May 25, 2017
Hudson Yards’ art center The Shed wraps up steel construction on its movable shell
After an announcement yesterday morning that Michael R.
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May 24, 2017
First look at CetraRuddy’s proposed hotel-apartment tower for Hudson Yards
Back in September, the developer Joseph Chetrit filed plans to build a 48-floor mixed-use tower with 421 hotel rooms and 135 residential units in the Hudson Yards neighborhood.
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May 23, 2017
REVEALED: Early studies of David Adjaye’s Wall Street Tower, his first skyscraper in NYC
Three years after completing his first New York City building, an affordable housing complex in Harlem called the Sugar Hill Development, starchitect David Adjaye is back.
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See the impressive renderings
May 23, 2017
VIDEO: West 8’s proposal for NYC’s largest private garden at One Manhattan Square
Adding to its unique character, Extell's One Manhattan Square will soon be home to NYC's largest outdoor private garden, detailed in a new video released today by the developer.
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May 19, 2017
Renderings revealed for controversial mixed-income tower on top of UES playground
After over a year-long debate, the city has finally unveiled renderings of a mixed-income tower set to rise on an existing playground at the Holmes Towers public housing complex in Yorkville.
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May 19, 2017
Lower East Side’s Landmark Sunshine Cinema will close next year
The Lower East Side will be losing a neighborhood fixture next year. Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema at 139-143 East Houston Street will be closing its doors when its lease expires in January 2018, to make way for a new mixed-use development with retail and office space.
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May 17, 2017
Watch Herzog & de Meuron’s ‘Jenga Tower’ rise in 60 seconds
56 Leonard is one of NYC's most exciting recent architectural additions.
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May 10, 2017
Demo permits filed for South Street Seaport site of proposed 1,436-foot supertall
After a long-planned but never executed plan to develop buildings at 80 South Street and 163 Front Street in the South Street Seaport, the site’s owner has officially filed demolition permits at both buildings, Curbed learned.
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May 9, 2017
New renderings of Hudson Yards’ retail and restaurant spaces
Yesterday, it was announced that celebrity chef José Andrés, credited with bringing the small-plate concept to the U.S.
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May 9, 2017
First look at the amazing amenities at Waterline Square
As 6sqft previously reported, a trio of glassy residential towers known as Waterline Square is rising on a five-acre waterfront site between West 59th and 61st Streets.
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May 8, 2017
New food hall may arrive at an empty railway station in the South Bronx
While many residential and commercial projects are underway in the South Bronx, the neighborhood continues to lack diverse food choices for its residents.
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May 5, 2017
Interview: Developer Ben Shaoul on 196 Orchard Street, his Lower East Side condo rising next to Katz’s
Ben Shaoul founded Magnum Real Estate Group in 1999, focused on renovating small, rundown rental apartments.
May 4, 2017
Developer turns marketing new condos into a three-ring circus, complete with life-sized zoo animals
Harry Macklowe, the P.T. Barnum of developers and never one to miss a chance to nibble the tallest branches, has found an 18-foot fiberglass giraffe (plus elephants and rhinos) to do just that. And not to be outdone by the live giraffe used in marketing a Rem Koolhaas (the P.T.
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May 1, 2017
Target to open at Essex Crossing in the Lower East Side
New York City is experiencing a Target-takeover. The retailer has just signed a lease to open a 22,500 square-foot store in the Lower East Side at Essex Crossing, a 1.9 million-square-foot development stretching across several Manhattan blocks.
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April 27, 2017
Second building in Domino Sugar megaproject to break ground next month; new renderings
Two Trees Management will break ground next month on 260 Kent Avenue at the corner of Grand Street and Kent Avenue, the second building to rise at the Domino Sugar Williamsburg megaproject site.
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April 20, 2017
First look at Domino Sugar Factory’s 11-acre park and waterfront esplanade
With building construction well under way at the Domino Sugar Factory site, Two Trees Management has now released details about the 11-acre park that will anchor the three-million-square-foot Williamsburg mega-development.
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All the details and renderings ahead
April 14, 2017
731-foot Long Island City skyscraper may briefly be Queens’ tallest building
With another skyscraper proposal approved, Long Island City moves one step closer to looking like a Manhattan copycat. The latest sky-high tower to get its site cleared and zoning approved sits in Court Square at 43-30 24th Street.
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April 14, 2017
Robert A.M. Stern’s 520 Park Avenue, Upper East Side’s tallest building, hits pinnacle height
520 Park Avenue, well on its way to being the tallest skyscraper on the Upper East Side, is putting its final crowning members in place, CityRealty reports.
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April 5, 2017
Plans revealed for new creative office hub above revamped Downtown Brooklyn Macy’s
Tishman Speyer has released plans for the 422 Fulton Street Macy's renovation that will turn a new 10-story space above the department store into a 620,000 square foot creative office hub called The Wheeler.
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April 5, 2017
Robert A.M. Stern will lead the transformation of the historic Belnord into condos
The conversion of the historic Belnord into luxury condominiums is moving forward, with the property expected to be brought to market as early as the third quarter of the year. This morning, HFZ Capital announced they have tapped starchitect Robert A.M.
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April 4, 2017
Massive high-rise complex with 900 apartments, retail, offices and schools coming to Downtown Brooklyn
Alloy Development announced plans to build a pair of towers at 80 Flatbush Avenue, a 61,000-square-foot parcel of land between Flatbush Avenue, Schermerhorn Street, Third Avenue and State Street.
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April 3, 2017
First look at the iconic Hotel Chelsea’s glamorous interior renovation
While there's no shortage of hotels to visit in New York City, some are more worthy of the trip than others, and the restored Hotel Chelsea will certainly be one of them when it reopens in 2018.
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April 3, 2017
A skyscraper may be built on top of Lord & Taylor’s Fifth Avenue flagship
The 103-year-old landmarked Lord & Taylor flagship store at 424 Fifth Avenue may be getting a luxurious makeover.
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April 3, 2017
Queens Astoria Cove waterfront site on the market for $350 million ahead of expected 421-a renewal
A 2.2 million-square-foot mixed-use development site known as Astoria Cove, on nearly nine acres along the East River in Astoria, is seeking a buyer, asking $350 million, Crain's reports.
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March 30, 2017
Studio V’s art-focused development will bring 1,200 residential units to Journal Square
With significantly lower rents than Manhattan and a less than 20-minute PATH ride to the city, Journal Square continues to blossom into the next hip neighborhood. In addition to the 10+ major residential projects going up in the neighborhood, it's also looking to become an official Art District.
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March 28, 2017
First look at the interiors of Waterline Square’s trio of towers
As 6sqft reported in November, a trio of glassy residential towers is rising on the five-acre waterfront site between West 59th and 61st Streets that comprises part of Riverside Center.
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Check on the progress of this megaproject
March 27, 2017
Construction update: Extell’s Central Park Tower gets its fluted glass curtain wall
When it reaches its projected 1,550-foot height, Extell Development’s Central Park Tower will have the highest roof-line of any residential building in the Western Hemisphere, besting the current record holder 432 Park. Though the $2.
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March 20, 2017
Senior musicians may lose affordable housing at Bronx Commons
The $160 million Bronx Commons mixed-use development, located in the borough's Melrose neighborhood, broke ground in January. When complete, it will combine affordable housing, retail, landscaped public space, and a 300-seat music and arts venue known as Bronx Music Hall.
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March 15, 2017
NYCHA’s open space development plans move ahead with affordable senior housing in the South Bronx
As part of the New York City Housing Authority’s NextGen initiative--the controversial policy of partnering with private companies to develop housing on open space in existing public housing projects--an affordable senior development is coming to the South Bronx.
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March 10, 2017
First look at the undulating outdoor decks and pools at CetraRuddy’s Midtown West rental tower
Algin Management's 700-foot-tall Midtown West rental tower recently reached 35 stories of its total 62-story height and now its lower floors are receiving their "sexy facade of curved glass and aluminum panels," according to CityRealty.
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March 8, 2017
New rendering for the Sheepshead Bay condo that’s the tallest residential building in South Brooklyn
As 6sqft noted just over a year ago when the project was first revealed, a 331-foot tower isn't even news in Manhattan or much of western Brooklyn and Queens, but "in the once-sleepy waterfront community of Sheepshead Bay" it's quite the headline maker.
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March 8, 2017
Exciting new details emerge for the TWA Terminal hotel
The excitement was palpable yesterday evening as New Yorkers packed into the SVA Theatre for a special presentation on one of the city's most important rehabilitation projects: the redevelopment of Eero Saarinen’s iconic TWA flight center into a hotel.
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more details from the night's event here
March 7, 2017
New rendering emerges for Keith Rubenstein’s ambitious South Bronx development
The massive South Bronx waterfront development planned by Somerset Partners and Chetrit Group is coming together--at least visually. CityRealty revealed a rendering of the second parcel of a two-parcel master plan that will eventually hold six residential towers and park space.
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March 7, 2017
Herzog & de Meuron will turn Gowanus’ graffiti-covered ‘Batcave’ into an art production factory
Despite its Superfund status, the Gowanus Canal has ushered in a Whole Foods, an artisanal ice cream factory, and more than one high-end residential development, but one vestige of its gritty, industrial days has remained--the so-called Batcave.
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March 7, 2017
Waldorf Astoria’s iconic interiors officially made a New York City landmark
In news that will come as a surprise to no one, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously this morning to designate the interiors of the famed Waldorf Astoria a New York City landmark.
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March 3, 2017
‘One57 of assisted living’ moves forward, developers file plans with DOB
The market for ultra-luxury condos may be cooling down, but developers appear to be much more optimistic about posh senior housing. Last year, 6sqft reported that Welltower Inc.
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March 3, 2017
Mysterious ‘Japan Land’ renderings reveal a lantern-inspired building near Penn Station
Currently, at the corner of 8th Avenue and 31st Street, diagonal from Penn Station, you'll find a parking lot, pizza joint, and a small coffee shop. However, Nobutaka Ashihara Architects (NAA) envisions something much more spectacular for this underused locale.
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February 24, 2017
Plans for SHoP’s 10-story wooden condo tower squashed
SHoP's proposed wooden tower has gotten the axe, reports The Real Deal. The wood high-rise which was slated to rise along 18th Street in Chelsea has been scrapped, as a downturn in the market has forced developer Sy Ghassemi to change course.
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February 23, 2017
Richard Meier’s mixed-use Teachers Village development is revitalizing downtown Newark
With Hoboken long gone and Jersey City well in the throes of gentrification, it makes sense that Newark is the next New Jersey city poised for a renaissance.
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February 23, 2017
Health-focused supportive and affordable housing complex breaks ground in the Bronx
Yesterday, mental health nonprofit Community Access broke ground on a new, $52.2 million supportive and affordable housing complex in the Mount Eden neighborhood of the Bronx.
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February 23, 2017
Sad stretch of Canal Street retail may be replaced with this nine-story Passive House
If you've walked down Chinatown's Canal Street then you're certainly familiar with a string of stores at 312-322 Canal Street hawking cheap souvenirs to tourists and passersby.
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February 23, 2017
Jeanne Gang reveals sparkly new renderings of High Line-hugging Solar Carve Tower
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Just yesterday, 6sqft shared the news that Jeanne Gang's first ground-up project in NYC--the Solar Carve Tower at 40 Tenth Avenue--had begun construction along the High Line.
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Lots more details and renderings ahead
February 22, 2017
Jeanne Gang’s ‘Solar Carve Tower’ begins its rise on the High Line
For an architect who had yet to break into the NYC scene, Jeanne Gang is now moving full steam ahead.
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February 15, 2017
WXY reveals renderings of the city’s just-announced $136M fashion and film complex in Sunset Park
Last week, 6sqft took an in-depth look at how Sunset Park has become the new frontier for the city's garment industry, thanks to "several industrial conversions [that] offer cheaper rents, better equipped real estate, and a creative, collaborative community.
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February 13, 2017
ODA’s crystalline 10 Jay Street gets new renderings of retail and office space
It's been eight months since ODA Architecture received its final approvals from the Landmarks Preservation Commission to convert the former Arbuckle Brothers sugar refinery building in Dumbo into a modern retail and office site.
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February 10, 2017
Construction Update: Greenpoint’s first skyscraper tops off
Greenpoint's new waterfront skyline is quickly taking shape, as CityRealty reports the neighborhood's first skyscraper has just topped off.
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February 9, 2017
Proposed East Harlem mixed-use development may contain city’s tallest building with affordable housing
Looking to take advantage of the newly opened Second Avenue Subway stop at 96th Street, the New York City Educational Construction Fund and AvalonBay Communities are working their way through the city approval process to build a 1.
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February 8, 2017
Billionaire’s plan for a West Village mega-mansion gets green light from Landmarks
It's champagne and caviar tonight for billionaire hedge funder Steven A. Cohen, who received the official go-ahead to build a massive, six-story, single-family mansion at 145 Perry Street today.
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February 7, 2017
Massive Sendero Verde project will bring 655 affordable ‘passive house’ rentals to East Harlem
A massive, mixed-use development is moving ahead in East Harlem, reports Politico, as the city has selected Jonathan Rose Companies to work with L+M Development Partners on the 751,000-square-foot project.
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February 7, 2017
Coney Island to add 150,000 square feet of new rides and attractions by 2018
Hold onto your hats, friends, because Coney Island is getting another 150,000 square feet of fun and amusement.
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February 6, 2017
Construction update: Domino Sugar Factory tower tops off and gets its skybridge
Things are moving ahead swiftly at the Domino Sugar Factory since Two Trees broke ground at the three million-square-foot Williamsburg mega-development last spring. In November, the lottery opened for 104 affordable units at 325 Kent Avenue, the first building at the site.
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February 3, 2017
Jared-less Kushner Companies readies for construction at DUMBO’s Jehovah’s Witness parking lot
Despite the fact that Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner stepped down as CEO of Kushner Companies in order to transition from developer to full-time presidential advisor, his family's firm is moving ahead with their big plans at a three-acre parking lot in DUMBO.
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February 2, 2017
Mixed-use affordable housing complex in the Bronx will feature Hunts Point Brewery and LightBox film studio
A few months ago, 6sqft shared the first rendering of the Peninsula, a $300 million mixed-use complex slated to replace the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx.
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More details and renderings
February 1, 2017
Extell reveals renderings of new Central Park West condo tower
Though Extell is best known for sky-high mega-developments like One57, the Central Park Tower, and One Manhattan Square, they've also been taking on some slightly smaller residential projects, gobbling up swaths of real estate in the upper Midtown area.
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February 1, 2017
See dazzling new renderings of Union Square’s Tammany Hall overhaul
The redevelopment of Union Square's Tammany Hall is moving full steam ahead. As CityRealty reports, leasing has launched, and along with a brand new website, a slew of new renderings showing off the historic building's impending transformation have also been revealed.
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January 30, 2017
Karim Rashid’s East Harlem HAP Five gets its bright pink trim
Construction is progressing at the very Karim Rashid-esque HAP Five residential project at 329 Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem, CityRealty reports.
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New construction photos, this way
January 27, 2017
SL Green says One Vanderbilt will bring in $200M a year
SL Green Realty CEO Marc Holliday said Thursday that the midtown office tower One Vanderbilt is expected to pull in as much as $198 million a year in net operating income when complete in 2020 and fully leased, The Real Deal reports.
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January 26, 2017
Rem Koolhaas’ Gramercy condo reveals interior renderings, launches sales
Right before the new year, the highly anticipated condo from Toll Brothers City Living at 121 East 22nd Street in Gramercy reached its full height, providing the first real views of its glassy facade and chiseled corner that resembles a giant crystal.
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More details and all the renderings
January 26, 2017
NYU announces $500M expansion of Downtown Brooklyn tech campus
In 2012, NYU signed a 99-year lease for the Downtown Brooklyn building at 370 Jay Street, a former MTA headquarters.
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January 26, 2017
Live in John Catsimatidis’ curvy Downtown Brooklyn rental tower from $833/month
Way back in 1982, the CEO and owner of Red Apple Group, John Catsimatidis (you may know him better as the billionaire owner of Gristedes or for his failed Republican run in the last mayoral election) paid $500,000 for a 2.
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January 25, 2017
Extell’s One Manhattan Square reaches halfway point and gets its glassy skin
Despite the rapid influx of new development that's popping up in the controversial Two Bridges area, the Chinatown-meets-Lower East Side neighborhood's first project, One Manhattan Square, still reigns as the tallest.
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