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July 8, 2015

Construction Update: Robert A.M. Stern’s 220 Central Park South Begins Race into the Sky

By Ondel Hylton

Billionaire's Row's race into the sky continues. Two of its biggest projected selling towers are beginning to rise out of their gargantuan foundations and are rushing to claim their piece of coveted Central Park-fronting airspace.
See new images of the tower here

June 24, 2015

POLL: How Do You Like the Nordstrom Tower’s New Name, Central Park Tower?

By Dana Schulz

We knew the name Nordstrom Tower wasn’t going to stick; the unofficial moniker came only from the fact that the building will have a Nordstrom department store at its base.

June 24, 2015

Renderings Revealed for Pacific Park Mega-Development’s Eight-Acre Green Space

By Dana Schulz

Formerly known as Atlantic Yards, Pacific Park Brooklyn will be a 22-acre site anchored by the Barclays Center in Prospect Heights and containing eight million square feet of mixed-use development that includes 16 condo towers and 2,250 units of affordable housing, as well as an eight-acre park.
More details ahead

June 17, 2015

POLL: Is Eliot Spitzer’s Williamsburg Development ‘Offensive?’

By Dana Schulz

Yesterday, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer revealed the first official rendering for Spitzer Enterprises’ mega development on the South Williamsburg waterfront.

June 16, 2015

Renderings Revealed for Eliot Spitzer’s ODA-Designed Williamsburg Mega-Development

By Dana Schulz

Leaving his political career in the past, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer is taking on the development world. After his father's death in November, the controversial politician took over the family's real estate business, Spitzer Enterprises.
More details here

June 16, 2015

New Rendering of Renzo Piano’s Soho Condos Shows a Curvy Glass Construction

By Diane Pham

Last month it was revealed that Renzo Piano would be following up his new Whitney Museum with a 290-foot residential tower at 555 Broome Steet (previously pinned as 100 Varick Street) in Hudson Square right on the border of Soho.
more details here

June 16, 2015

Extell’s Nordstrom Tower Will Be the Country’s Tallest by Roof Height

By Diane Pham

The Nordstrom Tower may not become the overall tallest building to ever rise NYC, besting One World Trade Center as previously reported and then rebuffed, but new filings unearthed by NY Yimby show that the supertall will still carry a very worthy, head-craning title.
get the scoop here

June 16, 2015

Flatiron Building-Looking Condo Tower to Rise at Brooklyn Heights Library Site

By Dana Schulz

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the Flatiron Building should be highly honored by this fresh batch of renderings from Marvel Architects for the site at 280 Cadman Plaza West in Brooklyn Heights.
More on the development and additional renderings

June 15, 2015

New Rendering Reveals What Rafael Viñoly’s 125 Greenwich FiDi Tower Will Look Like

By Diane Pham

It's been a while since we've heard anything on Rafael Viñoly's tower slated to rise in the Financial District, but it looks like the starchitect's next supertall is inching closer to a full reveal.
Find out more here

June 9, 2015

Karim Rashid Asks Facebook Followers to Choose the Facade of His Next Building

By Diane Pham

With all the controversy currently swirling around Karim Rashid's colorful design of a residential building in a historic Harlem neighborhood, it looks like the designer is looking to avoid any additional headache with the public as he moves forward with a brand new project in Soho.
Find out more here

June 9, 2015

Luxury Parisian Hotel May Be Coming to Chetrit’s Sony Building Conversion

By Dana Schulz

It's definitely been a big number game at Chetrit's Sony Building conversion–from the 96 luxury condos they'll add to floors 14 to 33 of the 37-story tower, to the planned $1.
Get the scoop

June 3, 2015

Extell May Build Brooklyn’s Tallest Tower at City Point

By Dana Schulz

Extell, the development company best known for gobbling up billionaires' row sites and building supertall towers like One57, is venturing into Brooklyn, a place they've long avoided.
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June 1, 2015

REVEALED: Rafael Viñoly’s Slender 52-Story Condo Tower Design for Nomad

By Diane Pham

Is there any architect more in demand than Rafael Viñoly these days? NY YIMBY has uncovered the first renderings of the starchitect's latest residential project, a tower slated to pierce the sky from a Nomad site at 281 Fifth Avenue.
Find out more here

May 27, 2015

REVEALED: 1 Park Lane Will Be the Next Supertall Central Park South Tower

By Dana Schulz

Just a week after Manhattan's Community Board 5 called for a moratorium on shadow-casting Central Park skyscrapers taller than 600 feet, renderings have been revealed for the next supertall tower coming to the periphery of the park.
More details ahead

May 26, 2015

Starchitect Rafael Vinoly to Design a 10-Story Meatpacking District Building

By Diane Pham

Look out—not up—because there’s a new low-rise Rafael Vinoly-designed building coming our way.

May 20, 2015

POLL: Do You Agree with the Central Park Skyscraper Moratorium?

By Dana Schulz

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May 19, 2015

Community Board Wants Moratorium Placed on Central Park Skyscrapers Taller than 600 Feet

By Diane Pham

Those looking to build a behemoth along Central Park may have to look elsewhere.
FInd out more here

May 18, 2015

Developer Scott Resnick Takes Us Inside Norman Foster’s 551W21

By Carter B. Horsley

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Inside Foster's new building in progress this way

May 18, 2015

VIDEO: Preview the Interiors of Jean Nouvel’s MoMA Tower Ahead of This Week’s Sales Launch

By Michelle Cohen

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Check out the interiors and the video this way

May 15, 2015

New Rendering Shows Isay Weinfeld’s Jardim High Line Condos

By Michelle Cohen

As the construction boom along the High Line continues, new renderings have surfaced (via Curbed) for the condo development designed by highly acclaimed Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld.
Find out more about the project here

May 14, 2015

Extell Shoots for a $4.4B Sellout with the Nordstrom Tower, the Most Expensive Ever

By Diane Pham

Extell has plenty to brag about, from claiming fame to the city's top two most expensive sales to being credited with starting the whole superluxury supertall tower boom.
more details here

May 14, 2015

Official Rendering Revealed for Nordstrom Tower: No Surprises but Potential for More Height

By Michelle Cohen

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Find out the latest on the tower's height

May 13, 2015

Jean Nouvel Says He Has ‘No Favorite Color’ at Event Honoring 53W53

By Dana Schulz

Last night, MoMA held an event to honor Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel and his much talked-about project 53W53, which is also known as the MoMA Tower for its location next to the museum and the fact that the institution will occupy three of its lower floors.
Find out about Nouvel's inspiration for 53W53 here

May 12, 2015

The Nordstrom Tower Will Not Be Taller than 1 World Trade Center, Says Developer Gary Barnett

By Diane Pham

Yesterday, new details on Extell's Nordstrom Tower were leaked, stating that the tower's height had been stretched 20 feet to trump the One World Trade Center.
More on what Barnett had to say

May 12, 2015

The LES Site of 90-Year-Old Streit’s Matzo Factory Sells for $30.5 Million

By Diane Pham

When word hit that the Lower East Side's Streit's Matzo Factory would be shuttering, it was sad news not only for longtime residents in the neighborhood, but a horror for New Yorkers worried about the city's transformation into a sea of characterless new constructions.
So, what's next for this site?

May 11, 2015

Nordstrom Tower Adds 20 Feet to Become the Tallest Building in NYC and Western Hemisphere

By Diane Pham

One World Trade Center's claim to the title as the city's tallest building could soon be nil. NY Yimby reports that the ultra-super-tall Nordstrom Tower at 217 West 57th Street has experienced a growth spurt that's pushed its already jaw-dropping height from 1,775 to 1,795-feet.
FInd out more here

May 8, 2015

LES Sunshine Cinema Gets Shopped Around as $35M Development Site

By Dana Schulz

The Sunshine Cinema at 139-143 East Houston Street has been a neighborhood staple since it was built in 1898, but that soon may change, according to The Real Deal.
More details ahead

May 7, 2015

VIDEO: Bjarke Ingels Takes Us Through His 57th Street Pyramid ‘Courtscraper’

By Diane Pham

Even though big dreamer and BIG architect Bjarke Ingels's 57th Street pyramid was recently christened a less-than-desirable "Via" by its developer, Ingels and his team have given the building a moniker of their own, nicknaming it "courtscraper.
Watch the video here

May 7, 2015

$13M Madison Avenue Condo Will Have One of the City’s Largest Private Pools

By Dana Schulz

Now that $1 million parking spots are the new norm and luxury apartment buildings are all but expected to offer outrageous amenities like vitamin C-infused showers, pet spas, and bowling alleys, developers have to get creative with their over-the-top offerings.
More here

May 6, 2015

New Renzo Piano-Designed Residential Tower to Rise in Soho

By Diane Pham

Renzo Piano's versatility continues to win the hearts of NYC developers, and it looks like the starchitect is finally getting his chance to flex his muscle in the residential realm.
FInd out more here

May 4, 2015

Extell Looks to Religion to Build Its Next 57th Street Supertall Tower

By Dana Schulz

In the past, it was street names like Park Avenue and Central Park West that signaled a building's wealth and prestige, but these days it's gotten confined to a much shorter thoroughfare, 57th Street.
More on the possible project here

May 1, 2015

New Condo Project Rising at 629 Grand Street in Williamsburg

By Dana Schulz

Just four blocks from the Lorimer Street station on the L train, a new condo project is rising at 629 Grand Street. The property is a conversion of an existing mixed-use building, having been extended both horizontally and vertically.
More info here

April 30, 2015

A Record $11.9B Has Gone into Building New Condos, but Few Apartments Actually Produced

By Diane Pham

The NYC luxury real estate market is as hot as ever and developers are scrambling to get in on the action. The Daily News reports that a record breaking $11.
Find out more here

April 29, 2015

New Photos of the Second Avenue Subway Show Progress–and a Twist on the MTA’s Typeface

By Diane Pham

When we last wrote about the Second Avenue Subway back in February, word was that Phase I was about 79 percent complete and still on track for its December 2016 opening.
See more here

April 23, 2015

United Nations Tower Has Floating Wrap-Around Gardens, Will Be New World’s Skinniest Tower

By Dana Schulz

Just last month, Perkins + Will announced a new 65-story, 700-foot, pencil-thin tower coming to 37th Street.
More details ahead

April 22, 2015

Living Green: Mapping NYC’s Newest LEED Rated Residential Constructions

By Diane Pham

Happy Earth Day, friends! As climate change weighs heavy on many of our minds, it’s relief to know that there are developers and architects working hard to create a healthier, more sustainable built environment.

April 22, 2015

Park Slope’s Iconic Pavilion Theater to Be Demolished for a Morris Adjmi-Designed Residential Project

By Dana Schulz

Back in December we revealed that Park Slope's iconic Pavilion Theater may be going residential after scoping out renderings on the website of architecture firm Architecture Outfit, which showed two possible schemes.
More details on the project ahead

April 21, 2015

City’s First Micro-Apartment Project ‘MY Micro NY’ Ready for Stacking

By Ondel Hylton

Just in time for Earth Day, New York's first micro-unit apartment building, dubbed My Micro NY, is entering its final construction phase.
More details ahead

April 21, 2015

Extell’s ‘Poor Door’ Building Receives a Staggering 88,000 Applicants

By Diane Pham

Poor doors be damned. It looks like the anger and public outcry swirling around Extell's new 50 Riverside Boulevard condo didn't do much to deter New Yorkers from vying for a low-income unit at the building.
So do poor doors really matter?

April 20, 2015

New Renderings Revealed for 217 West 57th Street, the Will-Be Tallest Residential Building in the World

By Dana Schulz

It's been relatively quiet on the Nordstrom Tower front since we saw some skyline renderings in September.
See all the renderings here

April 17, 2015

Long Island City’s Hot New Park-Front Project Liv@ Murray Park North Set to Begin Sales

By Ondel Hylton

While Manhattan buyers typically pay a great premium for a park-front address, a single subway stop away in Long Island City, a new condominium aptly named Liv@ Murray Park North will begin sales with homes starting around $400,000.
More on the project ahead

April 16, 2015

The Sutton, Toll Brothers’ ‘Modern Vintage’ Condo, Tops Out and Gets Motley Skin

By Ondel Hylton

Toll Brothers' latest condo development The Sutton has reached its 30-story apex and is currently applying a variety of skins to its frame that its designers hope will capture a "modern vintage" aesthetic.
Find out more about the project

April 16, 2015

New Clinton Hill Building with $1,064 Two-Bedroom Apartments Now Taking Applications

By Diane Pham

Clinton Hill rents may be skyrocketing, but there are a handful of units coming up sure to bring some peace of mind to those worried that the neighborhood is turning into another haven for the rich.
Find out more here and if you qualify for one of the units

April 13, 2015

Norman Foster’s 2 World Trade Center Could Get a Jumpstart Thanks to Rupert Murdoch

By Diane Pham

Norman Foster's 88-story tower, destined for the last unoccupied site of the World Trade Center complex, could finally get the legs it needs to move forward.
More on the move forward here

April 12, 2015

Construction Update: SOM’s 252 East 57th Street Getting Its Glass Skin

By Ondel Hylton

With foundation work complete, the World Wide Group / Rose Associates' tower at 252 East 57th Street is rapidly making its climb into the Midtown East skyline.
More details on the project here

April 10, 2015

REVEALED: SL Green to Build Another Times Square Spectacular at 719 Seventh Avenue

By Ondel Hylton

Here's our first look at what commercial heavyweights SL Green have in mind for a small Times Square corner at 719 Seventh Avenue and West 48th Street. Building permits filed earlier this month call for a four-story, 9,000 square-foot retail building designed by TPG Architecture.
Find out more on the project here

April 9, 2015

At Brooklyn’s Gateway, Woods Bagot Kicks Off Construction of the Jay Street Residences

By Ondel Hylton

AmTrust Realty has recently kicked off construction on a 250,000-square-foot, mixed-use project near Brooklyn's Manhattan Bridge approach.
More details on the project here

April 8, 2015

Sales Launch at Clinton Hill’s Broken Angel Condos, Homes Start at $1.25M

By Michelle Cohen

The much-discussed new condos at the site of the former Broken Angel House at 4-8 Downing Street in Clinton Hill are officially on the market.
This way for prices and interior renderings

April 7, 2015

REVEALED: 900-Foot Norman Foster-Designed Condo Tower Coming to Sutton Place

By Ondel Hylton

First spotted by the eagle-eyes at SkyscraperPage, a New York Press article has given us our first look at a potential 900-foot skyscraper reportedly designed by Foster + Partners and developed by the Bauhouse Group.
More details ahead

April 6, 2015

Interior Renderings for SHoP’s 111 West 57th Street Tower Revealed

By Diane Pham

Hot on the heels of last week's release of a new teaser site and rendering showing just how tall, slender and skyline-changing SHoP Architect's new tower at 111 West 57th Street will be, comes brand new renderings of the exterior and, for the first time, a look at the interiors.
Inside the supertall here

April 2, 2015

Revealed: East Harlem Rental Building by Gerald J. Caliendo Architects Rising at 2183 Third Avenue

By Ondel Hylton

Here's our first look at 2183 Third Avenue, an under-construction mixed-use project in East Harlem being developed by Sharon Kahen and Haim Levi's East 119th Street Development LLC.
More details on the new project here

March 30, 2015

New Rendering and Teaser Site Released for 111 West 57th Street

By Dana Schulz

"111 West 57th Street defines the idea of a modern classic: a residence whose timeless design evokes the prewar Golden Age of Manhattan skyscrapers, while also delivering high-technology performance, 21st century engineering, and contemporary comfort without compromise.
More details and a new height comparison ahead

March 30, 2015

Fly-Through Video of ODA’s 10 Jay Street Shows Crystalline Facade from Every Angle

By Dana Schulz

We've been seeing a lot of innovative work from ODA Architecture lately–from their Bushwick rental project that looks uncannily similar to a project by Bjarke Ingels in Denmark to their provocative ziggurat-like proposal for Gowanus.
Watch the video here

March 27, 2015

REVEALED: ODA Architects Design Cantilevering Ziggurats for Gowanus Site

By Ondel Hylton

Another eye- and volume-popping mega-project by ODA Architects may be coming to Brooklyn, and this week's chosen neighborhood is Gowanus.
More information here

March 27, 2015

New Renderings Revealed for Tadao Ando’s ‘Glass Jewel Box’ Condo in Nolita

By Dana Schulz

Over the summer we got a couple of teaser renderings for Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando's forthcoming Nolita condo at 152 Elizabeth Street. But now the Times has released the entire batch of starchitecture porn, including a full building shot and interior details.
Pricing info and renderings this way

March 26, 2015

Construction Update: ODA Architects’ 155W 18th Gets Its Skin

By Ondel Hylton

Flying under the radar, an 11-story, 30-unit condominium at 155 West 18th Street has topped off and is applying a dignified bluestone facade to its concrete structural frame.
More details on 155 West 18th Street's progress

March 20, 2015

REVEALED: ODA’s New Bushwick Rental Project Looks a Lot Like BIG’s 8 Tallet in Copenhagen

By Dana Schulz

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Bjarke Ingels should give himself a big pat on the back. A newly revealed residential design by architectural firm ODA for the Rheingold Brewery site in Bushwick looks a lot like Bjark Ingels Group's (BIG) 8 Tallet in Copenhagen.
More details on the proposed project

March 18, 2015

Construction Update: COOKFOX’s 855 Sixth Avenue Tops Off, Ties for City’s ‘Shortest Skyscraper’

By Ondel Hylton

In the shadow of the Empire State Building, the concrete frame of 855 Sixth Avenue has quietly risen to its full 500-foot height.
More details ahead

March 17, 2015

Slab of Plexiglass Dislodges at One57 and Falls on Two Cars Below

By Diane Pham

Watch where you walk when treading near supertall towers. The WSJ reports that a stop work order has been issued at One57 after a kitchen table-sized piece of Plexiglass fell from the 22nd floor of the tower on Sunday, smashing into two parked cars down below.
Is one57 cursed? Find out more here

March 13, 2015

New Renderings for 212 Fifth Avenue Show a Whimsical Top-Floor Restaurant and Enormous Clock

By Ondel Hylton

With the debut of their newly-sharpened website, the visual-realization whizzes at AJSNY are seeking to steal some Apple Watch buzz with this stunningly whimsical rooftop addition atop the now-under-conversion 212 Fifth Avenue in Nomad.
More details on the proposed design ahead

March 13, 2015

World’s Skinniest Tower 111 West 57th Street Will Offer $100M Condos

By Dana Schulz

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More details and the price list ahead

March 12, 2015

Pikettyscrapers: What You Call Those Expensive Supertall Buildings Nobody Lives In

By Diane Pham

Supertall, pencil tower, megatall, superslim, skinnyscraper...
Find out how the term was coined

March 12, 2015

65-Story Residential Tower with Sky-High Gardens Coming to 37th Street

By Annie Doge

There's a new 65-story pencil-thin tower coming to 37th Street slated to rise 700 feet into the sky.
find out more here

March 12, 2015

Extell’s Massive 71-Story LES Tower Will Dwarf the Manhattan Bridge

By Diane Pham

Here's your first look at Extell's new tower popping up just north of the Manhattan Bridge along the East River waterfront.
READ MORE

March 10, 2015

190 Bowery Being Stripped of Its Graffiti as We Speak

By Diane Pham

Image courtesy of Lori Zimmer We all knew this day would come. 190 Bowery is currently undergoing a deep cleaning as its new owners prime it for its next life as a luxury mixed-use condo/retail development.
More here

March 6, 2015

REVEALED: Massive Mixed-Use Development at Red Hook’s Revere Sugar Factory Site

By Ondel Hylton

The housing-design experts at Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) have hashed out a feasibility study to redevelop the Revere Sugar Factory site in Red Hook with a 1.
More information on the project here

March 5, 2015

REVEALED: Asking Prices, Floorplans for 520 Park Avenue, the Next Billionaire’s Row Blockbuster

By Gabby Warshawer

Developers of 520 Park Avenue have revealed apartment prices for all units in the building, which is poised to become one of the city’s most expensive condominium towers and include a $130 million penthouse.
Click here for full pricing information and floor plans

March 5, 2015

220 Central Park South Penthouse Could Set a New Record with $175 Million Price Tag

By Diane Pham

It's a good day for Robert A.M. Stern, whose buildings seem to be bringing billionaires to their knees. The Real Deal has just caught wind of the offering plan for Stern's 220 Central Park South tower being developed by Vornado.
Find out more here, plus floor plans!

March 4, 2015

A Massive Modern Tower Could Sprout Next Door to Controversial One Vanderbilt

By Diane Pham

Foes of One Vanderbilt could soon find themselves with choice words for a new supertall enemy on the rise in the Midtown corridor. The Post reports that developer Howard Milstein is now looking to design and develop a brand new tower at 335 Madison Avenue.

February 27, 2015

Revealed: AB Architekten’s 29 Clay Street to Bring Manhattan Modernism to Greenpoint

By Ondel Hylton

A proposed 12-story residential building near the mouth of Newtown Creek in Greenpoint may bring some avante-garde design to a neighborhood better known for its low-slung factories, unpretentious row-houses, hearty Polish community, and an immense wastewater treatment plant.
More information on the proposed project

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