Articles by Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Steelwork Begins on Fourth Tier of JPMorgan Chase’s Supertall Headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan

8:00 am on September 20, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction and steelwork has begun on the fourth tier of JPMorgan Chase‘s 1,388-foot supertall headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners with Adamsom Associates as the architect of record and developed by Tishman Speyer, the 60-story skyscraper will yield 2.5 million square feet of office space with a capacity of 15,000 employees, and will become the tallest structure in New York completely powered by hydroelectric energy. AECOM Tishman is the general contractor for the full-block property, which is bound by East 48th Street to the north, East 47th Street to the south, Park Avenue to the east, and Madison Avenue to the west.

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Perelman Performing Arts Center Opens To The Public At The World Trade Center in Financial District

8:00 am on September 16, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Yesterday at noon the long-awaited Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) opened to the general public on the 16-acre World Trade Center site at 251 Fulton Street in the Financial District. Designed by REX with Davis Brody Bond Architects as the executive architect and developed by The Perelman, the 138-foot tall, 129,000-square-foot cubic structure features three flexible performance spaces: the 450-seat John E. Zuccotti Theater, the 250-seat Mike Nichols Theater, and the 99-seat Doris Duke Foundation Theater, all enclosed in a translucent book-matched marble façade. The $500 million property is bound by Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Greenwich Street to the east, and Skidmore Owings & Merrill‘s One World Trade Center to the west.

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3Eleven at 311 Eleventh Avenue - Courtesy of Douglaston Development

3ELEVEN Completes Construction at 601 West 29th Street in West Chelsea, Manhattan 

8:00 am on September 15, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is complete on 3ELEVEN, a 60-story residential skyscraper at 601 West 29th Street along the border of West Chelsea and Hudson Yards. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Douglaston Development, the 695-foot-tall structure is also known as Tower A alongside the shorter 606 West 30th Street and yields 935 rental units, with 235 designated for affordable housing, as well as 15,000 square feet of retail space on the podium floors. ES Windows supplied the glass curtain wall and Levine Builders served as the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 311 Eleventh Avenue and bound by West 30th Street to the north, West 29th Street to the south, and Eleventh Avenue to the east.

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South Battery Park City Resiliency Project Begins to Take Shape in Lower Manhattan

8:00 am on September 12, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is moving along on the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (SBPCR), an integrated coastal flood risk management system at the southern tip of Battery Park City. Led by architect and engineer AECOM, the $221 million project involves the creation of an elevated landscaped waterfront esplanade spanning from the Museum of Jewish Heritage to Pier A Plaza, as well as the reconstruction of the Wagner Park Pavilion with a new design by Thomas Phifer and Partners. The SBPCR is one component of the 3.5-mile-long Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) master plan, which is engineered to reduce the risk of flood damage from storm events like Hurricane Sandy. Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is the owner and EW Howell Co. is the general contractor for the property, which is addressed on permits as 20 Battery Place.

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303 Wythe Avenue Readies for Construction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

7:30 am on September 12, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is set to commence at 303 Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where a one-story commercial property is being expanded into a five-story mixed-use condominium building. Designed by ND Architecture & Design PC, the new 55-foot-tall structure will span 22,874 square feet and yield 22 residential units with an average scope of 1,004 square feet, as well as 6,074 square feet of commercial space, 395 square feet of community facility space, and a cellar level. B Contractors Group LLC is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of Wythe Avenue and South 2nd Street.

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