Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care. Rendering by Perkins Eastman

Memorial Sloan Kettering’s David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care Reaches 12 Stories at 530 East 74th Street, Upper East Side

6:00 am on November 23, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Construction is now underway on the 12th floor of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s 22-story, 750,000-square-foot David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care facility at 530 East 74th Street, located on the corner of the FDR Drive on the Upper East Side. Progress on the project can be seen thanks to photos posted to the YIMBY Forums. At 524 East 74th Street, work still appears to be ongoing below-grade where a 16-story, 403,000-square-foot academic facility is underway for the City University of New York and the Hunter College School of Nursing. The buildings, which will stand 447 feet and 341 feet to their pinnacles, respectively, are designed by Perkins Eastman and Ennead Architects. Completion is expected in 2019.

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3 Park Avenue

Renovation Project Underway On 41-Story Mixed-Use Tower At 3 Park Avenue, Midtown South

3:00 pm on November 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The 41-story, 977,745-square-foot mixed-use tower known as 3 Park Avenue, located between East 33rd and 34th streets in Midtown South, is set to receive a $30 million renovation. The 556-foot-tall tower’s lobby will be redesigned, the exterior will be modernized, and its 25,000 square feet of retail will see renovations. Other aspects of the project include renovations to the hallways and common areas, and upgraded mechanical infrastructure, Commercial Observer reported. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects is designing the renovation, with AREA Architects responsible for redesigning the lobby.

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35-48 32nd Street

Four-Story, Three-Unit Mixed-Use Project Planned At 35-48 32nd Street, Astoria

2:00 pm on November 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Long Island City-based Bayside Contracting has filed applications for a four-story, three-unit mixed-use building at 35-48 32nd Street, on the southern end of Astoria. The project will measure 3,068 square feet, including 1,331 square feet of ground-floor retail space, followed by three residential units across the floors above. The full-floor apartments should average 579 square feet apiece, indicative of rentals. Joseph Sultana’s Bayside-based JLS Designs is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot lot is occupied by a three-story townhouse. Demolition permits have not been filed.

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212 Nippon Avenue

Two Three-Story, Two-Family Houses Coming To 212 Nippon Avenue, Woodrow, Staten Island

1:00 pm on November 22, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A Staten Island-based property owner has filed applications for two three-story, two-family houses at 212-216 Nippon Avenue, located on the corner of Ionia Avenue in Woodrow, a neighborhood along Staten Island’s South Shore. The buildings will measure 5,334 square feet and 3,343 square feet each, respectively. Across both, the residential units should average a family-sized 1,500 square feet apiece. Both will also have three off-street parking spaces each, one of which will be enclosed on the ground floor. Joseph M. Morace’s Staten Island-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 10,000-square-foot plot was occupied by a two-story house until it was demolished over the summer.

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