Columbia UniversityOwner: Columbia University in the City of New York
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop / Davis Brody Bond Aedas
Square Footage: 6.8 Million
Located on a 17 acre site in West Harlem, this multi-year program will extend Columbia's Morningside Heights campus and add more than 6 million square feet of space. The first phase, currently under construction, includes an approximately 500,000 square-foot science and research center with a central energy plant.
Hunter College School of Social Work & Gratuate Center
Owner: City University of New York
Architect: Cooper Robertson and Partners / SLCE
Square Footage: 212,000
The project, currently under construction in upper Manhattan, will create two eight -story buildings totaling over 200,000 square feet. The School of Social Work will contain public assembly, library, gallery space, classrooms, offices and labs. The adjoining residential building will provide apartments for faculty and students.
The Whitney DowntownOwner: The Whitney Museum of American Art
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop / Cooper Robertson and Partners
Square Footage: 185,000
The new museum, located adjacent to the High Line Park on Manhattan’s lower West Side, will be a six-story, 185,000 square foot building including galleries, classrooms, art conservation labs and theatre facilities. Outdoor galleries on four levels of the building’s rooftops will provide exterior exhibition space.
20 Times Square
Owner: Vornado Realty Trust / Reuben Companies
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners
Square Footage: 1.3 million
Currently in the planning stages, this 42-story, 1.3 million square foot tower will be constructed above the north wing of the Port Authority Bus Terminal on 8th Avenue in Manhattan’s Times Square District.
731 Lexington /
Owner: Vornado Realty Trust
Architect: Cesar Pelli & Associates / SLCE
Square Footage: 1.3 million
The 55-story, 1.3 million square foot building occupies a full city block in midtown Manhattan. The base of this project contains the corporate offices of Bloomberg L.P. and retail space. The 25-story tower above contains 105 luxury condominium apartments.
The New York Times
Owner: The Times Company / Forrest City Ratner Companies
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop / FXFowle Architects / Gensler
Square Footage: 1.6 million
Located in Manhattan's Times Square District, this 52-story, 1.6 million square foot tower houses the newspaper's corporate offices, ground level retail space, the lobby garden and the "Times Center" auditorium. The building’s facade, a ceramic sunscreen curtainwall system, is the first of its kind to be constructed in the US.
15 Central Park West
Owner: Zeckendorf Development LLC
Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects / SLCE
Square Footage: 886,000
15 Central Park West is a luxury residential development overlooking Manhattan’s Central Park. Two buildings, one 19-story and the second 43-story, are connected by a glass enclosed lobby to form a 231 unit, 886,000 square foot complex encompassing an entire city block. Amenities include a "motor court," fitness center, indoor swimming pool, screening room and landscaped roof area.
Owner: The Brodsky Organization
Architect: Polshek Partnership / SLCE
Square Footage: 140,000
Chelsea Enclave is a luxury residential building located in a landmark district on Manhattan’s West Side. Adjoining the General Theological Seminary, this 7-story structure contains 53 residential units and overlooks a private interior park known as “The Close.” Amenities include a landscaped roof lounge, fitness center and on-site parking.
Jet Blue Airlines Terminal 5
Owner: JetBlue Airways Corporation
Architect: Gensler
Square Footage: 640,000
Located at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in Jamaica, NY, "T5" is a 26 gate, 640,000 square foot terminal and parking facility. The new structure encircles the 1962 Eero Saarinen designed Trans World Flight Center, a designated historic landmark, which will be renovated and incorporated as an entrance pavilion to the building complex.
Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project
Owner: Hudson Yards Redevelopment Corporation
Square Footage: 25 Million
A former railroad facility on Manhattan’s West Side, Hudson Yards has been rezoned to create a new commercial and residential district adjacent to midtown New York. Approximately 25 million square feet of office, retail and hotel development is planned along with thousands of housing units, parks and other public amenities. In addition, the No. 7 subway line extension is currently underway which will provide a connection to the city’s other transportation hubs.