The Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) officially kicked off yesterday for 350 Park Avenue, a nearly 1,600-foot supertall skyscraper planned for Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Foster + Partners and developed by Vornado Realty Trust, Rudin, and Ken Griffin, the 62-story structure will yield 1.8 million square feet of Class A office space with a capacity of 6,000 employees. Griffin’s companies Citadel and Citadel Securities will serve as the anchor tenants, occupying at least 850,000 square feet. The 53,000-square-foot property is located between East 51st and 52nd Streets.
The public review procedure is expected to last seven months. The developers are seeking to increase the floor area ratio (FAR) above the current zoning allowance in Midtown East, from 15 to 25. To do this, 350 Park Avenue’s construction will utilize $150 million of air rights purchased from St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Saint Bart’s Church, and contribute more than $35 million to the city’s East Midtown Public Realm Improvement Fund.
The development will include a 12,500-square-foot plaza designed by Field Operations stretching the full length of the property, as well as a cafe on East 51st Street and a restaurant on East 52nd Street. The project will also widen the sidewalks on East 51st and East 52nd Street by an extra 5 feet.
Once the 60-day review by Manhattan Community Board 5 is finished, the proposal will then be reviewed by the Manhattan Borough President, followed by the City Planning Commission, the City Council, and finally the Mayor.
Two new exterior renderings have also been revealed for 350 Park Avenue. The first depicts one of the upper setbacks of the tower, focusing on a landscaped terrace and panoramic views over Midtown, Manhattan.
Rendering courtesy of Foster + Partners.
The second rendering below is a street-level perspective of the widened sidewalks, public plaza, and the 40-foot-tall ceiling height at the base of the building. The lobby’s soaring glass walls utilize the same rounded corners as the tower floors above.
Rendering courtesy of Foster + Partners.
Citadel tenants in the existing 350 Park Avenue office building would start to move out early next year, temporarily occupying 504,000 square feet of Class A office space across 20 floors at Brookfield Properties’ 39-story 660 Fifth Avenue. Demolition would follow soon afterward.
350 Park Avenue is expected to cost $4.5 billion and is anticipated to be completed by 2032.
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I’m not exactly a fan of DOGE but why do we accept that this will take seven months for the city government to review? What will be accomplished that couldn’t be completed by next week?
DOGE is about chaos and destruction. Shortening the ULURP review is a reasonable review that many would be supportive of.
The ULURP for 100 Gold is planned to take FOUR YEARS!!!
FOUR YEARS!?!?
They have got to reform this program. There is NOTHING that will happen in FOUR drawn out years that couldn’t be accomplished in 6 months… 12 months max to “accommodate the concerns of the community”… whatever that means. Still not sure why we have to really consider the opinions of ill-informed laypeople. Isn’t that what city planners are for or are we so terrified of what went wrong during previous eras like under Moses that we’ve swung the pendulum so far the other way into preposterous absurdity?
Modern day americans have such a lack of imagination when it comes to infrastructure. We built the empire state building in 1 year and the transcontinental railroad in 6. The review process is absurd and a wet blanket on the city.
DOGE is about canceling medical research and firing VA nurses, not YIMBY simplification of land-use regulations.
Exactly, so why aren’t you a fan of DOGE? I’m puzzled why anyone isn’t happy to see a serious effort being taken to fix what we all know is broken.
“If you trust the government you obviously failed history class”
Don Freeman
Wow that’s amazing, and beneficial for the city and the construction industry
So it’s half the idea of his JPMorgan design. We’re still showing skytrees, huh?
That huge, flat west side facade is going to be very big and dull.
Ok,ok..;)
The existing building on the site turns 65 this year. I guess it is time for it to retire. The new structure seems far more stylish.
Glad to see top financial institutions moving back to and growing in New York.
Sorry, but someone has to say it: 1600 feet for 62 stories is insane.
Tall ceiling heights and mechanical floors . Same at 270 Park Avenue.
Project for the Rich not poor , slowly moving us Out ,soon the city will be only for the Connected wealthy . Everybody else will be out, Not by choice .
This is an office building, not a residential tower. Please get your facts right before you make incorrect statements
Office buildings provide jobs, not just to those who work in the building, but all the area cafes, restaurants, salons, dry cleaners and more…
The only people being displaced in this case are commercial landlords of the older building.
Big Foster fan here so build it ASAP, classy add to the Midtown skyline.
It would be useful to see the back facade which has no terraces. Is it a 1600 foot tall grid of glass? Is there any articulation on what might the the tallest blank wall in all of NYC? Does it have vertical stripes like the side walls? I haven’t been able to find a drawing of that side of this proposed tower.
So, 1.8 million square feet over 62 floors… A 1600 foot tower and only 62 floors? The “vanity height” situation is completely out of hand. A building this tall should have 100 usable floors. …And the green terrace fad strikes again. Everyone is on the bandwagon. It’s ridiculous for a building this tall. I’d like to see these terraces an the one on the Spiral in 30 years. I don’t think those terraces are likely to see much use. They’re not even good for year round use. It just seems impractical for buildings this tall. Hopefully the FAR increase will be denied. The facade on the opposite side has not been pictured. Is it going to be one giant reflective 1600 foot tall slab? I think the architects can do a LOT better than this.
I feel it is a splendid building, a great addition to NYC’s skyline. Now, those DOGE comments regarding ridiculous downsizing, for all you math majors out there please realize there are (were) one federal worker for 111 Americans – that is not excessive by any stretch. Imagine a room full of 111 people, then have one person enter.