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

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

Demolition continues at 12 West 57th Street, the site of a proposed 52-story, 672-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and developed by Sheldon Solow of Solow Management Corp., who filed permits for the ground-up project in 2019, the tower will rise along Billionaires’ Row between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and West 56th and 57th Streets. The tower will rise on an assemblage formerly occupied by multiple low- and mid-rise buildings between 10 and 20 West 57th Street.

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The Browning School’s Expansion Tops Out at 337 East 64th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

Construction has topped out on The Browning School’s campus expansion at 337 West 64th Street in the Lenox Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by S9 Architecture, the project involves the conversion and augmentation of a former parking garage and will yield 47,000 square feet for the K-12 college preparatory school for boys that currently operates out of several buildings between Park and Madison Avenues in addition to its main facility at 52 East 62nd Street. Plans call for the entire high school division to be moved to the new 83-foot-tall building, which will contain 13 new classrooms, four stories of offices, a library and cafeteria in the cellar, and an upper-floor gymnasium. The property will also feature a green roof and a rear yard. The development is located between First and Second Avenues.

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BRP Companies Celebrates Grand Opening of The Monarch in Jamaica, Queens

Last week BRP Companies, public officials, and project partners celebrated the grand opening of The Monarch at 92-29 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens. The 25-story mixed-use building brings 605 mixed-income residences to the downtown neighborhood, along with 20,000 square feet of state-of-the-art amenity spaces and 14,000 square feet of retail space to the community.

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New Renderings Revealed For The Delecor at 250 East 83rd Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

New renderings have been revealed for The Delecor, a 31-story residential tower at 250 East 83rd Street in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by The Torkian Group, the 370-foot-tall structure will span 215,608 square feet and yield 128 rental units in one- to four-bedroom layouts, as well as a collection of penthouses and ground-floor retail space. The ground-up property is located at the corner of Second Avenue and East 83rd Street.

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