Exterior work is finishing up on The Matteo, a 17-story residential building at 323 East 79th Street in the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side. Designed by Woods Bagot Architects and developed by Boomerang Development Group, which purchased the property from Spruce Capital Partners for $13.7 million, the 214-foot-tall structure will yield 35,045 square feet with 15 full-floor condominium units in three- to four-bedroom layouts. All homes will feature direct elevator access, and some will span two floors. Sunlight Construction AA is the general contractor and The Masters Division at Nest Seekers is handling sales and marketing for the property, which is located on a narrow interior plot between First and Second Avenues.
The reinforced concrete superstructure had recently topped out at the time of our last update in May 2022, and was in the process of having its walls framed out behind scaffolding and black netting. This has all since been dismantled, revealing the building’s gray brick façade and grid of recessed floor-to-ceiling windows, and the stack of cantilevering balconies on the rear elevation. Work is still wrapping up on the ground floor and at the pinnacle, where the mechanical bulkhead is awaiting its final enclosure. Belden Tri-State Building Materials supplied the brick, while Skyline Windows supplied the windows.
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
Glass railings line the edges of the parapet for the roof terrace.
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The Matteo at 323 East 79th Street. Photo by Michael Young
Each home will come with private outdoor space and kitchens lined with marble countertops and backsplashes, custom cabinets with satin nickel hardware, Brizo pull-down faucets, Faber oven hoods, and stainless steel Thermador appliances. Bathrooms have marble walls and floors, large vanities, brushed nicel fixtures, and Kohler soaking tubs.
Residential amenities will include a full-time doorman, fitness center, residential storage, cold storage, bicycle storage, a package room, a private rear yard, and a landscaped roof terrace with an outdoor kitchen and dining space.
The property is located a short walk away from the Q train at the 86th Street station along Second Avenue.
The Matteo has a completion date of summer 2023 posted on the construction board.
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This is a pretty drab design if I may say.
The brickwork is actually exceptionally nice but the grey doesn’t really compliment it and there should have been a modern cornice at top.
It’s unfortunate they couldn’t acquire the other low rise turd and build a wider building. It would have abutted the courtyard of 301 E 79 and would have made the air rights situation here with this ugly little lowrise unnecessary.
Someday that little red building will be torn down and a high rise will block all the windows of this building.
I know right! Would’ve been nice to just see the Matteo take that spot as well and wouldn’t have been a huge architectural loss by any means
I already commented earlier above but I highly suspect this development purchased the air rights above the lowrise building. A new development without air rights would not have this amount of windows on the lot line, let alone finely detailed brickwork and recessed windows that match the facade. A lot line without air rights from its neighbor 99% of the time is a blank EIFS stucco wall in anticipation of a future tall building going up adjacent.
Do you have inside knowledge of the air rights for that building? The adjacent 301 79th street is quite tall with no setbacks, so I wonder if the air rights were sold.
The stack of cantilevering balconies on the rear elevation, I can see a little for viewing the exterior work. The building’s gray brick facade is thoroughgoing modulated to its neighbor, as photos show beyond doubt and I have no comment the opposite of approaching new residential: Thanks to Michael Young.