Articles by Michael Young

5 East 59th Street. Developed by Ripco Real Estate.

Rendering Reveals Retail Facelift For 5 East 59th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

7:30 am on June 23, 2025 By Michael Young

Construction is steadily progressing on 5 East 59th Street, an eight-story retail and office redevelopment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Developed by Ripco Real Estate with marketing by SERHANT., the project will see an exterior and interior overhaul to the building, updated retail space, column-free office space above, and two full-service amenity floors including a private lounge and rooftop terrace. The commercial property spans 45,350 square feet and is situated on an interior lot by the corner of East 59th Street and Fifth Avenue.

323 East 58th Street. Photo by Michael Young.

323 East 58th Street Rises In Midtown East, Manhattan

7:30 am on June 22, 2025 By Michael Young

Construction is moving along at 323 East 58th Street, a six-story mixed-use residential building in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Sguera Architecture and developed by Andrew Impagliazzo under the 619W46 LLC, the structure will stand 60 feet tall and yield 15,279 square feet, with 12,279 square feet designated for residential space divided into 15 rental units averaging roughly 877 square feet each, 3,000 square feet for community facility space, and a cellar level. The property is located at the corner of East 58th Street and the ramp leading up to the upper road deck of the Queensboro Bridge between First and Second Avenues.

Rendering of 570 Washington Street. Designed by CookFox and SLCE

Construction Moving Along At COOKFOX’s 570 Washington Street in West Village, Manhattan

8:00 am on June 21, 2025 By Michael Young

Construction is rapidly progressing on 570 Washington Street, a 17-story residential building on the border of Manhattan’s West Village and Hudson Square neighborhoods. Designed by COOKFOX with SLCE as the architect of record and developed by Jonathan Rose Companies, Atlas Capital Group, The Baupost Group, and Zeckendorf Development, the structure will yield 175 affordable senior apartments with an average scope of 1,065 square feet, as well as 3,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The ground-up development is rising on the same block as the two-tower 80 Clarkson Street complex and is bound by Clarkson Street to the north, West Houston Street to the south, Washington Street to the east, and 80 Clarkson and West Street to the west.

COOKFOX’s 80 Clarkson Reaches Pinnacle Over Manhattan’s West Village

8:00 am on June 20, 2025 By Michael Young

Construction has approached the top floors at 80 Clarkson, a two-tower residential complex along the Hudson River waterfront in Manhattan’s West Village. Designed by COOKFOX Architects and SLCE Architects and developed by Zeckendorf Development, Atlas Capital Group, and the Baupost Group, the project consists of 37- and 45-story structures standing 420 and 490 feet tall, respectively. The $1.25 billion development will span approximately 650,000 square feet and yield 112 condominium units, nearly 37,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and enclosed parking for 69 vehicles. The mixed-use property is bound by Clarkson Street to the north, West Houston Street to the south, the 17-story 570 Washington Street to the east, and West Street to the west.

CetraRuddy’s 1448 Third Avenue Rapidly Ascends on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

8:00 am on June 19, 2025 By Michael Young

Construction is quickly progressing upward at 448 Third Avenue, a 39-story mixed-use tower in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by Douglaston Development, the 478-foot-tall structure will span 287,632 square feet and yield 125 condominium units with an average scope of 1,804 square feet. The building will also contain 40,864 square feet of commercial space, 21,224 square feet of community facility space, a cellar level, and a 20-foot-long rear yard. The property is alternately addressed as 175 East 82nd Street and located at the corner of Third Avenue and East 82nd Street.

70 Hudson Yards. Designed by Roger Ferris+ Partners and Gensler.

70 Hudson Yards Breaks Ground in Hudson Yards, Manhattan

8:00 am on June 16, 2025 By Michael Young

Construction is officially underway at 70 Hudson Yards, a forthcoming 47-story office skyscraper in Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Designed by Roger Ferris+ Partners and Gensler and developed by Related Companies and Oxford Properties, the future 1.1-million-square-foot structure will rise to an architectural height of 717 feet and is reportedly planned to become New York’s first zero-carbon emission skyscraper. The all-electric mixed-use building is alternatively addressed as 514 West 36th Street and will rise from an assemblage of two adjacent parcels bound by West 36th and 35th Streets to the north and south, The Set at 451 Tenth Avenue to the east, and Hudson Boulevard East and Bella Abzug Park to the west.

The Breuer Building. Photo by Michael Young.

The Breuer Building Quietly Begins Its Commercial Transformation At 945 Madison Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

8:00 am on June 15, 2025 By Michael Young

YIMBY spotted signs of construction activity subtly taking shape at The Breuer Building, the iconic Brutalist-style museum structure at 945 Madison Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The property, originally built in 1966 and designed by Marcel Breuer, was given landmark status at the end of May, a move that comes before Sotheby’s plans to move into the structure in the near future. Herzog & de Meuron is the design architect and PBDW Architects is the preservation architect for the site, which is located at the corner of Madison Avenue and East 75th Street.

Superstructure Rising at 500 East 81st Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

7:30 am on June 8, 2025 By Michael Young

Construction has gone vertical at 501 East 81st Street, an ten-story residential building in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Zproekt Architecture with S20M as design architect and developed by Rybak Development, the 100-foot-tall structure is planned to span 29,829 square feet with an undisclosed number of units, likely condominiums based on the design firm’s history in the neighborhood. The building will also have a cellar level and three enclosed parking spaces. The property is located at the southeast corner of York Avenue and East 81st Street.

Society Brooklyn. Photo by Michael Young.

New Waterfront Esplanade Opens At Society Brooklyn in Gowanus, Brooklyn

8:00 am on May 23, 2025 By Michael Young

A new waterfront esplanade recently opened at Society Brooklyn, a completed mixed-use residential complex consisting of two 21-story rental buildings at 500 Degraw Street and 504 Sackett Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Property Markets Group, the 225-foot-tall structures span 594,000 square feet and will yield 517 residential units, as well as 57,000 square feet of commercial space, and 21,000 square feet dedicated to the “Gowanus Mix,” a space for local makers, artisans, and creatives. Twenty-five percent of the apartments are reserved for affordable housing that are being overseen by Affordable for New York under the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Program. The property is bounded by DeGraw Street to the north, Sackett Street to the south, the Gowanus Canal to the east, and Bond Street to the west.

Aerial rendering of the New Stapleton Waterfront. Rendering courtesy of GF55 Architects.

Plans Announced for 500-Unit Housing Development in Stapleton, Staten Island

7:30 am on May 18, 2025 By Michael Young

Last week, Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Andrew Kimball announced that Manhattan-based construction firm Artimus and the Phoenix Realty Group will lead the construction and development effort for the New Stapleton Waterfront, an upcoming mixed-income residential complex on two vacant parcels of land in Stapleton, Staten Island. Designed by GF55 Architects, the development will yield 500 units with around 25 percent designated as affordable housing for families earning between 40 and 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). The project, which is set to become the largest mass timber residential development in New York City, is situated between Front Street and the Stapleton waterfront.

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