Rendering of 343 Madison Avenue, by Volley Studio
Floor plates at 343 Madison Avenue range from 27,500 square feet in the podium to 22,000 square feet in the tower. Amenities will include conference spaces on the top two floors complete with indoor-outdoor biophilic terraces, a lobby café, and bicycle storage with end-of-trip facilities that include showers and cabanas.
Rendering of 343 Madison Avenue, by Volley Studio
343 Madison Avenue features a fully electric, zero-carbon design and has earned several sustainability certifications, including LEED Platinum and WELL Core, and is targeting WiredScore Platinum and Energy Star 85+ certifications.
Rendering of 343 Madison Avenue, by Volley Studio
The property is located in close proximity to Grand Central Terminal, offering access to the 4, 5, 6, 7, and Shuttle train to Times Square, as well as the Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road at Grand Central Madison.
343 Madison Avenue is planned to complete construction in 2026.
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The incredible shrinking tower… First is was going to be a supertall at 1,050′, then a 46-story tower at 844′, and now 40-story, or 47-story, you state both in this update?
Edit… at 844′ it was going to be 49-story. This article now states both 40-story and 46-story?
Most angles put it near or above the MetLife. Probably still north of 800ft.
It was never explicitly going to be a supertall at 1050′, that’s was only ever the height of the ULURP envelope, otherwise, the maximum height that a development built here could be built up to. But even that initial design in the first render was not a supertall.
Is this ever going to be built? Renderings for years.
There’s nothing special or interesting about another glass box. It’s a real shame the full block of historic buildings that were knocked down for this.
Those buildings were functionally obsolete and too deep for residential conversion.
Built it on spec! Same with 175 Park Avenue
By the time they are complete, the demand for Class A office space should be there, historically speaking at least.
Another tired unimaginative glass pile of sht