Two Manhattan West Completes Construction in Midtown West, Manhattan

8:00 am on February 7, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Last week, Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Brookfield Properties announced the completion of Two Manhattan West, a 58-story commercial skyscraper in Midtown West. The 935-foot-tall structure yields 1.9 million square feet of office space and is the final component of the 7-million-square-foot Manhattan West complex, a $4.5 billion, five-building master plan more than 40 years in the making. R&R Scaffolding Ltd. supplied the BMUs and AECOM Tishman served as the general contractor for Two Manhattan West, which is located at the corner of Ninth Avenue and West 31st Street, between the James A. Farley Building to the east and Hudson Yards to the west.

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Render of Halo at 289-301 Washington Street, courtesy of INOA Architecture

Halo Tower 1 Tops Out At 289-301 Washington Street In Newark, New Jersey

7:30 am on February 7, 2024 By Max Gillespie

Construction has topped out on Halo 1, the shortest structure in a three-tower skyscraper development at 289-301 Washington Street in Newark, New Jersey. Designed by INOA Architecture and developed by Acier Holdings, the project will feature 42-, 52, and 53-story volumes standing between 454 and 573 feet tall, which will earn it the distinction of the tallest building in Newark. When complete, the development will yield 1,075 total apartments in a mix of studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom layouts, as well as a suite of amenities and a 343-vehicle parking garage. The property is located along Washington Street between Branford Place and William Street, on the southwestern edge of the city’s downtown.

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Housing Lottery Launches for 3001 Grand Concourse in Bedford Park, The Bronx

7:00 am on February 7, 2024 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 3001 Grand Concourse, a ten-story residential building in Bedford Park, The Bronx. Designed by Badaly Architects and developed by Arben Mitaj under the 3001 LLC, the structure yields 44 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 43 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $107,246 to $198,250.

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New York YIMBY’s 2023 Fourth-Quarter Construction Report Sets Record for New Building Filings

8:00 am on February 6, 2024 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

New construction permit numbers are in for the fourth quarter of 2023, and the figures are encouraging. From October through December, New York’s developers filed permits for 1,521 new buildings, the highest quarterly tally for the 2020s decade so far. The figure represents a 54-percent increase from the third-quarter permit count of 986. The total filed for floor area also increased significantly, rising from 18.3 million square feet in Q3 to 23.1 million square feet in Q4 (a 26-percent increase), as did the number of filed for residential and hotel units, which grew from 14,010 in Q3 to 16,396 in Q4 (a 17-percent increase). The charts and analyses below offer a detailed breakdown of the fourth quarter’s permit filings. The full list of quarterly filings, with detailed information on every project, is available with a subscription to YIMBY’s Building Wire.

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