Midtown

JPMorgan Chase’s Headquarters Approaches Supertall Status at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan

Construction is climbing higher on 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. JB&B is the MEP engineer and 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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KPF’s 520 Fifth Avenue Supertall Rises Higher Above Midtown, Manhattan

Construction is steadily climbing on 520 Fifth Avenue, a 76-story residential supertall in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Rabina, which took over from Ceruzzi Properties and SMI USA in 2019, the 1,000-foot-tall skyscraper will yield 507,608 square feet with 98 condominium units, as well as commercial space on the lower floors and four cellar levels. WSP is the structural engineer, DeSimone Consulting Engineers is the façade consultant, and Suffolk Construction is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 43rd Street, one block north of Bryant Park.

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Construction Rises at 98-14 66th Avenue in Rego Park, Queens

Construction is moving along on 98-14 66th Avenue, a seven-story mixed-use building in Rego Park, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by RJ Capital Holdings, the 85-foot-tall structure will span 82,425 square feet and yield 62 units with an average span of 1,075 square feet, as well as 15,741 square feet of commercial space. KSK Construction Group is the general contractor for the property, which is bound by 99th Street to the northeast, 66th Avenue to the northwest, and Queens Boulevard to the southwest.

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Excavation Progresses at 18 West 55th Street in Midtown, Manhattan 

Excavation is in full swing at 18 West 55th Street, the site of a forthcoming 24-story residential building in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed Garden Homes under the 18 West 55th Street LLC, the 289-foot-tall structure will yield 152,084 square feet with 97 rental units spread across 127,909 square feet, as well as 6,380 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a 10,343-square-foot cellar level. Garden Homes and co-developer and general contractor Skyline Developers purchased the property, which is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, for $75 million in 2019.

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Looking up at the East End Gateway inside Penn Station's new Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Concourse - Courtesy of Lucas Blair Simpson © SOM

Construction Finishes on Penn Station’s Long Island Rail Road Modernization in Midtown, Manhattan

The $414 million renovation of Penn Station‘s Long Island Rail Road concourse is now complete in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, AECOM, and Skanska, the project centered on the station’s cavernous 33rd Street corridor, improving circulation and access for more than 600,000 people who traverse the corridor daily.

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