51 Irving Place, a rental building located in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, recently unveiled a rebrand to Anagram Gramercy. The seven-story building, which was built in 1969, is currently managed by Global Holdings. It is the third residential property under Global’s Anagram brand, with more planned for the future.
Excavation work is moving along steadily at 509 West 48th Street, the site of an eight-story residential building in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. Designed by S9 Architecture and Engineering and developed by Douglaston Development under the West 48 Owner LLC, the 77-foot-tall structure will span 131,720 square feet and yield 158 rental units with an average scope of 795 square feet, as well as a 6,026-square-foot affordable rehearsal and coworking space for artists operated by the non-profit IndieSpace on the ground floor, and a public open space designed and maintained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The project is alternately addressed as 705 Tenth Avenue and is being constructed over active rail tracks on a plot bound by Tenth Avenue, West 48th, and West 49th Streets.
Excavation and pilings are underway for Lirio, a nine-story all-affordable housing building at 364 West 54th Street in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by The Hudson Companies in collaboration with Housing Works, and supported by the New York City Department of Housing and Preservation and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), the structure will yield 112 permanently affordable units, nearly 30,000 square feet of office space for the MTA, and ground-floor retail space along Ninth Avenue. The property is alternately addressed as 806 Ninth Avenue and is situated at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and West 54th Street.
Demolition preparations are underway for a redesigned Louis Vuitton flagship store and office building at 1 East 57th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. Developed by parent company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, which recently completed a similar renovation and expansion of the Tiffany & Co. flagship across 57th Street at 720 Fifth Avenue, the project could potentially increase the scope of Louis Vuitton’s 20-story structure to more than double its current size, from 91,060 to 230,000 square feet. The property is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street along Billionaires’ Row.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez recently released a request for proposal to redesign Park Avenue between East 46th and East 57th Streets in Midtown East, Manhattan. The plan aims to create a more pedestrian-friendly space by adding greenery, seating, concessions, and safer crossings.
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