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Alloy Block’s 100 Flatbush Avenue Nears Completion in Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on June 8, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Exterior work is nearing completion on 100 Flatbush Avenue, a 44-story residential tower in the Alloy Block complex in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed and developed by Alloy Development, the 482-foot-tall, fully electric-powered structure will yield 441 rental units. Of these, 45 will be dedicated to affordable housing, developed in conjunction with the Fifth Avenue Committee. The five-building Alloy Block master plan will encompass 850 units with 200 permanently affordable apartments, 100,000 square feet of Class A office space, 50,000 square feet of retail space, 500 parking spaces for bikes, two Passive House public schools designed by Architecture Research Office, and space for a local cultural institution. Urban Atelier Group is the general contractor for the property, which is bound by Flatbush Avenue to the northeast, Third Avenue to the northwest, and State Street to the southwest.

Foundations Underway at 1393 York Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

8:00 am on June 7, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Foundation work is underway at 1393 York Avenue, the site of a 17-story student housing complex in the Lenox Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Perkins + Will and developed by Weill Cornell Medical College, which purchased the property from Church of the Epiphany for $68 million in 2018, the 202-foot-tall structure will span 128,205 square feet and accommodate 272 students in 221 residences with an average scope of 657 square feet. The program includes 163 studios, seven one-bedrooms, and 51 two-bedroom units, as well as an additional 20,390 square feet of residential space, presumably for faculty housing. Turner Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of East 74th Street and York Avenue.

Foundation Work Progresses at 585 Union Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn

8:00 am on May 28, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Foundation work is progressing at 585 Union Street, the site of a nine-story residential building in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Fogarty Finger and developed by Tavros Capital, Charney Companies, and Canyon Partners, the 95-foot-tall structure will span 167,000 square feet and yield 214 rental units in studio to three-bedroom layouts, with 25 percent designated as affordable housing, as well as 8,900 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Broadway Construction Group is the general contractor for the property, which is bound by Sackett to the north, Union Street to the south, and 3rd Avenue to the east.

Façade Installation Nears Completion on FIT’s New Academic Building at 220 West 28th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan

7:30 am on May 22, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Façade installation is nearing completion on Fashion Institute of Technology‘s ten-story New Academic Building at 220 West 28th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 110,000-square-foot structure is engineered to LEED Gold standards and will yield classrooms, administrative offices, review and exhibition spaces, and a student quad illuminated by skylights. Forte Construction Corp. is the general contractor for the property, which sits on a shallow plot between Seventh and Eighth Avenues on the northernmost edge of the FIT campus.

Pace University’s 15 Beekman Street Nears Completion in Financial District, Manhattan

7:30 am on May 15, 2023 By Michael Young

Construction is nearing completion on 15 Beekman Street, a 27-story campus expansion for Pace University in the Financial District. Designed by Manish Chadha of Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by SL Green Realty, the 338-foot-tall tower will yield 213,084 square feet with classrooms, dorm rooms, a dining facility, library, and learning center. New Line Structures & Development is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 126-132 Nassau Street and located at the corner of Beekman and Nassau Streets.

The Gilder Center Opens at The American Museum of Natural History on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

8:00 am on May 5, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

YIMBY attended the grand opening of the Gilder Center, a new five-story wing of the American Museum of Natural History at 415 Columbus Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang with Davis Brody Bond as the executive architect, the $465 million project involved the construction of 190,000 square feet of new exhibition space and 40,000 square feet of renovations to existing portions of the museum. Buro Happold was the façade consultant; W&W Glass, LLC supplied and installed the engineered custom curtain wall facades, skylights and entrance systems; Arup performed structural engineering and acoustic and audiovisual consulting; and Tishman Construction Company of New York was the general contractor for the facility, which is located by the intersection of Columbus Avenue and West 79th Street.

Gotham Point’s North Tower Completes Construction in Hunters Point South, Queens

8:00 am on April 23, 2023 By Michael Young

Construction is complete on Gotham Point’s north tower, a 57-story residential skyscraper at 1-15 57th Avenue in Hunters Point South, Queens. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Gotham Organization and Riseboro Community Partnership, the 559-foot-tall structure yields 692 rental units and is also known as Parcel F in a two-tower master plan alongside its shorter 33-story, 443-foot-tall sibling, Parcel G. The property is bound by Center Boulevard to the north, 56th Avenue to the east, and 57th Avenue to the west.

Birds-eye rendering of Claremont Hall at 100 Claremont Avenue

Exterior Work Continues on RAMSA’s Claremont Hall at 100 Claremont Avenue in Morningside Heights, Manhattan

8:00 am on April 3, 2023 By Michael Young

Exterior work is getting closer to completion on Claremont Hall, a 41-story residential tower at 100 Claremont Avenue in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and SLCE Architects and developed by Lendlease, Daiwa House Texas, and LMXD, an affiliate of L+M Development Partners, the 354,000-square-foot building will yield 165 condominium units in one- to four-bedroom layouts as well as new classrooms, office space, and faculty housing for Union Theological Seminary. Lendlease is the general contractor for the property, which is located by the corner of Claremont Avenue and West 122nd Street.

Outdoor greenspace at Industry City in Brooklyn

NYU to Debut Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center at Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

7:30 am on March 11, 2023 By Sebastian Morris

New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts has announced the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center will debut within Industry City, a 35-acre commercial campus in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

New York Korea Center Wraps Up Construction at 122-126 East 32nd Street in Murray Hill, Manhattan

8:00 am on February 25, 2023 By Michael Young

Construction is nearing the finish line on The New York Korea Center, the new seven-story home of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea at 122-126 East 32nd Street in Murray Hill. Designed by Samoo Architects and Engineers (SAMOO) and developed by Level Group, the 120-foot-tall structure will yield 36,500 square feet and is engineered to achieve LEED Certification. KSK Construction Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located on an interior lot between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue.

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