Silverstein Properties Unveils Scale Models of 2 and 5 World Trade Center Skyscrapers in Financial District, Manhattan

Developer Silverstein Properties recently debuted a series of architectural models to preview the latest designs of 2 and 5 World Trade Center in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, 2 World Trade Center is planned to rise 80 stories and 1,348 feet tall, just 20 feet shorter than the roof height of 1 World Trade Center, and will yield office space. Kohn Pedersen Fox is the designer for 5 World Trade Center, a residential skyscraper co-developed by Brookfield Properties with a planned height of 920 feet. The 2 World Trade Center plot is located within the original 16-acre World Trade Center complex bound by Vesey, Fulton, Greenwich, and Church Streets. The 5 World Trade Center site is located to the south of Liberty Park and bound by Greenwich, Albany, and Washington Streets.

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75 Gerry Street Remains on Hold in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Construction is on hold at 75 Gerry Street, a five-story school expansion project in the Broadway Triangle section of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Permits by UTA/BRHS Oholei Shloima posted on site from the end of May call for a horizontal and vertical extension of the abutting five-story Bais Rochel High School for girls, originally designed by Mark Mariscal and completed in 2015. The property is alternately addressed as 177 Harrison Avenue and is located near the intersection of Gerry Street and Harrison Avenue.

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Rendering of Hoboken Point. Credit: CetraRuddy

Hoboken Point Celebrates Grand Opening At 100 Harbor Boulevard In Weehawken, New Jersey

Hoboken Point, a 15-story two-tower residential development, recently celebrated its grand opening at 100 Harbor Boulevard in the Lincoln Harbor section of Weehawken, New Jersey. Designed by CetraRuddy and developed by Hartz Mountain Industries, the complex yields 262 units in studio to two-bedroom-plus-den layouts. The property is located between Park Avenue and the Hudson River.

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758-760 Metropolitan Avenue Stands Topped Out in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Construction has topped out on 758-760 Metropolitan Avenue, a six-story mixed-use building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by New York Design Architects, LLP for Brooklyn Boyz Developers LLC, the 70-foot-tall structure will yield ten residential units with an average scope of 860 square feet, as well as 4,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a 35-foot-long rear yard. The property will be split into two separate addresses and is situated on an interior lot between Humboldt Street to the east and Graham Avenue to the west.

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