Construction is about to go vertical at 1448 Third Avenue, the site of a 39-story mixed-use tower in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by Douglaston Development, the 478-foot-tall structure will span 287,632 square feet and yield 125 condominium units with an average scope of 1,804 square feet. The building will also contain 40,864 square feet of commercial space, 21,224 square feet of community facility space, a cellar level, and a 20-foot-long rear yard. The property is alternately addressed as 170 East 82nd Street and located at the corner of Third Avenue and East 82nd Street.
Foundations have reached street level since our last update in early March, when crews were still finishing up excavation along the eastern end of the base. Photographs taken yesterday afternoon show a large team of construction workers across the site preparing the rebar for the ground-floor slab. Additional bundles of rebar protrude vertically at the locations of the structure’s columns. A parade of cement trucks along Third Avenue were seen awaiting their turn to deliver concrete, and a concrete boom parked behind the wraparound sidewalk fencing was also in action. YIMBY expects to see the superstructure to begin its ascent early next month.
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
1448 Third Avenue was formerly occupied by a low-rise residential building between East 82nd and 83rd Streets, seen in the below Google Street View image before its partial demolition.
Image via Google Maps
Finalized renderings for 1448 Third Avenue have still not been released. However, the preliminary rendering in the main photo above and the wind tunnel model below give an indication of the building’s massing and prominence within the neighborhood. The tower appears to match the height of Robert A. M. Stern Architects’ 200 East 83rd Street, which stands just to the east along Third Avenue. The design also features a prewar-inspired aesthetic with a largely monolithic L-shaped massing leading to a series of small setbacks and an extended bulkhead. A triple-height level is positioned around the midpoint of the tower with an open-air void.
1448 Third Avenue. Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture.
Residential amenities at 1448 Third Avenue will reportedly include an indoor swimming pool, a yoga studio, and bicycle parking. Additional amenities are expected to be announced at a later date.
The nearest subway from the property is the Q train at the 86th Street station at the corner of Second Avenue and East 83rd Street.
1448 Third Avenue is anticipated to be completed in fall 2027, as noted on site.
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Looks good from the vague renderings. Looks like a classic building from a different era but given the renderings I could be mistaken.
I wish I would have purchased a $5M 2 bed at 200 E 83rd so I could enjoy the views of this drab clone of every other new UES tower. zzzzzzzzzzz wake me up when its over.
Big improvement
When do you expect the excavation to end and building to start? I live across the street and have woken up to very loud drilling into the ground at 7am every morning.