Aerial rendering of the New York City Public Health Laboratory 40 West 137th Street - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

SOM’s NYC Public Health Laboratory Building Tops Out at 40 West 137th Street in Harlem, Manhattan

7:30 am on September 27, 2023 By Sebastian Morris

Construction has topped out at 40 West 137th Street, site of the new NYC Public Health Laboratory building in Harlem. The facility broke ground in 2022 and will create new facilities for specialized medical training, a 200-seat community auditorium, and the walk-in Harlem Express STI screening facility.

Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the ten-story building comprises roughly 240,000 square feet and is expected to achieve LEED Silver certification. Renderings of the property illustrate a stepped glass volume that slowly cantilevers out above a masonry-clad podium. A void between the two will include an outdoor podium with seating and planters.

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Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for 1073 Tiffany Street in Longwood, The Bronx

7:00 am on September 27, 2023 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1073 Tiffany Street, a four-story residential building in Longwood, The Bronx. Designed by Node Architecture, Engineering, Consulting PC, the structure yields 430 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 14 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $99,086 to $146,900.

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New Renderings Revealed For Giorgio Armani Residences At 760 Madison Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

8:00 am on September 26, 2023 By Michael Young

New renderings have been revealed for The Giorgio Armani Residences, a 12-story mixed-use building under construction at 760 Madison Avenue in the Lenox Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by COOKFOX and developed by SL Green Realty in a collaborative partnership with Giorgio Armani Corp., the topped-out 189-foot-tall structure will yield 91,179 square feet with ten condominium units and a 19,387-square-foot Giorgio Armani flagship boutique. Leeding Builders Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Madison Avenue and East 65th Street.

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Earthwork Begins At 164 4th Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn

7:30 am on September 26, 2023 By Michael Young

Earthwork is getting underway at 164 4th Avenue, the site of a 17-story residential building in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by SBLM Architects and developed by JLL Capital Markets, the 142,000-square-foot structure will yield 160 rental apartments with 30 percent designated as affordable housing, as well as 12,391 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. ECD NY, Inc. is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of 4th Avenue and Douglass Street.

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