Articles by Nikolai Fedak

217 West 57th Street and One World Trade Center

Diagrams Show Nordstrom Tower/217 West 57th Street Will Stand 1,795 Feet Tall, Becoming New York City’s Tallest Building

8:00 am on May 11, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

The current race to the top of the skyline is the most impressive in New York City’s history, with ever-taller skyscrapers sprouting from the Financial District all the way to 57th Street. And YIMBY has now learned that 217 West 57th Street, aka the Nordstrom Tower, received a height boost between April and June of last year, pushing the tower’s pinnacle to 1,795 feet. That will make it the tallest building in New York City, the United States, and the Western Hemisphere.

Revealed: 782 Wythe Avenue, New Viznitz Congregation Synagogue in South Williamsburg

8:00 am on May 8, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

On the corner of Wythe Avenue and Rutledge Street, in South Williamsburg, a long-stalled development is finally getting underway at 782 Wythe Avenue. Permits were first filed nearly a decade ago in 2006, but applications for a gut-renovation and conversion were approved this past March, and now YIMBY has the first rendering of the project, which will transform an old commercial building into a synagogue for the Viznitz Congregation.

Revealed: Building 1 of the Hallets Point Redevelopment, Astoria

8:00 am on May 7, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

The East River waterfront is booming with new development from Brooklyn up into Queens, and YIMBY now has a closer look at the first building planned to rise at Hallets Point, in Astoria. The Durst Organization and Lincoln Equities are developing the project, which was approved last year, and Dattner is designing.

First Look: WeWork/WeLive’s New Building at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

8:00 am on May 5, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

In 2013, it was reported that WeWork was in talks for 500,000 square feet at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. YIMBY has now obtained plans for a new mixed-use structure on the site, which would host both a WeWork/WeLive, with the design coming from S9/Perkins Eastman.

New Details for 319 Schermerhorn Street, 21-Story Downtown Brooklyn Condo Project

6:30 am on May 5, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

Yesterday, YIMBY posted an on-site rendering sent in by a tipster for Adam America’s new 21-story condominium project coming to 319 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Reps from Adam America sent along a higher-res version, which shows the building up-close, and also confirmed that Issac & Stern is the architect. The masonry cladding will be interspersed with large PTAC-free windows, and inside, the building will have 74 units.

New Look: 319 Schermerhorn Street, Adam America’s 21-Story Downtown Brooklyn Condo Project

8:00 am on May 4, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

The last year has been somewhat tumultuous for 319 Schermerhorn Street, which was originally set to be developed a mysterious “SC Nevins LLC.” In April, it was announced that Adam America and the Naveh Shuster Group purchased the site, likely for over $30 million, and with the new ownership comes a new design, which YIMBY can now reveal thanks to a watchful tipster.

Vision: Arquitectonica’s Design for Building 1, at Extell’s Riverside Center

8:00 am on May 1, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

While both 1 and 21 West End Avenue are already under construction, the Riverside South master plan’s “Building 1,” on the corner of West 61st Street and Riverside Boulevard, does not yet have an announced design. YIMBY has now obtained images showing Arquitectonica’s submitted plans, which show two different versions, one of which features a dramatic sloped cantilever outwards towards the West Side Highway.

Revealed: 338 West 39th Street, The Pestana Hotel

8:00 am on April 30, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

Yesterday, The Real Deal reported on an eviction controversy surrounding 338 West 39th Street, which is a site that will soon yield a new hotel. Now, YIMBY can reveal the design of the new building coming to the lot, which is being developed by the Portuguese hotel group Pestana Hotels.

New Look: 70 Charlton Street, Extell’s Hudson Square Condo Project

8:00 am on April 29, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

The site at 70 Charlton Street in Hudson Square has seen several proposed configurations, but it appears that Extell has finally settled on two 21-story towers as depicted in the most recent zoning diagrams, which are now accompanied by renderings from the project’s teaser website.

Revealed: 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, Cathedral of St. John the Divine Development

8:00 am on April 28, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

Back in February of 2014, YIMBY reported on permits for the two residential towers rising next to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, on Amsterdam Avenue and 113th Street (with an official address of 1047 Amsterdam Avenue). An on-site rendering offered a glimpse at the design, and zoning diagrams showed the overall configuration, but YIMBY can now reveal the full project, designed by Handel Architects.

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