East Side Access Project’s Grand Central Madison Station Opens in Midtown East, Manhattan

8:00 am on February 1, 2023 By Michael Young

A infrastructure project more than a half century in the making has finally reached the finish line with last week’s official opening of the Grand Central Madison station, the centerpiece of the $11.1 billion East Side Access plan to bring Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Terminal in Midtown East. Multiple companies designed, engineered, and collaborated on the project and include AECOM and Jacobs as project managers; WSP as a managing partner of a three-firm joint venture that includes STV and Parsons; Tutor Perini Corporation; Dragados; Judlau Contracting; Skanska; Michels; Comstock; Halmar International; Schiavone; Piccone; Five Star; Yonkers Electric; Tully Environmental; and EJ Electric. The new terminal sits 150 feet below the existing Grand Central facility, along Vanderbilt Avenue between East 43rd and East 48th Streets. The first ceremonial train ran from the Jamaica station in Queens and arrived at the Grand Central Madison station on January 25 at 11:07 a.m.

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Daytime rendering of the Neumann Leathers redevlopment - Courtesy Nastasi Architects

Proposals Reveal New Plans to Redevelop the Neumann Leathers Industrial Warehouse at 300 Observer Highway in Hoboken, New Jersey

7:30 am on February 1, 2023 By Sebastian Morris

Proposals to redevelop and expand the historic Neumann Lathers Industrial Warehouse at 300 Observer Highway in Hoboken, New Jersey, are again under review by local officials. Initial plans to redevelop the property into a mixed-use commercial hub date back to 2015, but have failed to gain approval from the city and support from community leaders.

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Permits Filed for a 22-Story Tower at 370 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn

7:00 am on February 1, 2023 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for a 22-story mixed-use building at 370 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Located at the southwest corner of Livingston Street and Flatbush Avenue, the lot is one block south of the Nevins Street subway station, serviced by the 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains. Yitzchok Katz of Developing NY State is listed as the owner behind the applications, and is also responsible for 362 Livingston Street, the adjacent 15-story residential building.

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Excavation Underway for Riverwalk 9 at 430 Main Street on Roosevelt Island

8:00 am on January 31, 2023 By Michael Young

Excavation is progressing for Riverwalk 9, a 28-story residential building at 430 Main Street on Roosevelt Island. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Related Companies and The Hudson Companies, the 305-foot tall, 292,865-square foot structure will yield 253 market-rate rental apartments in studio to three-bedroom layouts, with 104 units reserved for employees of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), as well as 3,700 square feet of ground-floor office space for the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. Monadnock Construction is the general contractor for the project, the final component of the Riverwalk master plan, located along Main Street just east of the Riverwalk Commons green lawn.

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