45 Park Place Topping Out at 667 Feet Tall, in Tribeca

8:00 am on July 8, 2019 By Michael Young

Vertical construction at 45 Park Place is coming to a close, as workers appear to have reached the top floors of the stepped, reinforced concrete superstructure. The 667-foot-tall residential skyscraper, which is located along the border of Tribeca and the Financial District, is being designed by SOMA Architects with Ismael Leyva Architects serving as the executive and residential architect. Sharif el-Gamal of Soho Properties is the developer of the 43-story property. Sales of the units, which feature interiors designed by Piero Lissoni, are being handled by Corcoran Sunshine.

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Rendering of 420 Gates Avenue - Z Architecture

Z Architecture Unveils New Renderings of 420 Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

7:00 am on July 8, 2019 By Sebastian Morris

Design firm Z Architecture has unveiled new renderings of its mixed-use residential development underway at 420 Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. From developer Igal Reihanian of Tower Real Estate Investments, the property will eventually yield 44 apartment units, 7,000 square feet of lower-level community facilities, and a 22-vehicle parking garage.

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Sculptural Window Installation Continues at Thomas Heatherwick’s 515 West 18th Street in Chelsea

8:00 am on July 7, 2019 By Michael Young

The bubbling and bulging sculptural windows of 515 West 18th Street in Chelsea are making their way toward the tops of the new pair of residential buildings. The reinforced concrete structures, which straddle the High Line, are designed by Thomas Heatherwick of Heatherwick Studio and developed by Related Companies. The entire site takes up the eastern half of the parcel of land along Tenth Avenue between West 18th Street and West 19th Street. The taller, 22-story sibling on the western end of the property recently topped out across from the shorter, ten-story component. Both will eventually be enclosed with the same architectural curtain wall of gray-colored bricks and bulbous bay windows. SLCE Architects is the executive architect of the project.

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