Financial District

Photograph of Historic Front Street, via the Durst Organization

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

6:30 am on December 22, 2024 By Max Gillespie

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.

7 Platt Street. Designed by Hill West Architects.

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

8:00 am on December 9, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

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.

Saker Aviation to Unveil New Downtown Heliport Plan on Monday

6:30 am on December 9, 2024 By Vanessa Londono

The Downtown Manhattan Heliport may be receiving a big overhaul in use and design. Located at 6 East River Piers in Downtown Manhattan‘s Financial District, the pier which comprises of nearly two acres of tarmac is mainly used for helicopter tourism. It is one of three public-use heliports, the other two are at West 30th Street and East 34th Street.

Photograph of 195 Broadway. Credit: Alan Schindler

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

7:30 am on December 6, 2024 By Max Gillespie

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.

Preliminary rendering of 111 Washington Street, formerly 8 Carlisle Street

111 Washington Street Skyscraper Put On Hold in Financial District, Manhattan

8:00 am on November 28, 2024 By Michael Young

The next building on our Turkey Week rundown of stalled projects is 111 Washington Street, a 64-story residential skyscraper in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Carlisle New York Apartments and Grubb Properties, which closed on a $48 million loan for the project last summer, the 820-foot-tall structure will span 326,221 square feet and yield 462 residential units, 7,000 square feet of commercial space, and a 60-foot-long rear yard. The property is alternately addressed as 8 Carlisle Street and located at the corner of Washington and Carlisle Streets, south of the nearby World Trade Center complex.

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