Midtown

51-Story Luxury Residential Tower at 281 Fifth Avenue to Break Ground by 2016

6:00 am on April 22, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Lend Lease has purchased a stake at Victor Group’s planned residential development at 281 5th Avenue, in Midtown South, according to Crain’s Business. First brought to you by YIMBY last December, a 51-story, 140-unit mixed-use tower — to span 250,000 square feet and stand 750 feet — is planned for the 30th Street site. Although the size of Lend Lease’s stake is unknown, the project will total $400 million, and ground breaking is expected this year. Multiple existing low-rise structure must first be demolished, and the final design has not yet been revealed.

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Revealed: 217 West 57th Street, Official Renderings for World’s Future Tallest Residential Building

8:00 am on April 20, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

Last July, YIMBY obtained construction documents for the future Nordstrom Tower at 217 West 57th Street, and we translated the diagrams into renderings. And now, we have obtained official renderings created by the architect, depicting Midtown (and potentially, the Western Hemisphere’s) future tallest tower.

SL Green Planning New Four-Story Retail Building at 719 7th Avenue Near Times Square

3:00 pm on April 16, 2015 By Reid Wilson

SL Green Realty has filed applications for a four-story, 6,020 square-foot commercial building — rising 57 feet tall — at 719 7th Avenue, in Midtown’s Theater District. The job description states the building will be solely for retail, and will feature signage above the roof. TPG Architecture is designing, and the existing three-story building was approved for demolition back in December.

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Permits Filed to Convert 19th Century Flatiron Office Building to Condos at 287 Park Avenue South

4:30 pm on April 15, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Last fall, Chinese developer Cheerland Investments paid a whopping $129 million for the United Charities office building at 287 Park Avenue South, a nine-story Renaissance Revival structure built in 1892. An insider told the Wall Street Journal that it would be converted to condos, and earlier this week, permits were filed for a residential conversion that would add nine stories to the top.

Midtown East Townhouse Being Expanded to Accommodate 11 Residential Units at 323 E 53rd Street

2:00 pm on April 15, 2015 By Reid Wilson

An LLC has filed applications for a six-story, 11-unit residential building measuring 8,014 square feet at 323 East 53rd Street, in Midtown East. Technically the project would be an expansion of the existing four-story townhouse, but the new structure would have a total floor area greater than 100% of the existing building. Vail Associates is designing.

Landmarks Approves Residential Conversion Of 212 Fifth Avenue

8:00 am on April 15, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

212 Fifth Avenue will see new life as a residential building. On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved changes to the structure, which was originally constructed as an office building in 1913. The redevelopment of the building is being done by Building & Land Technology, Madison Equities and Thor Equities.

Skadden Signs 550,000 Square-Foot Lease at 1 Manhattan West

6:00 am on April 15, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The Real Deal reports that law firm Skadden has signed a 20-year lease for 550,000 square feet at Brookfield Property Partners’ 1 Manhattan West, located at 401 9th Avenue, on the West Side. Construction will begin immediately on the 69-story, 2.1-million square-foot office tower, and opening is scheduled for 2019.

First Look: Drawings and Floorplans Revealed for 514 West 24th Street, Designed by Roman and Williams

8:00 am on April 14, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

Back in September, YIMBY reported on the first permit filings for a new 10-story residential building at 514 West 24th Street, which Roman and Williams is designing. Now, we can reveal the first drawings and floorplans for the project, which is under development by JDS, and will soon rise next to the recently-completed 508 West 24th Street.

14-Story Affordable Housing Project Planned for 211 West 28th Street in Chelsea

6:00 am on April 13, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Arker Companies has plans to expand a six-story, 13,300 square-foot commercial building at 211 West 28th Street, in Chelsea, “into a roughly 24,600 square-foot affordable housing building,” The Real Deal reports.

Local Politicans Casting Shadows Over New York City’s Future

2:30 pm on April 10, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

The issue of shadows over Midtown had seemingly been settled over a century ago, with the construction of the neighborhood’s first skyscrapers, but many of the new trees in New York’s urban forest will stand a substantial height taller than the existing plateau. While critics have lurked in the background since the death of the original Torre Verre, they are once again out in full force, seeking new limitations on development due to “the shadows.”

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