Tiffany & Co. Flagship Expansion Progresses at 727 Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan

8:00 am on January 9, 2022 By Michael Young

Work is continuing to take shape on the expansion of the Tiffany & Co. flagship store at 727 Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by OMA partners Shohei Shigematsu and Jake Forster, the scope involves a three-story steel-framed structural addition that rises above the original flat roof line of the world famous jewelry brand’s 72-year-old Art Moderne building. CallisonRTKL is the architect of record, Peter Marino Architects is handling the interior renovations, Mace is the owners rep, and Structure Tone is the general contractor for the project, which now stands 11 stories tall at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street.

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30 West 39th Street’s Podium Façade Progresses in Midtown, Manhattan

7:30 am on January 9, 2022 By Michael Young

Exterior work is nearing completion on 30 West 39th Street, a 27-story hotel tower in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Peter Poon Architects and developed by Fortuna Realty, the 323-foot-tall reinforced concrete structure will yield 133,500 square feet with 330 guest rooms. Leeding Builders Group, LLC is the general contractor for the property, which is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, just one block south of Bryant Park.

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Phipps Houses Closes on $116M Package to Complete Rockaway Village Affordable Housing Development in Far Rockaway, Queens

7:00 am on January 9, 2022 By Sebastian Morris

Phipps Houses has closed on $116 million in financing to complete the fourth phase of Rockaway Village, a mixed-use affordable housing project in Far Rockaway, Queens. The ongoing development is slowly replacing an abandoned shopping center and will comprise 1,700 units of affordable housing, 120,000 square feet of commercial and community facility space, and 590 parking spaces.

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1841 Broadway Reaches Street Level on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

8:00 am on January 8, 2022 By Michael Young

Construction has reached street level on 1841 Broadway, a 25-story, 281-foot-tall residential building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by INC Architecture & Design and developed by Global Holdings Management Group, the 180,813-square-foot edifice will yield 173 market-rate and affordable housing units as well as 11,741 square feet of retail space on the first two levels. Pavarini McGovern, LLC is the general contractor and DeSimone Consulting Engineers is the façade consultant for the project, which is located at the corner of Broadway and West 60th Street, just north of Columbus Circle and the southwestern corner of Central Park.

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