Midtown

450 Eleventh Avenue’s Façade Quickly Takes Shape in Hudson Yards, Manhattan

8:00 am on July 10, 2023 By Michael Young

Façade installation is moving along quickly on 450 Eleventh Avenue, a 51-story hotel skyscraper in Hudson Yards. Designed by DSM Design Group and developed by Marx Development Group, the 642-foot-tall structure will house a 379-room Aloft hotel with a business center, a ballroom, and a fourth-floor restaurant with a bar and outdoor terrace. Atria Builders is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of West 37th Street and Eleventh Avenue, directly across from the Jacob K. Javits Center.

125 West 57th Street Steadily Rises Along Billionaire’s Row in Midtown, Manhattan

8:00 am on July 9, 2023 By Michael Young

Construction is rising on 125 West 57th Street, a 26-story commercial building along Billionaires’ Row in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners and Cain International, the 440-foot-tall structure will yield 185,000 square feet of Class A office space and a ground-floor home for the Calvary Baptist Church, which has operated on the site since 1883. Leading Builders Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located on an interior lot between Sixth and Seventh Avenues between Christian de Portzamparc‘s One57 and SHoP Architects‘ 111 West 57th Street.

Savoy Club Amenities Debut at the General Motors Building in Midtown, Manhattan

7:00 am on July 9, 2023 By Sebastian Morris

The General Motors Building in Midtown, Manhattan is now home to the Savoy Club, an amenity suite designed by Fogarty Finger. Located at 767 Fifth Avenue, the historic commercial building comprises 2 million square feet and overlooks Central Park.

High Line – Moynihan Connector Opens To The Public in Midtown West, Manhattan

8:00 am on July 8, 2023 By Michael Young

Construction is finished on the High Line – Moynihan Connector, an L-shaped 600-foot-long extension of the 1.5-mile High Line linking the popular elevated green park with the five-building Manhattan West complex in Midtown West. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and James Corner Field Operations and developed in a public-private partnership between Empire State Development (ESD), Friends of the High Line, and Brookfield Properties, the $50 million project is composed of two ADA-accessible bridges that provide a safer and easier means of access to Moynihan Train Hall and Penn Station. Turner Construction Company was the general contractor for the walkway, which runs along West 30th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues and turns to the north at Dyer Avenue to connect to the elevated southwestern corner of the Manhattan West plaza above West 31st Street.

Excavation Progresses for Rolex Headquarters at 665 Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan

8:00 am on July 5, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Excavation is progressing for Rolex’s new 28-story headquarters at 665 Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by David Chipperfield Architects with Adamson Associates as the architect of record and developed by the Rolex Realty Company, the 469-foot-tall structure will yield 199,000 square feet of office and retail space for the world-famous watchmaker. Pavarini McGovern is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 53rd Street.

Housing Lottery Launches for 24 Studios at The Biltmore in Midtown, Manhattan

6:30 am on July 4, 2023 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Biltmore, a 53-story residential building at 271 West 47th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron in 2003, the structure yields 464 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 24 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $101,486 to $146,900.

Two Manhattan West Completes Construction in Midtown West, Manhattan

8:00 am on July 3, 2023 By Michael Young

Construction is complete on Two Manhattan West, a 58-story commercial skyscraper in Midtown West. Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and developed by Brookfield, the 935-foot-tall structure is the final component in the five-building Manhattan West master plan and yields 1.9 million square feet of office space directly to the south of its 996-foot supertall fraternal twin, One Manhattan West. W&W Glass is the facade contractor and AECOM Tishman was the general contractor for the Midtown, Manhattan project, which is located at the northwest corner of West 31st Street and Ninth Avenue, between Hudson Yards to the west and the James A. Farley Building to the immediate east.

1,046-Key Hilton Readies for Grand Opening at 150 West 48th Street in Times Square, Manhattan

8:00 am on July 2, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is wrapping up on 150 West 48th Street, a 38-story triple-brand Hilton hotel tower in Times Square. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect and developed by Sam Chang of McSam Hotel Group, the 418-foot-tall, 320,000-square-foot structure will yield 1,046 hotel rooms across the Hampton Inn, Home 2 Suites, and Motto Hotel, Hilton’s newest brand of micro-hotels. McSam Hotel Group purchased the Midtown site for $140 million from Rockefeller Group in early 2019 and received a $250 million loan before construction broke ground the following year. Omnibuild was the general contractor for the project, which is located by the corner of West 48th Street and Seventh Avenue.

TSX Broadway’s Tempo by Hilton Prepares For Late-Summer Opening at 1568 Broadway in Times Square, Manhattan

8:00 am on June 27, 2023 By Michael Young

Construction on TSX Broadway, a 47-story hotel tower at 1568 Broadway in Times Square, reached a milestone as crews turned on TSX Entertainment’s 18,000-square-foot podium LED display. Designed by Perkins Eastman and Mancini Duffy and developed by L&L Holding Company and Fortress Investment Group, the 550,000-square-foot structure will yield 661 hotel rooms operated by Tempo by Hilton, as well as 100,000 square feet of retail space on the lower levels and Times Square’s only cantilevering outdoor performance stage. Positioned above the new retail space is the historic Palace Theater, which was renovated by PBDW Architects and lifted 30 feet above street level in early 2022. Pavarini McGovern is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Seventh Avenue and West 47th Street.

Silverstein Properties and Parx Casino Reveal The Avenir at 514 Eleventh Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan

8:00 am on June 24, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

A new set of renderings has been revealed for The Avenir, Silverstein Properties and Parx Casino’s bid for a 1.8-million-square-foot hotel, gaming, entertainment, and residential complex at 514 Eleventh Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Steelman Partners and CetraRuddy, the 46-story two-tower complex will yield 1,000 guests rooms, more than 100 affordable housing units reserved for New Yorkers, 12 full-service restaurants, an elevated 1,000-seat performance hall, and an eight-story, 600,000-square-foot podium. The project aims to create 4,000 union construction jobs, over 5,500 permanent union jobs, and billions of dollars in economic development for the state and city. The property, owned by Silverstein since 1984 and alternatively addressed as 520 West 41st Street, spans a full block between West 40th and West 41st Streets and Eleventh and Galvin Avenues, just north of the Jacob K. Javits Center. The plot has sat vacant for the last eight years, and the development team expects the project to be shovel ready upon approval.

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