Façade installation is progressing on Lucien, a 35-story residential tower at 303 East 44th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by ODA Architects and developed by Bruklyn Builders, the 470-foot-tall structure will span 89,043 square feet and yield 131 rental units along with 8,006 square feet of commercial space. The property is located on an interior lot between First and Second Avenues.
Work is progressing on the office-to-residential conversion of 750 Third Avenue, a 34-story tower in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Gensler and developed by SL Green Realty, the $805 million project will span 761,384 square and yield 639 rental units. The building will also contain ground-floor retail and a collection of amenities. The property is bounded by Third Avenue and East 46th and East 47th Streets.
Construction has broken ground on Chelsea Beacon, a residential conversion and expansion of the former Bayview Correctional Facility at 550 West 20th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by COOKFOX Architects and developed by a joint venture between Camber Property Group and the Osborne Association, the $167 project will span approximately 100,000 square feet and yield up to 131 permanently affordable rental units. The development will also include a 15-unit short-term transitional residence for individuals with mental health needs, 9,300 square feet of community facility space, and a ninth-floor outdoor terrace. The property is located at the southeast corner of West 20th Street and Eleventh Avenue, directly across from Chelsea Piers.
An updated design has been unveiled for the redesign an 11-block streetscape transformation of Park Avenue spanning East 46th to East 57th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. Led by the New York City Department of Transportation and designed by Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners, in collaboration with Thornton Tomasetti and TYLin, the project will expand the avenue’s medians, add pedestrian space, seating, and landscaping, and convert an existing southbound vehicle travel lane into a two-way protected bike lane. The revised plan would remove one travel lane in each direction and repurpose one additional southbound lane for the protected bike lane, while new crosswalks will connect the medians along the corridor. The project area sits directly above the Grand Central Terminal train shed, between Grand Central Terminal and the foot of East 57th Street.
Construction is finished on the modernization of 360 Lexington Avenue, a 24-story office building in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by MdeAS Architects and developed by AmTrustRE, the project refreshed the 268,000-square-foot structure with a redesigned ground-floor storefront and entry, an eighth-floor amenity clubhouse, a fitness suite, and pre-built suites. The property is located between East 40th and 41st Streets.
