Rockefeller Group and the Rockwell Group have submitted a proposal to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) for alterations at 10 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown, Manhattan. Assembled by SLCE Architects, the application details a redesign of the building’s 48th Street entryway, as part of an adaptive reuse effort converting portions of the structure into a hotel.
An updated rendering has been revealed for The Myles, a 13-story residential building at 142 West 21st Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by BKSK Architects and developed by Grid Group, the 135-foot-tall structure will span 61,256 square feet and yield 22 condominium units with an average scope of 2,756 square feet. The project will also include 6,311 square feet of space in the cellar level for underground parking with 11 spaces, the first floor containing 5 parking spots, and a rear yard composed of 15-foot long spaces attached to residences across the second and third-floor units. The property is located on an interior lot between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Andrea, a 13-story mixed-use residential at 280 Eighth Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Red Apple Group under the RA 280 Development LLC, the structure yields 104 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 26 units for residents at 40 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $38,400 to $227,500.
Vanderbilt University has received approval for academic programming from the New York Board of Regents, marking the final approval necessary in the creation of its campus in the Chelsea, Manhattan. The new Vanderbilt University–New York City campus, the university’s first outside of Nashville, will span 2.7 acres and include 13 buildings covering nearly a full city block bounded by Ninth and Tenth Avenues and West 20th to West 21st Streets. Academic programming is set to begin in fall 2026.
Excavation is moving along at 570 Fifth Avenue, the site of a 32-story commercial skyscraper on the eastern edge of the Diamond District in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Extell, the 567-foot-tall structure will yield nearly 1.1 million square feet, with the majority devoted to Class A office space. The project will also contain retail space on floors one and two, an 80,000-square-foot flagship store for IKEA on the first two cellar levels, as well as a gym, swimming pool, basketball court, and juice bar on the third and fourth below-grade stories. The development is located between West 46th and 47th Streets.
