Murray Hill

JDS Development’s 41- and 48-story residential towers planned at 626 First Avenue, on the East River in Murray Hill, are now rising quickly, per Curbed. Construction began nearly a year ago, and completion of the 800-rental-unit development is expected in 2017. SHoP Architects is designing, and façade installation has also begun closer to street level. A 38,000 square-foot park is planned to surround the base of the project.

Construction has made quick progress at 200 East 39th Street — located directly on Third Avenue — and the residential tower has now topped-out. SK Development and CBSK Ironstate are behind the project, and Rawlings is…

A tipster sent along the first rendering for 237 East 34th Street, which is about to give rise to a predominantly residential building. The site’s former occupant was a lecture hall used by Yeshiva University, and…

The first permits are up for a mixed-use development at 543 2nd Avenue, on the southwest corner of 30th Street. Marketing materials from The Lion Team contain renderings of the building, which appear to be…