Sunset Pier 94 Studios, Manhattan’s first purpose-built film and television production campus, has opened in Hell’s Kitchen. Designed by Gensler and developed by Vornado Realty Trust, Hudson Pacific Properties, and Blackstone Real Estate, the campus introduces a new production hub with 232,000 square feet of leasable space. The property is located to the west of Twelfth Avenue at West 54th Street.
A new rendering has been revealed for the hotel-to-residential conversion of 440 West 57th Street, a two-building complex in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. Designed by Isaac & Stern Architects and developed by Isaac Hera of Yellowstone, the project will involve a full re-cladding of the structures and will transform their 600 guest rooms into 316 condominium units. The development consists of a 17-story, 184-foot-tall tower along West 57th Street and an 11-story annex with frontage on West 56th Street, and originally opened in 1963 as a Holiday Inn. The property last operated as the Watson Hotel and is located between Ninth and Tenth Avenues.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 622 Eleventh Avenue, a 14-story residential building in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. Designed by S. Wieder Architect and developed by The Chess Builders, the structure yields 188 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 22 units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $74,778 to $140,000.
Construction is nearing completion on 537 West 59th Street, a nine-story homeless shelter in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. Designed by Dattner Architects and developed by The Hudson Companies and Project Renewal, a non-profit that offers housing and services for the homeless, the 98-foot-tall structure will yield 44,845 square feet of community facility space with 200 beds for single women in dorm-style rooms. The project with Broadway Builders as the construction company, will also include a 1,500-square-foot medical clinic, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) office space, an 800-square-foot commercial kitchen, a library, and programming space for social services and recreation. The property is located on an interior lot between Amsterdam and West End Avenues.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 404 West 50th Street in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. Located between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, the lot is one block west of the 50th Street subway station, served by the C and E trains. Benjamin Braka and 771 Ninth Property LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
