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October 31, 2017

First 5Pointz-replacing tower tops out in Long Island City

By Devin Gannon

The first tower of the controversial rental complex in Long Island City, 5Pointz, has officially topped out, although not without some roadblocks.
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October 30, 2017

New Domino Sugar Factory renderings show barrel-vaulted glass topper and taller towers

By Michelle Cohen

Update 10/31/17: The Landmarks Preservation Commission did not approve the new plans at the hearing, instead suggesting the architects present revised designs that address how the newly exposed brick will be preserved and how the ground floor will interact with the open space.
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October 27, 2017

Crown Building’s five-story penthouse is the latest to join Midtown’s $100M+ club

By Michelle Cohen

Taking its name from an elaborate pyramid-shaped crown, the Crown Building at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street has been described as one of the city's most desirable retail locations.
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October 27, 2017

First look at proposed Greenwich Village tower by Robert A.M. Stern

By Dana Schulz

If there's one neighborhood in NYC where new developments face the most challenges it's Greenwich Village. One of the city's first historic districts and once home to preservation godmother Jane Jacobs, the low-scale community is arguably the most vocal and steadfast in the city.
More looks and details

October 27, 2017

System Architects’ fiery Tribeca townhouse is partially unveiled

By Michelle Cohen

The latest Tribeca distraction: the partial unveiling of the single-family townhouse at 187 Franklin Street, a funky flame-façaded new building that its architect, Jeremy Edmiston of System Architects, refers to as the Unhistoric Townhouse.
Landmarks approved rendering, this way

October 25, 2017

262 Fifth Avenue, the tallest tower between Empire State Building and One WTC, gets new details

By Dana Schulz

There will be a lot of firsts at 262 Fifth Avenue--Nomad's first supertall, Moscow-based firm Meganom's first U.S. project, and NYC's first Russian-designed supertall.
See the new rendering in full

October 24, 2017

Rezoning plan for Sunset Park’s Industry City set into motion

By Devin Gannon

The public review process for the rezoning of Industry City begins Tuesday, an effort to boost total capital investment of the sprawling campus to $1 billion and generate 13,000 on-site jobs and 7,000 off-site jobs over the next decade.
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October 20, 2017

First look inside the amenity spaces at Zaha Hadid’s 520 West 28th Street

By Dana Schulz

Closings commenced at the late Zaha Hadid's futurist 520 West 28th Street at the end of June, coming in above their original asking prices, and over the summer the curvaceous condo welcomed its first residences.
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October 20, 2017

After four years, TF Cornerstone files plans for 1,200-unit building at Hunters Point South

By Devin Gannon

TF Cornerstone on Thursday filed its first permits for a 1,200-unit apartment building as the second phase of the city’s Hunters Point South redevelopment, a project that first began in 2013.
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October 18, 2017

Construction kicks off on Trinity Church’s Pelli Clarke Pelli-designed community center and office tower

By Dana Schulz

One year ago, Trinity Church Wall Street revealed plans for a $300 million mixed-use tower designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli that would link to the historic Neo-Gothic church by a footbridge over Trinity Place.
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October 16, 2017

Art meets architecture at 180 East 88th including an intricate plasterwork installation in the lobby

By Michelle Cohen

CityRealty previously reported on the highly anticipated–and visually unique–skyscraper rising at 180 East 88th Street.
Watch a video of the artist describing his work for Brad Pitt and for the new building

October 13, 2017

Rafael Vinoly’s Three Waterline Square tops out, first of starchitect trio

By Michelle Cohen

Rafael Viñoly's tapering, pinstriped Three Waterline Square has topped out construction, CityRealty reports, and Richard Meier's neighboring One Waterline Square is rapidly approaching its final 36-story height.
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October 12, 2017

Brooklyn Point, Extell Development’s first tower in the borough, will rise 720 feet

By Devin Gannon

Extell Development released a teaser website on Thursday ahead of its sales launch for Brooklyn Point, the group’s first tower in Brooklyn, and revealed more details about the luxury high-rise.
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October 12, 2017

MTA will replace Grand Central Terminal’s old eateries with more ritzy ones

By Devin Gannon

At Grand Central Terminal, it’s in with the new, out with the old. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it will replace stores that have served the busy terminal’s commuters for over two decades--Junior’s, Two Boots Pizza, Grand Harvest Wines--with more upscale shops.
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October 10, 2017

ESPN will open first NYC studios in South Street Seaport’s Pier 17

By Michelle Cohen

Cable giant ESPN will be opening a big new studio–the sports network's first in NYC–this spring at the South Street Seaport Pier 17 complex in Howard Hughes Corporation’s $731 million East River waterfront redevelopment project.
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October 9, 2017

Hill West design a modest, 19-story condo for Billionaires’ Row

By Devin Gannon

As Billionaires' Row on Manhattan's West 57th Street continues to grow with supertall towers, developer Sheldon Solow plans on constructing a more modest addition to the block.
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October 9, 2017

Thomas Heatherwick’s 150-foot climbable ‘Vessel’ hits halfway mark at Hudson Yards

By Devin Gannon

In April, construction began on Hudson Yards' Vessel, a 150-foot-tall steel structure designed by Heatherwick Studio and its 100,000 pound-components were put in place by crane.
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October 5, 2017

Construction of Norman Foster’s ritzy One Hundred East 53rd Street tower is complete!

By Devin Gannon

The Midtown East tower designed by Norman Foster's Foster + Partners is finally finished. As CityRealty reported, the glassy design of One Hundred East 53rd Street takes into account the bronze hues of its historic neighbor, the Seagram Building, with a counter curtain wall.
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October 5, 2017

REVEALED: Central Park Tower’s ‘Village Green’ lawn and pool deck

By Devin Gannon

Central Park Tower, New York City's future tallest residential skyscraper, is getting a more down-to-earth design. As CityRealty learned, the supertall at 225 West 57th Street on Billionaires' Row will feature a sprawling landscaped space designed by HMWhite.
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October 4, 2017

Vishaan Chakrabarti reveals new designs for Domino Sugar Factory

By Michelle Cohen

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September 29, 2017

New details about JFK’s TWA Hotel revealed, on track to open in 18 months

By Devin Gannon

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September 29, 2017

HFZ Capital Group taps Bjarke Ingels to design 33-floor office tower in NoMad

By Devin Gannon

Adding to the sudden skyscraper boom in NoMad, HFZ Capital Group is moving forward with plans for a project at 3 West 29th Street.
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September 28, 2017

Octagonal ‘periscope’ tower proposed for Rafael Vinoly’s 249 East 62nd Street

By Michelle Cohen

Real Estate Inverlad's in-the-works residential project at 249 East 62nd Street is now one less ZD1 diagram away from being a reality.
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September 27, 2017

City approves the Upper West Side’s tallest building, a 668-foot tower in Lincoln Square

By Devin Gannon

The Department of Buildings gave developers on Tuesday the go-ahead to construct a 668-foot residential tower on the Upper West Side.
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September 26, 2017

REVEALED: Pritzker Prize winner Álvaro Siza’s first U.S. building in NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen

By Michelle Cohen

Back in 2015 architects and design buffs were excited to hear that Portuguese Pritzker Prize-winner Álvaro Siza would be designing his highly-anticipated first U.S. building on Manhattan's west side in a neighborhood being called Hudson West.
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September 24, 2017

New renderings of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill’s Hudson Square condo 570 Broome

By 6sqft

Joining in on Hudson Square’s residential rebirth is 570 Broome, a debonair new condo development to bring 54 one- to three-bedroom residences to the insatiable downtown market. Priced from $1.

September 22, 2017

Huge South Bronx affordable housing complex will include Hip Hop Museum, food hall, and more

By Dana Schulz

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More details ahead

September 21, 2017

Amazon inks deal for 360,000 square feet of NYC office space at 5 Manhattan West

By Michelle Cohen

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that tech giant Amazon will be growing its presence in New York City. The company just signed a lease for a 359,000-square-foot administrative office at Five Manhattan West, Brookfield Property Partners' 16-story, 1.
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September 20, 2017

First look at Halletts Point’s phase two reveals pair of blocky, glass towers

By Devin Gannon

Construction of the Durst Organization’s first development outside of Manhattan, Halletts Point, a $1.5 billion waterfront development in Astoria, is moving full speed ahead.
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September 20, 2017

First 15 Hudson Yards penthouse hits the market for $32M

By Michelle Cohen

The sleek 910-foot-tall tower at 15 Hudson Yards has held the attention of real estate and skyline watchers since construction began last spring. Just listed for $32 million is penthouse 88B, the first of the building’s four penthouses to arrive on the market.
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September 19, 2017

Richard Meier’s first NYC skyscraper tops out, clad in black glass

By Devin Gannon

Along the East River just south of the United Nations, Pritzker Prize-winner Richard Meier’s 42-story, 460-foot-tall tower has officially topped out, CityRealty learned.
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September 18, 2017

Jersey City’s Harborside boardwalk to get $75M makeover and new food hall

By Dana Schulz

Over the past two decades, the Jersey City waterfront has seen a huge boom in both residential and commercial development, revealing an entirely new skyline of tall, glassy towers.
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September 15, 2017

New rental project brands Jersey City nabe as ‘Soho West’

By Dana Schulz

Now that most of Brooklyn has been acronym-ized, developers are moving their marketing magic across state lines.
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September 13, 2017

New renderings of 3 Hudson Boulevard revive the skyscraper’s proposed 300-foot spire

By Devin Gannon

In what seems like a game of hide-and-seek, the 300-foot spire on top of the Moinian Group’s supertall at 3 Hudson Boulevard has returned to renderings, after being absent from them two weeks ago.
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September 13, 2017

REVEALED: 27-story tower at Lincoln Savings Bank site will be tallest in East Williamsburg

By Devin Gannon

The first renderings for the mixed-use rental development planned for 525-545 Broadway in Brooklyn’s East Williamsburg neighborhood were released this week, showing a creative reimagining of the 20th century Lincoln Savings Bank.
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September 11, 2017

VIDEO: Drone footage shows construction of ODA’s massive Rheingold Brewery site

By Devin Gannon

Slated to be the largest influx of housing created in Bushwick ever, ODA Architect’s two projects on the old Rheingold Brewery site continue to progress. Rabsky Group’s 10 Montieth Street, a nearly 400,000-square-foot, seven-story building with 392 units, just topped out.
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September 11, 2017

John Catsimatidis wants his Coney Island development to have its own street car

By Devin Gannon

As part of his “Ocean Dreams” development in Coney Island, billionaire real estate mogul John Catsimatidis plans to build a streetcar that would link the mixed-use project to the Stillwell Avenue subway station in Coney Island.
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September 8, 2017

Extell reveals deluxe upper-floor ‘Skyscape Collection’ at One Manhattan Square

By Dana Schulz

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September 7, 2017

New renderings and construction photos reveal full design of Jean Nouvel’s 53W53 ‘MoMA tower’

By Michelle Cohen

6sqft checked in almost a year ago on starchitect Jean Nouvel's MoMA-adjacent tower, 53W53 at 53 West 53rd Street, when photos from the Billionaires’ Row construction site showed the building getting the first of its intricate diagrid skin.
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September 6, 2017

First look at Riverside Galleria, huge retail development headed to Staten Island

By Dana Schulz

Though the New York Wheel may be stalled, there are plenty of other large-scale projects moving ahead on Staten Island.
More on the project after the break

September 6, 2017

Albo Liberis’ Red Hook office concept proposes a colorful kaleidoscope next to the BQE

By Dana Schulz

Unusual and flashy aren't words that come to mind when describing the industrial architecture of Red Hook, but a new proposal from the architects at Albo Liberis wants to infuse some colorful personality into the relatively sleepy waterfront 'hood.
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August 30, 2017

Foreclosure moves ahead at Billionaires’ Row supertall 111 West 57th Street

By Dana Schulz

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August 29, 2017

3 Hudson Boulevard gets new spire-less rendering as construction commences

By Dana Schulz

Earlier this month, a new view of 3 Hudson Boulevard added a 300-foot spire, bringing its total height to 1,350 and setting it up to become the tallest tower in Hudson Yards and the fifth tallest in the entire city.
More details ahead

August 24, 2017

$2B redevelopment of Times Square’s Palace Theater gets new renderings

By Devin Gannon

Two years since the plan’s approval by the LPC, the redevelopment of the historic Palace Theatre at 1568 Broadway is nearly ready to take off. The theater will be raised 29 feet above its current level, making room for 70,000 square feet of new retail and entertainment space.
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August 24, 2017

New renderings of South Bronx passive house feature vegetated roof deck and solar shading

By Devin Gannon

Adding to the passive house development push happening in New York City, Dattner Architects released new renderings of their energy-saving project at 425 Grand Concourse in the South Bronx’s Mott Haven neighborhood. Formerly the site of the Gothic-style P.S.
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August 23, 2017

Construction Update: SHoP’s first Domino Sugar Factory building approaches completion

By Diane Pham

Just over one year ago, 6sqft reported on the initial climb of 325 Kent Avenue, the first tower of the SHoP-designed Domino Sugar Refinery master plan slated for the Williamsburg waterfront.
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August 21, 2017

New renderings of Hudson Yards’ Norman Foster-designed tower and food pavilion

By Dana Schulz

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All the details ahead

August 17, 2017

Construction contract awarded for first major phase of Freshkills Park

By Diane Pham

The effort to turn Fresh Kills Landfill into a verdant and vibrant destination for wildlife and outdoor recreation received a huge boost on Monday (h/t DNA Info) as the city awarded a $22.9 million contract for the construction of the first major section of Freshkills Park.
more details on what to expect

August 9, 2017

New renderings of East Harlem’s Sendero Verde, the country’s will-be largest passive house project

By Dana Schulz

Despite Mayor de Blasio's success meeting his affordable housing goals, East Harlem has fallen behind.
More looks and details ahead

August 8, 2017

Updated view of 3 Hudson Boulevard adds 300-foot spire, making it tallest in Hudson Yards

By Devin Gannon

The supertall skyscraper at 3 Hudson Boulevard just got a major upgrade. New renderings of the tower reveal a new crown, a 300-foot spire, which would make it the tallest in the Hudson Yards neighborhood, as well as an updated design.
Details ahead

August 7, 2017

Leasing launches at One Hudson Yards, luxury rentals starting at $5,095/month

By Michelle Cohen

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August 3, 2017

Despite legal troubles, the first units at 111 West 57th Street go into contract

By Devin Gannon

Just last week, 6sqft covered the financial and legal woes of Property Markets Group and JDS Development’s super tall and slender tower at 111 West 57th Street.
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July 31, 2017

$925M mega-project may bring 1,000 rentals and a 100,000-square-foot factory to Long Island City

By Devin Gannon

The waterfront Queens neighborhood of Long Island City has gone from a sleepy, factory town to boasting the country's largest number of new rental apartments.
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July 28, 2017

125 Greenwich Street gets new rendering, taller 912-foot height

By Dana Schulz

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July 27, 2017

CetraRuddy proposes sustainable designs for first office building along the Village’s ‘Silicon Alley’

By Dana Schulz

An "oversized Silicon Alley" is what some are calling Mayor de Blasio's plan to transform Union Square and its southern stretches into the city's next tech hub. The main component so far is the massive Union Square Tech Hub proposed to replace the P.C.
All the renderings and details ahead

July 27, 2017

World’s skinniest skyscraper at 111 West 57th Street stalled at 20 stories by soaring costs

By Michelle Cohen

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What could possibly have happened?

July 25, 2017

REVEALED: Tishman Speyer’s Long Island City office development boasts food hall and rooftop park

By Devin Gannon

Long Island City, New York City’s fastest growing neighborhood, shows no signs of slowing down.
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July 24, 2017

565 Broome Soho aims to be Manhattan’s first ‘Zero Waste’ residential high rise

By Michelle Cohen

New York City developers have been increasingly competing to seek environment-friendly accreditations based on standards like Passive House, LEED and wellness to distinguish their offerings. Recently "Zero Waste," defined by the U.S.
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July 12, 2017

First look at Central Park Tower’s palatial amenity spaces and apartment layouts

By Michelle Cohen

We expected that Central Park Tower, the city's tallest-tower-to-be swiftly rising at 225 West 57th Street, would be giving Midtown record-smashers like 432 Park Avenue a run for their trophy-tower money.
Sky palaces and amazing amenities this way

July 11, 2017

Construction of locally-sourced food hall underway in Washington Heights

By Devin Gannon

New York City’s furor for food halls has not fizzled out quite yet. Construction is currently in progress for the North End Food Hall in Washington Heights at 4300 Broadway and 183rd Street.
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July 10, 2017

Perkins Eastman’s 99 Hudson Street will be the tallest building in New Jersey

By Devin Gannon

While Jersey City boasts beautiful views of Manhattan, the NJ water-front community continues to build up its own impressive skyline. In the last twenty years, 15 towers reaching more than 500 feet tall have been built, with seven more in the works.
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July 7, 2017

Extell’s Central Park Tower will have a $95M penthouse and 100th-floor ballroom

By Devin Gannon

With massive condominiums, private elevators and a 100th-floor ballroom that overlooks Central Park, Gary Barnett and Extell Development won’t have much trouble luring the world’s richest to their ambitious $4 billion Central Park Tower.
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July 6, 2017

Locals employ new zoning strategy to keep skyscrapers from rising in Midtown East

By Michelle Cohen

In what they're calling an "unprecedented citizens' application," the East River 50s Alliance, a Sutton Place/Midtown community group, has mounted a renewed campaign to oppose an 800-foot tall condo tower that's rising at 430 East 58th Street, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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July 5, 2017

Tenant holdout snarls developer’s plan to build Billionaire’s Row tower

By Michelle Cohen

Image via Google Street View With a legendary tenants' rights lawyer on board, a longtime leaseholder is standing fast against a developer's 'dream tower' plans, claiming their business has a valid lease and is being wrongfully evicted, according to the New York Times.
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July 3, 2017

New photos of Long Island City’s 1 QPS Tower show off NYC’s highest rooftop pool

By Dana Schulz

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June 29, 2017

Celebrity hotspot 443 Greenwich reveals ‘ultimate’ lofts

By Devin Gannon

A-listers like Jake Gyllenhaal, Meg Ryan, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, Jennifer Lawrence, and Harry Styles have all flocked to the desirable “paparazzi-proof” Tribeca building at 443 Greenwich Street, also known as the city's "celebrity dorm.
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June 27, 2017

Brooklyn’s iconic ‘Watchtower’ sign coming down to make way for Kushner’s Panorama office complex

By Devin Gannon

For nearly 50 years, the neon red 15-foot-tall ‘Watchtower’ sign has sat atop the former headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses luminously overlooking Brooklyn Heights. However, earlier this month, the religious group filed a permit application seeking to remove the sign.
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June 23, 2017

PHOTOS: First steel column installed at 1401-foot One Vanderbilt, NYC’s second-tallest skyscraper

By Devin Gannon

With the installation of its first steel column, One Vanderbilt, soon to be New York City’s second-tallest skyscraper, officially began vertical construction on Friday.
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June 19, 2017

Waterline Square mega-development to get first Cipriani ‘experiential food market’

By Michelle Cohen

GID Development Group announced today that the Upper West Side's Waterline Square mega-development will be getting the first-ever experiential food market by the Cipriani family.
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June 16, 2017

Renderings revealed for Nomad’s previously stalled 756-foot tower

By Dana Schulz

Last summer, the Department of Buildings halted progress on developers J.D. Carlisle and Fosun Group's planned condo tower at 15 East 30th Street over the fact that a planned second-floor outdoor space didn't meet minimum space requirements.
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