SL Green recently celebrated the commencement of construction at One Madison Avenue, a new 1.4-million-square-foot office building in the Flatiron District. The project entails the expansion and redevelopment of an existing 13-story structure into a 27-story Class A office building.
Permits have been filed for a 31-story hotel high rise at 32 West 48 Street in Midtown‘s Diamond District. Located between Rockefeller Plaza and Sixth Avenue, the interior lot is half a block east of the 47-50 Streets-Rockefeller Center subway station, serviced by the B, D, F, and M trains. Extell is listed as the owner behind the applications.
An Environmental Assessment Statement for 109 East 42nd Street in Midtown East reveals details for the proposed Project Commodore, a 1,646-foot-tall skyscraper on the site currently occupied by Grand Hyatt New York. Developed under the Commodore Owner LLC by RXR Realty and TF Cornerstone, the mixed-use supertall is designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Components include 2,108,820 square feet of office space, a smaller 500-room Grand Hyatt hotel, approximately 10,000 square feet open-air publicly accessible space, and 43,370 square feet of retail including some controlled by the MTA on the cellar, ground, and second floors.
Earlier this week, Fisher Brothers and Rockwell Group announced the completion of a major renovation project at 299 Park Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan. The $20 million project included the installation of the 60-foot-long Living Canvas, a digital LED display that changes throughout the day and gradually over time.
Façade installation is progressing on the 234-room Margaritaville Resort at 560 Seventh Avenue in Times Square. Designed by Stonehill Taylor and developed by Sharif El-Gamal of Soho Properties along with MHP Real Estate Services, the 375-foot-tall tower is now almost fully enclosed in its glass window wall, with just the upper-most floors remaining. The 29-story structure is located at the corner of Seventh Avenue and West 40th Street, one avenue to the east of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. The project is expected to cost around $300 million.
