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Lumen LIC Nears Completion at 23-15 44th Road in Long Island City, Queens

8:00 am on December 22, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Kicking off the top ten on our annual countdown of the tallest buildings under construction in New York is Lumen LIC, a 754-foot-tall residential skyscraper at 23-15 44th Road in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by FSA Capital, the 66-story structure will span 855,400 square feet and yield 921 rental units with an average scope of 910 square feet, as well as lower-level office space and 17,400 square feet of ground-floor retail. The residential inventory is planned to include 282 affordable housing units. The property is alternately addressed as 43-30 24th Street and located along 44th Road between 23rd and 24th Streets.

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1110 Manhattan Avenue’s Exterior Progresses in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

7:30 am on December 22, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is progressing on 1110 Manhattan Avenue, a six-story residential building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by ARC Architecture + Design Studio and developed by Nadav Ohana under the 1110 Manhattan Group LLC, the structure will yield six condominium units and is located on a narrow 3,750-square foot interior lot between Clay and Dupont Streets.

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Tishman Speyer to Begin Work on All-Affordable Residential Community at 160 Van Cortlandt Park South in Kingsbridge, The Bronx

7:00 am on December 22, 2024 By Vanessa Londono

Tishman Speyer’s TS Communities will bring a fully-affordable residential building to 160 Van Cortlandt Park South in Kingsbridge, The Bronx. TS Communities recently announced it has secured financing and will begin construction in January on the eight-story development designed by Aufgang Architects. The development will be built to Enterprise Green sustainable design standards.

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Photograph of Historic Front Street, via the Durst Organization

New Bar Opens At 36 Peck Slip Within Historic Front Street In Financial District, Manhattan

6:30 am on December 22, 2024 By Max Gillespie

Peck Slip Social, a new whiskey-forward bar and social space, has opened at 36 Peck Slip within Historic Front Street in Manhattan’s Financial District. The 2,100-square-foot bar was cofounded by longtime Seaport residents and partners Alex Davis and Learan Kahanov, and designed to capture the spirit of the local community. It will join a variety of retail and food businesses within Historic Front Street.

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Rendering of 12 West 57th Street by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Demolition Concludes for SOM-Designed Skyscraper at 12 West 57th Street in Midtown, Manhattan

8:00 am on December 21, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

At number 11 on our countdown of the tallest construction projects in New York is 12 West 57th Street, a forthcoming 672-foot-tall residential skyscraper along Billionaires’ Row in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and developed by Sheldon Solow of Solow Management Corp., the 52-story structure will take the place of multiple former low- and mid-rise buildings between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and West 56th and 57th Streets.

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