Perkins Eastman

The Orchard’s Façade Begins Installation at 27-48 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens

At number six on our year-end countdown of the tallest buildings under construction in New York is The Orchard, an 811-foot-tall residential residential skyscraper at 27-48 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by BLDG Management Company under the Building Orchard LLC, the 69-story structure will span 635,000 square feet and yield 824 rental units with nearly 200 designated as affordable housing, as well as 13,000 square feet of retail space, 100,000 square feet of amenities, and a two-story parking garage with 207 spaces. Triton Construction Company is the general contractor for the project, which is alternately addressed as 43-01 Queens Street and 42-02 Orchard Street and occupies a full city block along Jackson Avenue between Queens and Orchard Streets.

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30-Story Medical Office Tower Continues Ascent at 1522 First Avenue On Manhattan’s Upper East Side

The 26th-tallest building on our annual year-end construction countdown is 1522 First Avenue, a 30-story medical office building rising in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Extell Development Company, the 449-foot-tall structure will yield 400,000 square feet of Class A office space and retail space on the ground floor and cellar levels. The Hospital for Special Surgery will serve as the anchor tenant, occupying 200,000 square feet across the first eight stories of the building. Ancora Engineering is the engineer of record and Lendlease is the general contractor for the project, which is alternately addressed as 403 East 79th Street and located between East 79th and 80th Streets.

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Foundations Take Shape for KIPP NYC Charter School at 75 Canal Street West in Mott Haven, The Bronx

Foundation work continues at 75 Canal Street West, the site of a seven-story, 1,400-seat charter school in Mott Haven, The Bronx. Designed by Perkins Eastman, the 70-foot-tall ground-up project will span 150,000 square feet for the KIPP NYC network of public charter schools located across The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. KIPP purchased the property, which is bound by Canal Street West, Park Avenue, and East 138th Street, for $21.7 million in the summer of 2021.

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1522 First Avenue Rises Above Street Level on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

Construction is rising on 1522 First Avenue, a 30-story medical office building in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Extell Development Company, the structure will yield 400,000 square feet of Class A office space and retail space on the ground floor and cellar levels. The Hospital for Special Surgery has signed on as the anchor tenant and will occupy 200,000 square feet across the first eight stories of the building. Ancora Engineering is the engineer of record and Lendlease is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 403 East 79th Street and located between East 79th and 80th Streets.

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Superstructure Work Moves Ahead For The Orchard At 27-48 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens

Work is steadily rising vertically at 27-48 Jackson Avenue, aka The Orchard, the site of a 69-story residential skyscraper that will become the future tallest structure in Long Island City and in all of Queens. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Building Orchard LLC, the 811-foot-tall tower yield 635,000 square feet with 818 residential units, 11,700 square feet of retail space, and a two-story parking garage in the podium. Triton Construction Company is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 43-01 Queens Street and occupies a full city block along Jackson Avenue between Queens and Orchard Streets.

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