Continuing our Turkey Week rundown of notorious stalled projects in New York is 45 Park Place, a 43-story residential skyscraper in Tribeca, Manhattan. Designed by SOMA Architects and Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by Sharif el-Gamal of Soho Properties, the 667-foot-tall structure was slated to yield 50 condominium units. The property is located between Church Street and West Broadway.
Plans have been announced for two 100-percent affordable housing projects in The Bronx at 1810 Randall Avenue in Clason Point and 860 Village Concourse East in Concourse Village. Designed by Aufgang Architects, the buildings will yield a combined 446 units.
New exterior renderings have been revealed for 154 Lexington Avenue, an 11-story residential building in Rose Hill, Manhattan. Designed by Woods Bagot Architects and developed by Evenhar Development Corporation, the structure will yield 60 rental units and a religious facility. The site is located at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 30th Street.
Construction is finishing up on Redeemer East Side, a 12-story mixed-use facility for the Redeemer Presbyterian Church at 150 East 91st Street in the Carnegie Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by STUDIOS Architecture, the 170-foot-tall structure features a fellowship hall with a capacity of 300, a 600-seat auditorium for worship and gatherings, 17 classrooms, and a catering kitchen. The Presbyterian organization acquired the property for $29.5 million in 2020 and will relocate to the new facility from its current address at 112 East 75th Street. The development is situated on a 50-foot-wide interior lot between Lexington and Third Avenues.
At number 28 on our countdown of the tallest construction projects in New York is 125 West 57th Street, a 26-story commercial building on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners and Cain International, the 420-foot-tall structure will span 260,000 square feet and yield 185,000 square feet of full-floor Class A office space, a dedicated amenities floor designed by Gensler, 7,000 square feet of retail space, and a new home for the Calvary Baptist Church, which has operated on the site since 1883 and sold the property to the developers for $150 million in 2017. The project is located on an interior lot between Sixth and Seventh Avenues between Christian de Portzamparc’s One57 and SHoP Architects’ 111 West 57th Street.
