Midtown East

ODA’s 126 East 57th Street Begins Ascent in Midtown, Manhattan

8:00 am on January 2, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is rising on 126 East 57th Street, a 28-story residential building on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by ODA Architecture and developed by MRR Development under the MRR 1326 LLC, the 346-foot-tall structure will yield 147 condominium units with an average scope of 1,156 square feet, as well as 5,000 square feet of lower-level retail space. WSP USA is the engineer and Plaza Construction is the general contractor for the property, which is being constructed on an L-shaped parcel at the corner of East 56th Street and Lexington Avenue, with a narrow extension to East 57th Street.

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JPMorgan Chase’s Supertall Nears its Pinnacle at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan

8:00 am on December 31, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

The tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is JPMorgan Chase‘s 1,388-foot supertall headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners with Adamsom Associates as the architect of record and developed by Tishman Speyer, the 60-story skyscraper will yield 2.5 million square feet of office space with a capacity of 15,000 employees, and will become the tallest structure in New York completely powered by hydroelectric energy. AECOM Tishman is the general contractor for the full-block property, which is bound by East 48th Street to the north, East 47th Street to the south, Park Avenue to the east, and Madison Avenue to the west.

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"Constellations" Exhibit, by Alan Schindler Photography

‘Constellations’ Art Installation Unveiled at 425 Park Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan

7:00 am on December 9, 2023 By Max Gillespie

L&L Holding Company, in collaboration with renowned artist Anthony James and SPACE2CURATE, have unveiled “Constellations,” a sculpture installation at 425 Park Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan. Visible from Park Avenue and 55th Street, the work occupies a 5,000-square-foot glass-enclosed gallery at the southeast corner of the 897-foot-tall commercial skyscraper from Foster + Partners.

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Lever House Completes $100 Million Renovation At 390 Park Avenue In Midtown East, Manhattan

8:00 am on November 19, 2023 By Michael Young

Renovation work has concluded on Lever House, a landmarked 21-story International Style office tower at 390 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and developed by WatermanClark, Brookfield Properties, Higgins Quasebarth & Partners, Integrated Conservation Resources, and Integrated Conservation Contracting, the project involved an overhaul of the ground-floor pedestrian plaza, main lobby, and ventilation and sustainability systems of the 307-foot-tall, 71-year-old structure, as well as the construction of new amenity spaces. Marmol Radziner was the interior designer and Pavarini McGovern was the general contractor for the property, which is located along Park Avenue between East 53rd and 54th Streets.

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