Lower East Side

New Museum at 235 Bowery, Rendering via OMA Instagram

Façade Installation Begins on New Museum’s Expansion on Manhattan’s Lower East Side

8:00 am on May 5, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Façade installation is underway on the New Museum‘s seven-story expansion at 231 Bowery in the Bowery section of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. PG New York is fabricating and installing four distinct corrugated metal panel types and ACM panels on the North and South façades. Designed by Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu of OMA along with Cooper Robertson & Partners, the 174-foot-tall annex stands directly south of the SANAA-designed main building, which was completed in 2007. The 60,000-square-foot addition connects laterally to the original structure and will more than double the institution’s footprint to 115,277 square feet. The new building will contain three gallery floors, an 80-seat restaurant, a larger bookstore, and offices for staff, among other spaces. The property is located at the intersection of Bowery and Prince Street.

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Permits Filed for 71 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan

6:30 am on May 4, 2025 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed to expand a two-story commercial structure into a six-story mixed-use building at 71 Eldridge Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Located between Grand Street and Hester Street, the lot is near the Grand Street subway station, served by the B and D trains. Jingling Tang of 90 Ludlow Real Estate LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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Rendering of 222 LES Tower + Lofts. Credit: Binyan Studios

222 LES Tower + Lofts Reaches Completion at 222 East Broadway on Manhattan’s Lower East Side

7:00 am on January 28, 2025 By Max Gillespie

Construction is complete on 222 LES Tower + Lofts, a condominium project at 222 East Broadway on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Developed by Optimum Asset Management and designed by SLCE Architects in collaboration with S4 Architecture, the property integrates a new 28-story tower with a renovated 11-story landmarked loft building, and yields 70 condominiums in total. The project relaunched its marketing late last year from 222 East Broadway to 222 LES Tower + Lofts, and closings have recently begun. The property is located at the corner of East Broadway and Clinton Street.

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330 Grand Street Completes Construction on Manhattan’s Lower East Side

7:30 am on January 7, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is complete on 330 Grand Street, a six-story condominium building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Designed by Kurv Architecture D.P.C. and developed by Sheryl Hempel under the 330 Grannd LLC with Prosper Property Group, the 11,125-square-foot structure yields 12 units in one- to two-bedroom layouts. Team Fernandez of SERHANT. New Development is in charge of sales and marketing for the property, which is situated on an interior lot by the intersection of Grand and Ludlow Streets.

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Housing Lottery Launches for ANCP Cluster in Alphabet City, Manhattan

7:00 am on January 2, 2025 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for three gut-renovated buildings at 406 East 10th Street, 533 East 11th Street, and 195 Avenue C in the Alphabet City section of Manhattan’s East Village. Developed by Affordable Neighborhood Cooperative Program of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, occupancy is anticipated for summer-fall of 2025. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 21 units for residents at 110 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $83,016 to $211,860.

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