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JPMorgan Tower’s Exterior Nears Completion At 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan

8:00 am on December 31, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Occupying the number-one spot for the fourth and final time on YIMBY’s annual construction countdown is the JPMorgan Chase Tower, the financial institution’s 1,389-foot supertall headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and developed by Tishman Speyer, the 60-story skyscraper yields 2.5 million square feet of office space with a capacity of 14,000 employees, and is the tallest structure in New York completely powered by upstate hydroelectric energy.

520 Fifth Avenue’s Exterior Nears Completion in Midtown, Manhattan

8:00 am on December 24, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

The eighth-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is 520 Fifth Avenue, a 1,002-foot mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Rabina, the 88-story structure will span 415,000 square feet and yield 100 condominium units and 25 floors of boutique office space. The project will also include ground-floor retail and an extensive collection of amenities. The property is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and West 43rd Street, one block north of Bryant Park.

343 Madison Avenue. Rendering courtesy of Volley STudio.

Excavation Underway for 844-Foot Skyscraper at 343 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan

8:00 am on December 22, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

At number ten on our year-end construction countdown of the tallest projects in New York is 343 Madison Avenue, an 844-foot-tall commercial skyscraper in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by BXP, the 49-story structure will yield 950,000 square feet of office space and a collection of tenant amenities. The property is located between East 44th and 45th Streets.

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

8:00 am on December 17, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

The 15th-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is Lumen LIC, a 754-foot-tall residential skyscraper nearing completion at 23-15 44th Road in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by FSA Capital, the 66-story structure spans 855,400 square feet and yields 938 rental units with an average scope of 910 square feet. The project will also include 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.

Foundations Underway for Alloy Block’s Second Phase at One Third Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on December 16, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

At number 16 on our year-end countdown of the tallest construction projects in New York is One Third Avenue, a 725-foot-tall mixed-use skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn‘s Alloy Block complex. Designed and developed by Alloy Development, the 63-story structure will yield 583 residential units, with 153 designated as permanently affordable. The project will also include 60,000 square feet of Class A office space and 30,000 square feet of retail. The structure is aiming for the title of tallest Passive House-engineered building in the world and will rise between State Street and Lafayette Avenue.

70 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young.

Foundations Underway for 717-Foot Skyscraper at 70 Hudson Yards in Hudson Yards, Manhattan

8:00 am on December 15, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

At number 17 on our year-end construction countdown is 70 Hudson Yards, a 717-foot-tall commercial skyscraper in Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Designed by Roger Ferris + Partners and Gensler and developed by Related Companies and Oxford Properties, the 47-story structure is planned to become New York’s first zero-carbon emission skyscraper and will yield 1.1 million square feet of office space. The property is bounded by West 36th to the north, West 35th Street to the south, and Hudson Boulevard East to the west.

570 Fifth Avenue, Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.

Excavation Continues for KPF-Designed Skyscraper at 570 Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan

8:00 am on December 8, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

The 24th-tallest project on our year-end construction countdown is 570 Fifth Avenue, a 567-foot-tall commercial skyscraper set to rise on the eastern edge of the Diamond District in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Extell, the 32-story structure will yield nearly 1.1 million square feet, with the majority devoted to Class A office space. The project will also contain retail space on floors one and two, an 80,000-square-foot flagship store for IKEA on the first two cellar levels, as well as a gym, swimming pool, basketball court, and juice bar on the third and fourth below-grade stories. The property is located between West 46th and 47th Streets.

Penn 15 Supertall Remains On Hold At 15 Penn Plaza in Midtown, Manhattan

8:00 am on November 28, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Concluding our Turkey Week list of stalled projects in New York is Penn 15, a proposed 50-story supertall commercial skyscraper at 15 Penn Plaza in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Foster + Partners and developed by Vornado Realty Trust, the 1,000-foot-tall structure is planned to yield 2.2 million square feet of office space as the centerpiece of the 7.4-million-square-foot Penn District master plan. The property is located along Seventh Avenue between West 32nd and 33rd Streets, directly across from Penn Station.

Work Remains Stalled on Three Hudson Boulevard in Hudson Yards, Manhattan

8:00 am on November 27, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Next on our Turkey Week countdown of stalled projects in New York is Three Hudson Boulevard, a planned 56-story office skyscraper in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards district. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by BXP and The Moinian Group, the $3 billion project was planned to rise 987 feet tall and yield 1.86 million square feet of office space. The property occupies a full city block bounded by West 35th Street to the north, West 34th Street to the south, Bella Abzug Park to the east, and Eleventh Avenue to the west.

2 World Trade Center Remains On Hold in Financial District, Manhattan

8:00 am on November 26, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Next on our Turkey Week rundown of stalled New York projects is 2 World Trade Center, a 1,230-foot commercial supertall skyscraper that remains on hold in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and developed by Silverstein Properties, the 62-story structure is the final component of the 16-acre World Trade Center complex and is slated to yield 2.2 million square feet of office space. The full-block property is bounded by Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Church Street to the east, and Greenwich Street to the west.

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