Exterior work is progressing on 255 West 34th Street, a 33-story hotel tower on the southern edge of the Garment District in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Stonehill Taylor and developed by Maverick Real Estate Partners, the 397-foot-tall structure was last planned to yield 330 guest rooms spread across 155,594 square feet. The property is located on an interior lot between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.
Construction is nearing completion on Starline Tower, a 28-story residential building at 250 West 49th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by S. Weider Architect and developed by Chess Builders, the structure will yield 138 rental units, with 42 dedicated to affordable housing. The project will also include 2,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property is located on an interior lot near the corner of Eighth Avenue and West 49th Street.
Professional services company Turner & Townsend has signed a 12-year lease for 24,394 square feet at 100 Park Avenue, a 36-story office tower in Midtown, Manhattan. The lease covers the entire sixth floor of the 905,000-square-foot building, bringing it to full occupancy. The property is located between East 40th and 41st Streets.
Construction is nearing completion on Malabar Residences, a 28-story residential tower at 126 East 57th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by ODA Architecture and developed by MRR Development, the 346-foot-tall structure will span 140,806 square feet of residential space split into 145 condominium units averaging 971 square feet. The project will also include two lower-level retail spaces spanning 4,114 square feet, and accompanying amenities. The property is located at the corner of East 56th Street and Lexington Avenue with a narrow panhandle extension to East 57th Street.
Renovation work is moving along on 383 Madison Avenue, a 47-story office skyscraper in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill along with Foster + Partners and Gensler, the project will re-clad the 755-foot-tall structure’s façade and revamp its 1.2 million square feet of office space to serve the banking investment division of JPMorgan Chase. Formerly known as the Bear Stearns Building, the tower was originally designed by David Childs of SOM and completed in 2001. The property is bounded by Madison and Vanderbilt Avenues and East 46th and East 47th Streets, and stands directly south of the financial institution’s recently completed headquarters at 270 Park Avenue.
