Excavation is underway at 439 East 77th Street, the site of a seven-story residential building in the Lenox Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by ARC Architecture + Design Studio for Jack Ezra of Urban Spring Capital, the 74-foot-tall structure will span 28,923 square feet and yield 16 condominium units with an average scope of 1,807 square feet. The development will also include a cellar level, a 30-foot-long rear yard, and two enclosed parking spaces. The property is situated on an interior lot between First and York Avenues.
Crews finished tearing up the ground-floor slab from the previous occupant of the property since our last update in mid-December, when the plot had recently been cleared following the conclusion of demolition. An excavator is currently removing rubble from the site, and below-grade progress will likely follow imminently.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
No finalized renderings have been released for 439 East 77th Street apart from the below elevation diagram from the construction board. The drawing depicts the main southern elevation with a symmetrical fenestration of floor-to-ceiling windows framed by a gray brick façade. The eastern and western sides of the building feature stacks of balconies lined with glass railings, while the middle two columns provide additional balconies with metal railings. A setback spans with width of the seventh story, providing space for private terraces, and the structure culminates in mechanical bulkhead surrounded by a roof deck.
Photo by Michael Young
The property was formerly occupied by a two-story parking garage, seen in the following Google Street View image from before its demolition.
439 East 77th Street on the Upper East Side via Google Maps
The developer acquired the property for $5.8 million in December 2022. Last October, S3 Capital provided real estate investment company Visabe $24.5 million in construction financing to complete the condominium project.
The nearest subway from the development is the Q train at the 72nd Street station along Second Avenue.
439 East 77th Street’s anticipated completion date is slated for spring 2026, as noted on site.
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This proves that there is a need for bigger properties in between the avenues . Why can’t the builder go up 40 floors ? For the building code between the avenues is restricted. This should be changed and the supply of housing will increase..
In this instance, I agree the apparent zoning height limit makes no sense. The adjacent building is 13 floors. Losing the parking garage is good, but only adding 16 new units is not.
Tell that to the owners of the apartments with lot line windows between floors 8-13.
Honest, we should just ban and brick up every lot line window, or require those with a lot line window to lease/rent an easement for their views across the neighboring properties. It would cut down on a lot of self-entitlement and nimbyism.
The interior space is more important, than the exterior windows of the building. The height increases but the units are less it’s not balanced: Thanks.
Ugly waste of space. Build up, use your architectural imagination.
What a boring edifice