Work is complete on 125 West 57th Street, a 30-story mixed-use building on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners and Cain International, the 420-foot-tall structure spans 260,000 square feet and yields 185,000 square feet of full-floor Class A office space. In addition to 7,000 square feet of retail space and a dedicated office amenity floor designed by Gensler, the development also includes a new six-story home for the Calvary Baptist Church, also designed by FXCollaborative. The nearly $350 million project is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
All remaining work has finished up on the ground floor since our last update in early June, when the first story remained incomplete behind the sidewalk shed. All construction fencing has been removed, revealing the ground-floor frontage and the entrances to the offices and church. The latter features a tall stepped arch recessed within the podium’s network of bronze-hued fins, and is adorned with a cross.
125 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
125 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
125 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
125 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
125 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
125 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
Offices at 125 West 57th Street start on the 14th floor, 170 feet above street level, providing tenants with views of Central Park to the north. Office floor plates span roughly 10,000 square feet with ceiling heights of over 14 feet. Amenities include a lounge, meeting space, board room, and more than 4,000 square feet of outdoor terraces. JLL is in charge of leasing and marketing.
The lobby at 125 West 57th Street. Designed by Gensler.
The amenity lounge at 125 West 57th Street. Designed by Gensler.
Conference space at 125 West 57th Street. Designed by Gensler.
The following renderings show the outdoor terrace atop the setback, as well as the office entrance and adjacent retail space.
125 West 57th Street. Rendering courtesy of FXCollaborative.
125 West 57th Street. Rendering courtesy of FXCollaborative.
The development is situated between the 57th Street subway station on Sixth Avenue, serving the F train, and the 57th Street-7th Avenue station on Seventh Avenue, serving the N, Q, R, and W trains.
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Great location to raise taxes on . New mayor knows what to do. lol
Something tells me you don’t pay any taxes. Am I right?
This looks nice and fits the location, bravo!
The most ‘corporate’ church home in history..but love that header rendering in this story.
old building was better but they always say a building is obsolete so they can tear it down
Yes, a shame to lose both buildings. Too bad they couldn’t have saved the facades.
Excellent job and nice photos of the exterior
Blah
Decent filler. Is this property completely tax-exempt do to rhe church’s ownership? Or just the church part?
Church destroyed their own legacy by tearing down a historic pre-war that could not be replaced.
Glass tower is fine. but completely unnecessary at this location.
should have been landmarked, along with other 57th street merchant buildings.
shame on all involved.
For once I actually agree with you.
who asked you.
save your snide remarks from your mommy’s rent controlled basement
Geezus you sound miserable.
You also don’t write well, what with all the missing punctuation and lack of capitalization. Are you aware that not only do you often sound hate-filled/insane, you compose your constructive comments like a stupid prisoner.
Are you posting from prison?
as If I or anyone cares or even think about your opinion
Devastating comeback.
The Baptist Church here of course, certainly didn’t invent greed, but they didn’t ‘turn the other cheek’ either..
A building with absolutely no soul housing a church. Satan would approve.
Form is great.
Fit in the block? Great. Good filler
All glass Facade……….snore……..
It should have been stained glass.
Turned out way nicer than I had thought, and was completed fast than I thought. Love the entrance to Calvary Baptist Church
The only interesting detail is the crucifix. Architecture is supposed to be an inspirational synergy of form & function, as it sublimely “reaches for the heavens”. This very expensive project is really lacking basic creativity for such a big development price tag.
Surprisingly, nobody is questioning building luxury office space anymore at this location . Evidently, we agree that there is a demand for it now?
an underwhelmingly dull and rather cheap looking building that is out of place and step on that stretch.