The Maybury Wraps Up Construction At 550 Tenth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan

8:00 am on December 15, 2024 By Michael Young

At number 17 on our year-end countdown of the tallest buildings under construction in New York is The Maybury, a 520-foot-tall residential skyscraper wrapping up work at 550 Tenth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Gotham Organization and Goldman Sachs Asset Management JV, the 47-story structure spans 430,000 square feet and yields 453 rental units, with 137 reserved for affordable housing, as well as 9,000 square feet of lower-level retail space, over 20,000 square feet of amenities, and 26,764 square feet of administrative office space for Covenant House. GO Covenant LLC is the owner of the property, which is located along Tenth Avenue between West 40th and 41st Streets.

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Demolition Prep Underway at 1655 First Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

7:30 am on December 15, 2024 By Michael Young

Demolition preparations are underway at 1655 First Avenue, the site of a forthcoming 23-story residential building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by S. Weedier Architect for Cheskel Schwimmer of Chess Builders LLC, the 235-foot-tall structure will span 145,086 square feet and yield 99 condominium units with an average scope of 1,419 square feet, as well as 4,543 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, a cellar level, and a 30-foot-long rear yard. The property sits at the corner of First Avenue and East 86th Street.

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Rendering of 1169 River Avenue, an affordable housing project resulting in remediation efforts from the Office of Environmental Remediation - via via NYC Housing Connect

Office Of Environmental Remediation Announces 165 Acres Of Cleaned Land Resulting In 28,000 New Housing Units

7:00 am on December 15, 2024 By Max Gillespie

The New York City Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) recently announced that it has successfully cleaned 165 acres of contaminated land across the city since the start of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration. The remediated land has been redeveloped into various new uses, including 28,000 units of housing (12,000 of which are affordable), 16 new schools, 2.9 million square feet of community space, and 6.1 million square feet of commercial space.

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625 Fulton Street’s Exterior Nears Completion in Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on December 14, 2024 By Michael Young

The 18th-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is 625 Fulton Street, a 500-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Fischer Rasmussen Whitefield Architects and developed by Rabsky Group with $450 million in construction financing from Madison Realty Capital, the 35-story structure will yield 1,098 rental units, 26,000 square feet of lower-level retail space, and an on-site parking garage for 250 vehicles. The property is alternately addressed as 485 Hudson Avenue and bound by the 34-story 80 Dekalb Avenue to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Rockwell Place to the east, and Hudson Avenue to the west.

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