Financial District

The Greenwich Nears Completion at 125 Greenwich Street in Financial District, Manhattan

At number five on our year-end countdown of the tallest construction projects in New York is The Greenwich by Rafael Viñoly, a 912-foot-tall residential skyscraper at 125 Greenwich Street in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects and developed by Fortress Investment Group, Bilgili, and Bizzi & Partners, the 88-story structure will yield 272 condominium units in studio to three-bedroom layouts. The property is located at the corner of Greenwich and Thames Streets, just south of Liberty Park and the World Trade Center complex.

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Photograph of Historic Front Street, via the Durst Organization

New Bar Opens At 36 Peck Slip Within Historic Front Street In Financial District, Manhattan

Peck Slip Social, a new whiskey-forward bar and social space, has opened at 36 Peck Slip within Historic Front Street in Manhattan’s Financial District. The 2,100-square-foot bar was cofounded by longtime Seaport residents and partners Alex Davis and Learan Kahanov, and designed to capture the spirit of the local community. It will join a variety of retail and food businesses within Historic Front Street.

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7 Platt Street’s Façade Progresses in Financial District, Manhattan

The 23rd-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is 7 Platt Street, a 464-foot-tall mixed-use building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by The Moinian Group, the 37-story structure will span 250,000 square feet and yield 250 rental apartments in studio- to two-bedroom layouts, including a penthouse residences with an accompanying penthouse lounge, interiors by Fogarty Finger, as well as 43,740 square feet of retail space on the first five stories and 34 below-grade parking spaces. AECOM is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 110 John Street and located on an interior lot bound by John Street to the north and Platt Street to the south.

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Photograph of 195 Broadway. Credit: Alan Schindler

Brooks Brothers to Open Flagship Store at 195 Broadway in Financial District, Manhattan

Brooks Brothers is set to open a new flagship store at 195 Broadway, a 29-story Neoclassical building in Manhattan’s Financial District, marking a return to the neighborhood where the clothing retailer was established over two centuries ago. The store will occupy 9,871 square feet across the ground floor and cellar levels of the building, which is owned by L&L Holding Company and located between Fulton and Dey Streets.

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