Construction has topped out on 55 Suffolk Street, a 30-story residential building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Designed by Dattner Architects and developed by Gotham Organization, the 310-foot-tall structure is the taller in the two-building Broome Street Development complex along with the 16-story The Norfolk Senior Housing Building at 64 Norfolk Street to the west. Both buildings will collectively span 387,223 square feet and yield a total of 488 rental units, of which 43 percent will be dedicated to permanently affordable housing. Monadnock Construction, Inc. is the general contractor for the two buildings, which are being built between Suffolk and Norfolk Streets.
Work proceeded rapidly on the reinforced concrete superstructure since our last update in early October, when construction was just four stories above street level.
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street makes a notable impact on the skyline and around the surrounding neighborhood. The brick façade is steadily rising along the lower levels of the tower, while the grid of windows is being formed between the perimeter columns. Additional work above the upper setback continues with workers putting together the formwork for the final levels and flat roof parapet.
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
55 Suffolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
Progress has been just as swift on 64 Norfolk Street, which had yet to rise above street level in October. Its superstructure has also topped out and envelope installation is proceeding behind black netting, white plastic sheets, and metal scaffolding.
64 Norfolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
64 Norfolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
64 Norfolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
64 Norfolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
Below is a rendering of 64 Norfolk Street.
64 Norfolk Street. Photo by Michael Young
YIMBY last reported that 55 Suffolk will contain 330,000 square feet divided with 40,000-square-foot headquarters for the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC), 378 residential units spread across nearly 268,000 square feet with 94 permanently affordable units, and around 18,000 square feet of retail space with ground-floor frontage along Broome Street. The Norfolk Senior Housing Building at 64 Norfolk Street spans 84,000 square feet with 66,962 square feet designated toward residential use as 115 low-income senior rental residences averaging 582 square feet apiece. The property will also have 4,000 square feet of ground-floor space allocated to the Beth Hamedrash Hagodol synagogue and cultural heritage center.
55 Suffolk Street is slated for completion in June 2023, and 64 Norfolk Street would be finished by May 2023, as stated on the construction fence.
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built with nothing but cheap cinder blocks
crapola building
Hey curmudgeon, i think you’re confusing structural cmu blocks with the finished facade. The “cinder blocks” are not the finished facade material.
It’s perfectly fine, just unremarkable. I love the increase in density around Essex Crossing though.
In one photo, surprised to see a concrete skip on the tower crane hook. Concrete pumping seems to be universal these days. It just takes way too long to hoist a 1- or 2-yard skip of concrete and the crane has plenty of other hoisting to accomplish in the time available.
They have been doing both. They didn’t start to hoist it until about floor 20. They are still pumping into the interior of the lower floors.
Send a application when is time to apply I’m a senior looking forward thank you
Need two bedrooms
Need two bedrooms apartment