At number nine on our annual countdown of the 31 tallest buildings under construction in New York is 262 Fifth Avenue, an 860-foot-tall residential skyscraper in NoMad, Manhattan. Designed by Meganom and developed by Boris Kuzinez of Five Points Development, the 56-story structure will yield 26 full-floor and duplex condominium units with an average scope of 3,200 square feet, including at least one quadruplex unit. SLCE Architects is the executive architect for the property, which is located at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 29th Street.
Nearly all of the reflective glass curtain wall panels have been installed by PG New York across the northern and southern elevations of the slender reinforced concrete superstructure since our last update a year ago, when only the bottom half of the skyscraper was enclosed. The envelope now covers every residential floor, and more of the mosaic-like aluminum paneling has clad the eastern profile around the central column of circular windows. The tower crane was also disassembled over the last several months from the north side of the skyscraper.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
Crews were seen working on scaffolding rigs above the base of the property, which remains surrounded by the wraparound sidewalk shed and wooden fencing.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
Some of the black paneling has begun cladding parts of the egress core on the western side of the building.
262 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
No updated interior renderings have been released except for the following visual from last year previewing the Scandinavian-inspired appointments on the upper-level units. Interiors are being designed by Norm Architects.
Rendering courtesy of Avakaza Studio.
A full list of residential amenities has yet to be disclosed. The structure was originally designed to reach a supertall height of over 1,000 feet, but was scaled back to its current 860-foot stature.
The nearest subways from the ground-up development are the local R and W trains at the 28th Street station along Broadway.
YIMBY expects 262 Fifth Avenue to be fully completed within the second half of 2026.
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It’s so funny to see the subway lines that are nearby this building, as if that would mean something to the people parking their money in what is essentially an ugly bank vault blocking views of the Empire State Building.
Hilarious .
Many units will be purchased and kept empty anyway . The buyers of these units won’t ride the subway anyway .
You got all that right. Pathetic.
Not really. Instead of a lousy “taxpayer,” which was a small plot of land with a building awaiting demolition for hi-rise, we now have a hi-rise that’s empty, pays far more in real estate taxes, and doesn’t add to the clogged subways because either no one lives in it or those that do don’t take the subways, other than their live-in help.
You realize Yimby/Michael always posts the nearest subways right, regardless of what the project is?
No need for such a snarky comment, Stanley
Yep. As if he’s encouraging readers to visit these sites… not a bad idea.
The average readers on Yimby are probably Gen X and Millennials that live and work in & around New York City and have the means to use the subway who’ve probably seen and walked past this building, Peter. It’s not like the website’s target audience is the rural Midwest that are too scared to use the subway, or haven’t set foot in New York City. Right???
Frank,
I haven’t looked into the demographics for the site but a number of members are from other generations. Some mention when the street addresses/neighborhoods are incorrect.
I have had friends who never left their Manhattan apartments unless someone picked them up out of fear, so it’s not just a Midwestern phenomenon. There was a time most Manhattanites rarely traversed more than a five block radius from their homes. Even today many people struggle to find Radio City Music Hall. Smart phones are an amazing help to billions of people who would otherwise have a map in the faces. I thinks it’s wonderful you presumably have such a mental imprint of the city. I can assure you many people of all generations do not.
Then again, Bloomberg rode the subway every day. Rich people do indeed ride subways! While in Chicago, I ride the ‘L’ with many people. Your Xenophobic tropes of the Midwest are pathetic.
Peter, it’s not a matter of encouragement, but a matter of consistency in stating the basic facts in an article.
Cmon dude.
Oh that’s rich of your Peter. Calling me a xenophobic person, as someone born and raised in Woodside & Elmuhurst by two immigrant parents with two older sisters, is f*cking hilarious.
I’m more American than some dimwitted MAGA cletus who thinks I’m stealing their jobs or getting free healthcare and not paying taxes. Just something to think about before you celebrate Christmas and think of who harvests the food on your table and does a job nobody can do better than immigrants….
Rich people take the subway too you know..
This really is… something.
Monument to the rich who did not build New York
Another ugly p.o.s. blocking iconic views of the Empire State Building. And for what? A bunch of expensive condos that will mostly be second, third or fourth homes, with many (most?) used as bank accounts to diversify foreign assets. A fabulous addition to the neighborhood.
The tower itself is kind of meh if inoffensive. But the way it meets the street and is recessed from its neighbors is really unattractive. Reminds me of those 2000s and 2010s recessed Holiday Inn Expresses and stuff that Gene Kauffman designed further north in Midtown.
I can totally see that.
so true. how has the city NOT changed the zoning to end these recessed McSam POS ?
does anyone in city govt actually care about the physical city
Renderings of the duplexes available?
The most non-contextual building, maybe ever?
From a distance, the exterior is dreadfully flat and boring. Up close, the tiny undulating aluminum bric-a-brac will get dirty very fast.
This is a top contender for the Carbuncle Cup.
These billionaires pay lots of taxes to New York. Keep them coming.
When completed, it will be very easy to count the 5 or 6 units with the lights on during
the weeknights! Otherwise, it will remain a dark tower…
Should be torn down. Disgusting building. Did they use AI to design it?
European cities have legal protections for the views of their monuments. Michael Kimmelman, the present architecture critic for the Times, wrote a namby pamby article about this and didn’t take a position. Ada Louise Huxtable would have screamed “Tear it down!”
European cities have legal protections for the views of their monuments. Michael Kimmelman, the present architecture critic for the Times, wrote a namby pamby article about this and didn’t take a position. Ada Louise Huxtable would have screamed “Tear it down!”
European cities have legal protections for the views of their monuments. Michael Kimmelman, the present architecture critic for the Times, wrote a namby pamby article about this and didn’t take a position. Ada Louise Huxtable would have screamed “Tear it down!”
860 ft tall & only yielding 26 units🤔, what a shame, “safety deposit boxes” in the sky, corrupting sightlines of the Empire State Bldg,+ the aesthetics are drab, to say the least, sorta looks a little like ‘The Fifth Element’ w/ Bruce Willis, I fail to understand why some sides of this bldg have no view & instead just some weird “circles” & 90% blocked views🤔🤷♂️🧐, so much of this design seems dubious & questionable I’m at a loss for words.😑