Exterior work is continuing on 450 Eleventh Avenue, a 51-story hotel skyscraper in Hudson Yards. Designed by DSM Design Group and developed by Marx Development Group, the 642-foot-tall structure will yield 379 guest rooms, a business center, a ballroom, and a fourth-floor restaurant with a bar and outdoor terrace. Atria Builders is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of West 37th Street and Eleventh Avenue, directly across from the Jacob K. Javits Center.
Additional reflective floor-to-ceiling windows and gray metal paneling have been added to the northern corner of the multi-story podium since our last update in January, when façade work had just started up after a prolonged pause. Above the podium, crews have resumed installing the intricate envelope, which is a mix of a curtain wall and window wall that’s being hung in two-story intervals, leaving strips of the reinforced concrete superstructure exposed for crews to complete the angled soffits before filling in the interstitial gaps between the cladded levels.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The yellow safety cocoon has also been removed from the parapet, revealing the exposed frame of the mechanical levels.
Photo by Michael Young
Some of the cinderblock walls on the blank southern and eastern lot line walls have yet to be completed. Once they are, a grid of Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems (EIFS) will eventually cover up the flat concrete surfaces.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
YIMBY last reported that the project’s delays stem from the project’s lack of an authentic seal of approval from a registered and practicing architect, due to the retiring of former DSM Design Group architect Warren L. Schiffman in 2016 before 450 Eleventh Avenue’s construction was approved.
Photo by Michael Young
No updated completion date has been publicly announced. If the pace of construction picks up, 450 Eleventh Avenue could potentially open sometime around the middle of 2024.
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My grandma could install this curtain wall faster.
what’s your grandma’s number?
If not for her crippling acrophobia. 🤣
Monath, patience goes a long way and please refrain from making such remarks about something you don’t clearly understand or are certified to do
I believe ‘freedom of speech’ is something in which we are all “certified”
Do some real reporting YIMBY! They may have installed a few hlass panel since January, but this project is completely dormant now. I walk by every day and NOTHING IS HAPPENING – it’s not in progress, it
is an eyesore and should be torn down at this point!
What the fuk is your problem Stanley?!?!? This isn’t the first time you’ve said this and why doesn’t this count as progress? No matter how small of a step, every bit counts and I don’t get what that’s so hard of a concept for you to understand.
How can you say this is “dormant?” How many more panels does it take for you to change your mind? Do you hold a grudge against this project that makes you have nothing good to say about it? I know you are a NIMBY who is completely against new office development, as you’ve expressed in the past, but your comment above is ridiculous and doesn’t make any sense!!! 😡😡😡 I can’t wait for the day this hotel opens and watch you make another stupid claim that it’s stalled and not finished
John Farkas WTF?
WAY TO GO STANLEY!
What a piece of crap, sht glass box to ruin the skyline of NYC
I propose that all the YIMBY commentators tear down all their homes and build a glass box to live instead.
Guesser, stand back and please shut the f u c k up, because you also bombard the comment section and sound like a petulant, childish, and ill-tempered person. If you also think this project is stalled like Stanley, then my words to him are the same towards you
Stanley, what do you mean “NOTHING IS HAPPENING?” I see more of the facade than in any of Yimby’s past articles and photos, don’t you? I DONT see why you sound so angry and upset if you actually just looked and compared the changes, even though It’s a slow moving project.
I live here – NO ONE IS WORKING on this building! This story is a joke and you’ve been fooled by the propaganda.
Well I live in New Jersey and have been commuting to the city for the past 38 years (my oh my how the skyline has changed for sure!), and I always see this on my way to and from the Lincoln Tunnel ramps. I can easily see and count each new floor that gets the glass facade. It helps with the sun reflecting in the afternoon. They’ve been adding more since the start of spring and took down that safety netting up top too. Why would a developer spend money to hang more panels if the project is allegedly dormant?
To Stephen and his comment…FINALLY the first sensible, smart, and intelligible group of words I’ve seen on this sh*tstorm of a comment section 🙌
Don’t waste your time and breath Stephen, unfortunately Stanley is adamantly against new developments as he’s made it clear with his tumultuous history of scathing rants and claims that New York is dead and shouldn’t continue to build and evolve 🤡
How intolerant, I was pretty obviously attempting to make a joke.
Covid had nothing to do with this project being stalled (at least no more than other projects, which was only 6-8 weeks). This developer is known for making projects take 3 times longer than they should. The Marriott Courtyard on 10th & 34th took 6-1/2 years when it should’ve been 2-1/2 max. Marx Development runs out of money like clockwork and many of the subs on this project are suing. Also, the fact that they faked the arch credentials and the subsequent investigation slowed them down greatly.
If this project is dead, why would workers still bother to be paid to hang up the curtain wall? Doesn’t make sense to keep going at it if it’s really stalled and dead
And BOOM like clockwork…was waiting for this comment to pop up once again and laugh at your claim Stanley. Why don’t you say hi to the workers and give them your two cents
Stanley, anyone that passed the third grade can easily count how many more panels have gone up, if you really sat there and watched the workers put it in. For gods sake, give the workers some slack and understand this is a complex assembly that isn’t as straightforward as a glass box!!!
Stanley, I would love to see you say those exact words to the people installing the facade and the company who manufactured them. Then let’s see who’s correct and the person with better judgement because I absolutely don’t think this is dormant by any means…🙄
WAY TO GO STANLEY!
What a piece of crap, sht glass box to ruin the skyline of NYC
I propose that all the YIMBY commentators tear down all their homes and build a glass box to live instead.
LOL “tear it down”!
Yeah that’s not how it works. Developers and financiers aren’t exactly in the habit of destroying the entire equity or capitalization of a project because construction is temporarily stalled. Even 161 Maiden Lane isn’t being “torn down” and it’s sinking into the ground and leaning.
Having this being torn down is more farfetched than claiming this is dormant. We have yet to see it completed and give it a chance for future judgement
Stanley, let’s see you make the same outrageous claim one year from now and say the exact same words. Go ahead, make my day…
WAY TO GO STANLEY!
What a piece of crap, sht glass box to ruin the skyline of NYC
I propose that all the YIMBY commentators tear down all their homes and build a glass box to live instead.
Mmmm yes we YIMBY’s would absolutely love to live in a new glass box if it means having it built next to your home
Stanley, I live in Hell’s Kitchen and see this from my window every day. Either you are blind as a bat or purposely turn a blind eye to the real life progress happening at the site. How the hell are those windows going up if the project is allegedly dormant as you falsely claim? Your attempt to decry the progress and spread of fake news is extremely arrogant and stupid of you. I really hope Yimby does another update soon so I can call you out again, and again if needed, when you attempt to do the same time until the hotel opens.
Stanley it’s not your call to declare what you said, and it’s clearly not your call, or anyone’s, to propagate a contentious lie as the one you’ve been shouting. Do a favor for us and stand in front of the hotel on opening day when it opens to the public and stand with a picked sign saying to tear it down and see who’s the crazy person
Stanley, your comment is the epitome of misinformation and fake news that I’ve ever seen on Yimby. Your words are corrupt and dangerous and sound very distasteful.
I will keep calling you out on this if you try to say the same thing when there’s another article on this building, which I’m sure they will this summer until construction is finally over. You should be ashamed of what you said
And not a single construction worker in all those photos.
Maybe photographed on a Sunday?
Elto, do you not have any days off or heard of something called Saturdays and Sundays?
That’s a cool glass facade! I know Hudson yards could use less glass towers but this one actually breaks the mold, literally lol. Can’t wait to see how the rest of the glass turns out ❤️
This, and hopefully Adjmi’s supertall office project, would really be a nice addition to the neighborhood and really be a game changer to the skyline!
Rosner’s no clue … curtain wall/window wall … explains a lot …
Yeah like you’d know any better you arrogant prick 🙄
Looks like “Dubai on the Hudson” is almost ready to “deliver” yet another glass clad tower to the “family”! 🤣
Hudson yards is the Dubai of the Western hemisphere for sure haha 😂 I’m glad to see work on this picking up and I wanna see more towers fill in the ugly concrete walls on the sides sooner than later too!!
Fight!
Fight!
Fight!
What, no ignorant comments about the blank wall?
Not as ignorant as Stanley saying the project is dormant. I’m rooting for this building to be done and hope the facade goes up faster to prove him wrong
I hope those blank walls get covered up by new buildings in the future. Yes they are ugly for now, but it won’t matter when we can’t see them as this area gets built up
That is exactly what will happen.
May I suggest a large mural, the length of the wall? 🤗
Christopher, the article says there will be EIFS covering the concrete, but art murals would’ve been a cool idea too!
Speaking of Dubai on the Hudson: I’ve been to Dubai three times. It’s full of really fun and cool kitsch. Why shouldn’t we have some of that? We have some of everything, and that’s the way it should be. That’s why I like Hudson Yards!
WAY TO GO STANLEY!
What a piece of crap, sht glass box to ruin the skyline of NYC
I propose that all the YIMBY commentators tear down all their homes and build a glass box to live instead.
Why do you comment and say the exact same words more than two or three times? I don’t see the point of doing that and what it does, other than showing how you would aggressively berate and harass someone in person.
I think that seeing the tower crane here pretty much inactive, gives one the sense right or wrong, that not much is happening.
So how did that safety scaffolding get removed then?