Construction is complete on The Labs @ 121, a ten-story Class A office and lab building at 2226 Third Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by New York-based DXA Studio and developed by Real Estate Equities Corporation, the 160,000-square-foot structure is the first new life sciences building in the neighborhood in decades. The property is located between East 121st and 122nd Streets.
Construction is complete on 2226 Third Avenue, a ten-story mixed-use building in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by DXA Studio Architecture and developed by Real Estate Equities Corporation, the 145-foot-tall structure yields 193,000 square feet of laboratory and medical research space that will cater to biotech start-ups, as well as 36,547 square feet for commercial use and 97,759 square feet of community facility space. REEC 3rd Ave LLC is listed as the owner, GACE Consulting Engineers was the structural engineer, ICOR Consulting Engineers was the MEP engineer, and The Rinaldi Group was the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Third Avenue and East 121st Street.
Construction is in full swing for Ray Harlem at 2033 Fifth Avenue in the Special Arts District in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by Handel Architects and Frida Escobedo, and developed by Ray and LMXD, the ground-up 21-story, 240-foot-tall mixed-use project will yield 222 rental units in the main tower ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, a portion of which are designated towards affordable housing, while the National Black Theatre (NBT) is expected to occupy 25,000 square feet of space on the ground floor, cellar level and floors three through five and feature a 250-seat flexible temple space and a 99-seat studio theater, classrooms, and offices. Little Wing Lee is the interior designer, Charcoalblue, Marvel Architects, and Studio & Projects are overseeing the theater aspect and Chatsworth Builders is listed at the general contractor for the property, which is located along Fifth Avenue between East 125th and East 126th Streets.
Construction has quickly risen past the halfway mark on 3041 Broadway, a 42-story mixed-use tower designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects in Morningside Heights. Alternately addressed as 100 Claremont Avenue, the project is being developed by L&M Development Partners and Lendlease with SLCE Architects as the architect of record, and will yield 350,000 square feet with condominiums as well as institutional offices, faculty housing, and classrooms for the Union Theological Seminary. Beyer Blinder Belle is handling the renovations of Union Theological Seminary’s Hastings Hall, where students reside. The property is located by the corner of Claremont Avenue and West 122nd Street, directly across from Riverside Church, and the tower is being constructed with the use of air rights from the seminary.
Governor Andrew Cuomo this week unveiled a multi-billion dollar initiative to revitalize and rebuild infrastructure across New York State. Entitled “Reimagine | Rebuild | Renew,” the 2021 agenda is touted as the largest state infrastructure plan in the country and sets in motion the improvement of state roadways, public transportation, airports, and large swaths of Midtown, Manhattan.