Construction is rising above the halfway mark on 405 and 407 West 206th Street, a sprawling two-tower mixed-use project in Inwood, Manhattan. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle in a joint with the LMXD affiliate of L+M Development Partners, MSquared, and Taconic Partners, the 751,687-square-foot structures consist of 14- and 17-story volumes standing 140 and 175 feet tall and will yield 700 rental units with 281 dedicated to affordable housing, as well as a supermarket under the city of New York’s Food Retail Expansion to Support Health Program program and an immigrant-centered performing arts center owned and operated by the People’s Theatre Project. Inwood Lot 9 Development Associates LLC is the owner, Community League of the Heights is the community sponsor, and Chatsworth Builders is the general contractor for the $416 million project, which is bound by West 206th and West 207th Streets and Ninth Avenue.
Recent photographs show the bottom halves of the reinforced concrete superstructures enclosed in metal frame studs, insulation, windows, and CMU blocks along the setbacks. The King Contracting Group-supplied red brick façade is beginning to envelop the lower floors above the ground level as the towers rise. The company is supplying 150,000 square feet of Thermax and brickwork, along with 120,000 square feet of Dens Glass & EIFS panels. YIMBY expects the buildings to top out sometime later this spring.
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
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
Renderings of 405 and 407 West 206th Street show the bulk of the superstructure concentrated on the eastern end of the site along Ninth Avenue. The lower levels are enclosed predominantly in a mix of red and earth-toned brick surrounding a grid of floor-to-ceiling windows. The upper stories incorporate several setbacks topped with landscaped terraces, above which the exterior transitions to light beige brick. Both volumes culminate in flat roof parapets with mechanical extensions wrapped in gray metal paneling. The ground floors of both buildings feature broad expanses of glass interspersed with light fixtures and signage for the tenants.
405 and 407 West 206th Street in Inwood, Manhattan courtesy of Governor Kathy Hochul
405 and 407 West 206th Street are part of Governor Kathy Hochul‘s $25 billion housing plan that will create or preserve 100,000 affordable homes across New York, including 10,000 with supportive services for vulnerable populations, plus the electrification of an additional 50,000 homes that currently produce carbon emissions. Each of the homes at this development will be supplied with free broadband internet, all-electric heating and cooling, and other sustainable features in line with the state’s climate goals.
Residential amenities will include landscaped courtyards, an attended lobby, multiple rooftop decks, a fitness center, coworking spaces, lounges, and music rehearsal rooms.
The nearest subway from the site is the 1 train at the elevated 207th Street station to the west.
405 and 407 West 206th Street are anticipated to complete construction in the fall of 2025. The developers are pursuing a LEED BD+C Silver certification.
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Well, It certainly is sprawling.
Great looking project. I would like to see these block-filling developments have a little more fun architecturally though.
One of two neighborhood changing projects.
WOW this is massive!!! Inwoodnis definitely transforming and hope the railyards to the north get covered and built over with more housing. Awesome shots too👍
Northern tip of Manhattan is a great area for development.
Part of it is, like the Eastern edge of Inwood where this stuff is going up.
Overall it’s not as it did not have much arson damage in the 1970s, meaning that there are fewer empty lots.
There are still one-story commercial taxpayers aplenty just like in the Bronx.
Inwood is a beautiful community.Yes housing is needed, but these bememouth developments are destroying its character.
Stop talking about it while smacking your lips with hungry anticipation.
Please explain how they are “destroying its character”.
to keep Inwood beautiful, it will need landmarking or Local Law 11 reform to prevent parapets and cornices from being removed
Few things destroyed the dense residential apartment character of Inwood more than the enormous parking lot that used to exist at this site! Behemoths like these will only help retain Inwood’s vibrancy.
It’s a beautiful, residential community with the most green space in Manhattan, historic architecture and a spirited community. This is a glass and steel high rise that is completely out of context.
The facade has masonry, it’s not one of those all glass LIC/Hudson Yards kind of facades
This will bring ‘outsiders’ to Inwood…people being priced out of the rest of Manhattan…people who have some money…people who are not part of an ‘ethnic’ community. Oh dear.
The building blends well with the next track, brick walls are the most suitable and beautiful too: Thanks to Michael Young.
The end of an era. Small community that was so vibrant. So wonderful to live and raise my children in. People knew each other.
The higher the towers, the more people, the less connections. Gentrification again. Inwood the last holdout.
Excellent infill. We need way more of this across NYC.