Supertall

Penn 15. Designed by Foster + Partners.

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

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.

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

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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100 Bay Street. Designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners.

Rendering Reveals New Jersey’s First Supertall Proposal At 100 Bay Street in Jersey City

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

The first rendering has been revealed for 100 Bay Street, a proposed supertall residential skyscraper in Jersey City‘s Powerhouse Arts District. Designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners and developed by BLDG Management, the 1.6-million-square-foot project would consist of a pair of 40- and 90-story towers, with the latter standing 1,055 feet tall. The complex is slated to yield nearly 1,300 apartments, with 20 percent dedicated to affordable housing, as well as approximately 29,000 square feet of retail space. The property is bounded by 1st Street to the north, Bay Street to the south, Washington Street to the east, and Warren Street to the west.

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871 Seventh Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.

Demolition Prep Underway for Extell Supertall at 871 Seventh Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Demolition preparations are underway at 871 Seventh Avenue, the site of a 1,050-foot mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Extell, the 71-story structure will span 484,000 square feet and yield 130 condominium units with an average scope of 2,315 square feet, as well as a 159,000-square-foot hotel with 156 rooms. The project will also include 24,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a 55-vehicle parking garage. The skyscraper will replace the 26-story Wellington Hotel at the corner of Seventh Avenue and West 55th Street.

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JPMorgan Holds Ribbon Cutting for Supertall Headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

JPMorgan Chase officials on Tuesday held a ribbon cutting to mark the official completion of the company’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. Adamson Associates was the architect of record, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed eight expansive trading floors spanning 500,000 square feet that can accommodate 4,000 traders, and Gensler was the workplace designer for the $3 billion project, which occupies a full city block bounded by East 48th Street to the north, East 47th Street to the south, Park Avenue to the east, and Madison Avenue to the west.

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