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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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More details and all the renderings
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.
more details from the night's event here
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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See more images of the development site
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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Get the whole scoop
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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more details here
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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All the renderings and details this way
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
Renderings © Neoscape for Studio Gang Architects
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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All the renderings and more details ahead
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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See all the renderings ahead
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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All the details ahead
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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more details here
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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All the details ahead
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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Find out if you qualify here
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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January 13, 2017
Bronx Commons will bring 305 affordable apartments and a new music venue to the South Bronx
Not only did the Times recently name the South Bronx one of this year's hottest travel destinations, but the up-and-coming 'hood has become a hotbed for new development.
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Find out more about the project
January 13, 2017
Third lottery opens at Pacific Park Brooklyn, apply for 303 affordable units from $532/month
Last spring, the first housing lottery opened at Pacific Park Brooklyn when 181 affordable units at SHoP's 461 Dean Street (the world's tallest modular tower) came online.
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More details and the whole qualification breakdown
January 12, 2017
Jeanne Gang’s $340M Museum of Natural History expansion gets new interior renderings, details
After the architects at Studio Gang tweaked their proposal for the American Museum of Natural History expansion to preserve more public parkland out front, the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved the plans in October.
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January 11, 2017
First look at the $30M penthouse at Robert A.M. Stern’s 30 Park Place
The top-floor units at Robert A.M. Stern's 930-foot 30 Park Place have a way of making headlines.
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More looks ahead
January 11, 2017
Norman Foster’s 50 Hudson Yards gets $195M in tax breaks from the city
When completed, Related Companies‘ and Oxford Properties Group’s 50 Hudson Yards will be the city's most expensive office building, coming in at $3.94 billion.
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January 10, 2017
Construction update: FXFOWLE’s Circa Central Park nears the finish line
Last we heard from Circa Central Park, the circle-hugging Central Park north condo from architects FXFOWLE and developers Artimus, the lottery had launched for 10 affordable units in the building.
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January 9, 2017
Built in Poland and shipped in pieces, NYC’s biggest modular hotel project is 55 percent complete
The 20-story, 300-room project at 185 Bowery was constructed in Poland and shipped to New York in 210 pieces. Owned by Dutch hotel developer/operator Citizen M with Brack Capital Real Estate, the high-rise hotel at 185 Bowery is more than half done, reports the Wall Street Journal.
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Check out photos of the sealed hotel pods arriving
January 6, 2017
SOM reveals official rendering for American Bible Society-replacing condo-rental tower
In the fall of 2015, the American Bible Society moved from their long-time home at Broadway and 61st Street to Philadelphia. Their Columbus Circle/Lincoln Center headquarters was built in 1965 by architects Roy O. Allen Jr. and Donald C.
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January 6, 2017
New renderings of Court Square City View Tower, Queens’ future tallest building
When plans were originally filed in February 2016, the Long Island City skyscraper since dubbed Court Square City View Tower was set to reach 964 feet. In April, it got bumped up to supertall status at 984 feet, making it Queens' future tallest building.
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January 6, 2017
Plans filed for a 21-story Coney Island ‘Dreams’ project on the boardwalk
Developer John Catsimatidis' Red Apple Group has filed plans for a 21-story tower on a Surf Avenue parcel that he purchased last summer according to Brooklyn Daily; the tower is part of a three-building Coney Island project that will likely include 415 apartments and retail.
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January 4, 2017
Norman Foster’s 50 Hudson Yards will be city’s most expensive office building at $4B
It's been less than a month since it was revealed that starchitect Norman Foster would be designing the Related Companies' and Oxford Properties Group's 50 Hudson Yards commercial tower, but the developers have already pegged the cost of the project at $3.
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January 3, 2017
New renderings and details for Rafael Viñoly’s 125 Greenwich Street
Construction at Rafael Viñoly’s slender skyscraper 125 Greenwich Street has reached street level, but as CityRealty uncovered, the tower that was slated to be taller than 1,000 feet over the summer (and previously 1,400 feet), is back down to 898 feet.
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More views and details ahead
January 3, 2017
510-foot Rafael Viñoly-designed tower coming to East 62nd Street
Lenox Hill will see the addition of a new 510-foot tower at 249 East 62nd Street, designed by none other than 432 Park starchitect Rafael Viñoly.
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December 29, 2016
City eyes Gowanus Canal as the next ‘Little Venice’
Rezoning and the promise of public right-of-way on the west Brooklyn Superfund canal could bring an esplanade like Williamsburg’s, a recreation area and lots of new development.
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Find out more about the Gowanus rezoning plans
December 21, 2016
First look at the artsy common spaces of 5Pointz-replacing rental towers
It's been three years since Long Island City's beloved graffiti mecca 5Pointz was whitewashed overnight and a year and a half since renderings first surfaced of the bland 41- and 47-story rental towers that would replace the site at 22-44 Jackson Avenue.
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See it all right here
December 16, 2016
Durst Organization pays $173.5M for LIC site once slated for tallest tower in Queens
Back in 2015, Property Markets Group and the Hakim Organization announced plans to erect the tallest tower outside of Manhattan in Long Island City at 29-37 41st Avenue.
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December 14, 2016
ODA’s Rheingold Brewery rental will offer 100 affordable units in Bushwick
The day after securing a $93 construction loan, the Rabsky Group has announced that 100 out of the 500 rentals at their massive Rheingold Brewery development will be below-market rate.
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December 14, 2016
Announcing 6sqft’s 2016 Building of the Year!
You came, you voted, and now it's time to award the title of 2016 Building of the Year to none other than 520 West 28th Street! The undulating beauty along the High Line beat out 11 other game-changing buildings in a fierce two-week competition held right here on 6sqft.
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more details on the runners-up
December 14, 2016
New renderings from Albo Liberis offer up two visions for Brooklyn’s next skyscraping office tower
As the future Brooklyn skyline takes shape, one of the borough's largest office towers-to-be, a 36-story commercial skyscraper, is slated to rise at 625 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
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Check out the renderings
December 13, 2016
Renderings revealed for 724-foot Lower East Side tower, final piece of controversial site
The historically low-income, low-slung neighborhood of Two Bridges--the area along the East River, near the footings of the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges where the Lower East Side meets Chinatown--has become a high-rise hotbed over the past year.
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More details and renderings ahead
December 10, 2016
VOTE for 6sqft’s 2016 Building of the Year!
For new developments, 2015 was the year of reveals, but 2016 was all about watching these buildings reshape our city.
Learn more about each of the buildings in the running here
Learn more about each of the buildings in the running here
December 9, 2016
KBA Architects reveal ziggurat-like tower for Kellogg’s Diner-adjacent site in Williamsburg
Back in March, 6sqft reported that a new hotel/rental tower at 500 Metropolitan Avenue had risen above ground, but there was still a bit ambiguity surroundings its final design. Now, just as the Williamsburg building has topped out, CityRealty uncovered the final renderings from KBA Architects.
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December 8, 2016
NYU reveals design for $1B 23-story building at controversial Greenwich Village site
NYU's controversial plan to replace their Coles Sports Center site at the corner of Mercer and Houston Streets received approvals way back in 2012, but due to community opposition and lawsuits, they only filed plans and began demolition this October.
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Lots more renderings and details
December 8, 2016
Norman Foster will design 985-foot tower at 50 Hudson Yards
It's been 14 months since developer Related Companies bought the site of a former McDonald's at 34th Street and 10th Avenue, the final parcel needed to complete Hudson Yards.
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Get more details ahead
December 5, 2016
One Vanderbilt confirms 1,020-foot observation deck
It's been almost a year since 6sqft first heard inklings that One Vanderbilt--the city's second tallest tower--would offer a sky-high observation deck, and now that developer SL Green has secured $1.
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December 5, 2016
As Red Hook’s Norman Foster office complex plans move forward, local residents want more input
In October 6sqft reported that work on Thor Equities' 7.7-acre waterfront office and retail complex, architect Norman Foster‘s first Brooklyn commission, had begun.
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December 2, 2016
Richard Meier’s first NYC skyscraper starts its climb above street level in Turtle Bay
Richard Meier's 685 First Avenue--the starchitect's largest and tallest building in the city to date--has begun its above-ground ascent, reports CityRealty.
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November 30, 2016
Jared Kushner will lend $1B to developers over the next five years
When Charles Kushner founded real estate development firm Kushner Companies in 1985, he may have had visions of his son Jared taking over the company (which he did in 2007), but he never could have predicted the role his kin would have in one of the country's most contentious presidential elections.
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November 30, 2016
Designers at ArX Solutions offer their own take on a Waldorf Astoria interior renovation
The final checkout for hotel guests at the iconic Waldorf Astoria is March 1st, after which its new owner, Chinese insurer Anbang Insurance Group, will begin converting the 1,413 hotel rooms into 840 renovated hotel rooms and 321 luxury condos to the tune of $1 billion.
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More renderings and details
November 28, 2016
New renderings for COOKFOX’s 700-foot Financial District condo tower 25 Park Row
Over the summer, L+M Development Partners demolished the former Financial District flagship of J&R Music and Computer World to make way for a 54-story, mixed-use condo tower at 25 Park Row, just across from City Hall Park in an area quickly becoming a more vibrant, 24-hour neighborhood.
