YIMBY checked in on four residential and commercial developments among the wave of new construction in Washington Heights, Manhattan. All located near the 1, A, and C trains at the 168th Street station, the properties are part of the neighborhood transformation around the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, which includes larger projects such as KPF’s 1150 Saint Nicholas Avenue and Studio Gang’s 635 West 165th Street.
The first project is 467-473 West 165th Street, a planned 28-story residential building between West 165th and 166th Streets. Designed by BKSK Architects and developed by Edge Property Group, the 322-foot-tall structure will span 216,661 square feet and yield 276 housing units for students of the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Amenities are to include a bike room, package room, dog run, study spaces, lounge, fitness center, golf simulator, and 11th floor terrace.
Axonometric diagrams and a site plan below highlight the size and scope of the tower and its irregular building footprint.
467-473 West 165th Street. Designed by BKSK Architects.
467-473 West 165th Street. Designed by BKSK Architects.
The site is currently occupied by a surface-level parking lot and a small sliver of land surrounded by wooden fencing where a three-story residential building once stood. The adjacent holdout at 471 West 165th Street will not be demolished. Completion is anticipated for 2028.
467-473 West 165th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
467-473 West 165th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
A few streets to the north is 512 West 169th Street, the site of a planned six-story residential building between Audubon and Amsterdam Avenues. Designed by Rohit Misra of Misra & Associates and developed by Chuck Arnold of Misra Group, LLC, the 75-foot-tall structure will span 7,228 square feet and yield eight condominium units with an average scope of 903 square feet. The project will also include a cellar level and a 28-foot-long rear yard.
The following renderings from Streeteasy.com depict a contemporary design with a red brick façade and staggered fenestration of large rectangular windows and shallow, recessed terraces. The same layout will be utilized on the southern profile facing the private backyard. An interior rendering shows exposed brick walls and large windows.
512 West 169th Street. Designed by Misra & Associates.
512 West 169th Street. Designed by Misra & Associates.
512 West 169th Street. Designed by Misra & Associates.
512 West 169th Street. Designed by Misra & Associates.
The property is currently occupied by a vacant two-story home. Demolition preparations have yet to commence, and a construction timeline for the new building has not been disclosed.
512 West 169th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
Work is already underway on 627 West 165th Street, which is undergoing a complete exterior and interior overhaul between Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue. A component of the of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center complex, the project is replacing the façade with a new envelope composed of scalloped panels surrounding a grid of mullion-free windows. A sidewalk shed and wooden fencing obscure the ground level, which remains blocked off as crews continue to work. Completion is expected sometime this spring, as noted on the info board. An architect has not been listed.
627 West 165th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
627 West 165th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
627 West 165th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The following Google Street View image details the building’s previous façade design before the start of work.
627 West 165th Street, circa November 2019. Image via Google Maps.
Demolition is complete for a 13-story mixed-use building at 4023-4037 Broadway between West 169th and 170th Streets. Designed by Arquitectonica and developed by New York Presbyterian under Royal Charter Properties, the structure will span 212,237 square feet and yield 150 apartments with an average scope of 738 square feet for medical center employees. The facility will also contain 89 rooms for hospital patients and their families, as well as 8,723 square feet of commercial space, according to permits filed in July 2020. The employee apartments will come in a mix of studios and one-bedrooms.
The property sits leveled and idle behind construction boards. A timeline and renderings have yet to be revealed.
4023-4037 Broadway. Photo by Michael Young,
4023-4037 Broadway. Photo by Michael Young,
4023-4037 Broadway. Photo by Michael Young,
The site was formerly occupied by three low-rise structures at 4023-4037 Broadway, 601 West 169th Street, and 600 West 170th Street, as seen in the below Google Street View image from before their demolition.
4023 and 4037 Broadway via Google Maps
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This is fantastic news for the neighborhood and the hospital.
Nice projects. Washington Heights has some beautiful blocks, hopefully that character survives..
Nice!
This is in addition to the new Oncology hospital going up at W165th and Fort Washington, and the new bio engineering building finishing on W167th and Audubon.
New York Presbyterian/ Columbia Doctors must be one of the wealthiest hospital systems in the country.
It is one of the largest, but it also serves a huge uninsured, underinsured, and underserved areas in the US. They have massive charity care clinics.
Good for them