58 West 39th Street Resumes Construction in Midtown, Manhattan 

The 20th-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is 58 West 39th Street, a 475-foot-tall hotel tower in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Marin Architects and developed by Wei Hong Hu of H Hotel LLC, the 42-story structure will yield 177 guest rooms and amenities including a restaurant and an outdoor bar. City Cross Construction Corp. is the general contractor for the property, which is located on a narrow plot between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, one block below Bryant Park.

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Columbia University’s 600 West 125th Street Nears Completion in Manhattanville, Manhattan

Construction is nearing the finish line on 600 West 125th Street, a 34-story tower on Columbia University‘s Manhattanville campus. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by the Trustees of Columbia University, the 403-foot-tall structure will span roughly 182,000 square feet and yield 142 residences for graduate students and faculty, as well as 5,000 square feet of retail space. LERA is the structural engineer, Thornton Tomasetti is the façade consultant, and Pavarini McGovern is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Broadway and West 125th Street, adjacent to the elevated 125th Street station serviced by the 1 train.

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7 Penn Plaza, via Google Maps

MarcumAsia to Expand Headquarters At 7 Penn Plaza In Chelsea, Manhattan

The Feil Organization has announced that multinational accounting and consulting services firm Marcum Asia CPAs LLP is expanding its headquarters at 7 Penn Plaza, an 18-story commercial building at 370 Seventh Avenue in Chelsea. The firm will add 8,851 square feet of office space to its existing footprint, bringing its total occupancy to 14,870 square feet on the eighth floor for the next decade.

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Housing Lottery Launches for 488 Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 488 Marcus Garvey Boulevard, a six-story residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by Richard Bienenfeld Architecture and developed by Seventh Street Development Group, the structure yields 18 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are six units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $80,572 to $165,230.

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