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December 17, 2018

Nitehawk Cinema will open in Park Slope this week with 7 theaters and bar with Prospect Park views

By Devin Gannon

The Nitehawk Cinema will open a second location of its popular theater in Brooklyn this week after two years of renovation work. The theater will open on Wednesday in Park Slope at a refurbished Pavilion Theater, an iconic cinema that was built in 1928 and shuttered in 2016.
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December 17, 2018

Google to invest $1B in Hudson Square campus, doubling its workforce

By Devin Gannon

Google will invest $1 billion to open 1.7 million square feet of office space in Hudson Square, the company announced on Monday. The new campus includes property at 315 and 345 Hudson Street and will also be centered around 550 Washington Street, the former freight terminal, St. John's Terminal.
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December 13, 2018

Announcing 6sqft’s 2018 Building of the Year!

By Dana Schulz

The votes have been tallied, and it's time to name the 2018 Building of the Year! The winning title belongs to none other than Long Island City's Skyline Tower. The 778-foot-tall tower beat out 11 other significant NYC buildings in a competitive two-week competition held by 6sqft.
More on this year's winner!

December 12, 2018

Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 rental tower reveals new renderings ahead of 2019 leasing launch

By Michelle Cohen

The Landing at 15 Bridge Park Drive, the rental portion of the Pier 6 two-building development in Brooklyn Bridge Park, is preparing for a 2019 launch with a new website and new renderings of amenity spaces and exteriors, Curbed reports.
See more of what's to come

December 11, 2018

Judge rules in favor of Studio Gang’s Natural History Museum expansion plans despite lawsuit attempt

By Michelle Cohen

In October, plans by Studio Gang to expand the American Museum of Natural History and create the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation were stopped in their tracks after New York State Supreme Court Justice Lynn Kotler issued a temporary restraining order.
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December 10, 2018

See new images of Barry Diller’s $250M Pier 55 park taking shape in the Hudson River

By Michelle Cohen

Back in July 6sqft reported construction progress at the enthusiastically on-again Pier 55 public park project on the Hudson River funded by billionaire businessman Barry Diller.
Take a look at what's rising from the Hudson

December 6, 2018

Controversial Two Bridges towers get city approval despite community ambivalence

By Michelle Cohen

Update 12/7/18: The City Council and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer filed a suit in the Manhattan Supreme Court "claiming city planners usurped the Council’s authority over land-use issues in approving the project," reported The Real Deal.
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December 6, 2018

Transforming LaGuardia’s Terminal B, by the numbers

By Devin Gannon

The first phase of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $8 billion overhaul of LaGuardia Aiport opened to the public this weekend, which includes a new concourse and 11 gates at Terminal B.
Get the facts

December 5, 2018

VOTE for 6sqft’s 2018 Building of the Year

By Michelle Cohen

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December 5, 2018

Legendary Apollo Theatre is expanding with two additional theaters

By Alexandra Alexa

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December 4, 2018

City rejects bid to stop tallest Upper West Side tower

By Chava Gourarie

The Department of Buildings this week rejected a challenge against the tallest tower planned for the Upper West Side, as first reported by Crain's.
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November 29, 2018

Design studio Snarkitecture brings Snark Park to Hudson Yards with treats and ‘childlike wonder’

By Michelle Cohen

If hanging out at 900 feet in the air isn't your thing, NYC's newest neighborhood, Hudson Yards, promises plenty of fun things to do with your feet on the ground.
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November 27, 2018

Permits filed for 22-story Union Square tech hub with plans for major digital training center

By Michelle Cohen

The New York Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has filed permits to construct a 22-floor tech hub at 114 East 14th Street near Union Square, CityRealty reports.
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November 20, 2018

New renderings reveal more of Jeanne Gang’s High Line ‘Solar Carve’ tower

By Michelle Cohen

In August, four months after topping out, Jeanne Gang’s High Line-adjacent tower at 40 Tenth Avenue had its geometric glass installed. Images released by Studio Gang showed the 10-story office building taking shape and showed off its unique glazing system on the lower levels.
More new angles, this way

November 16, 2018

Google officially files permits for expansion plans at Hudson Square’s St. John’s Terminal

By Alexandra Alexa

First reported by CityRealty, Oxford Properties Group filed a building permit application yesterday to construct a 588,000-square-foot commercial addition to the St. John’s Terminal building in Hudson Square, a property they acquired in January.
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November 14, 2018

NYC’s highest residential outdoor space revealed at Hudson Yards

By Michelle Cohen

The first phase of the Hudson Yards megaproject, including the public square and gardens and its centerpiece, Vessel, as well as The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards, anchored by NYC’s first Neiman Marcus store, is preparing to open this spring.
Cast your eyes heavenward

November 14, 2018

New renderings of Sunshine Cinema-replacing office tower reveal “Houston Alleyway”

By Dana Schulz

Nearly a year ago, we got our first look at the glassy box that would replace the Lower East Side's formerly iconic Sunshine Cinema. And now, developer East End Capital has launched an official website to market the office spaces at 141 East Houston Street that includes a trio of new renderings.
See all the renderings

November 13, 2018

Despite city-wide ban, Amazon wants to put a rooftop helipad on its NYC HQ

By Michelle Cohen

On the heels of news that Amazon has chosen Long Island City, Queens for one of its two new headquarters, making the promise of 25,000 new jobs a hopefully-someday reality, comes the fine print request that the company would like a helipad for its new East River waterfront HQ, please.
Rooftop helipads have been banned since 9/11

November 13, 2018

See the waterfront site in Long Island City where Amazon will bring its new mixed-use campus

By Devin Gannon

Amazon officially announced on Tuesday its plan to bring its second headquarters to Long Island City, following a 14-month long contest among hundreds of cities across the country.
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November 12, 2018

New Chase HQ in Midtown will rise 1,400 feet and have Metro North access

By Michelle Cohen

In late October, JPMorgan Chase announced the selection of Foster + Partners, led by British Pritzker Prize winner Norman Foster, as the architects of a new 70-story headquarters on the site of its current offices at 270 Park Avenue between East 47th and 48th streets, CityRealty reports.
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November 12, 2018

Developer bets on seniors in the city with luxury assisted living tower on the Upper West Side

By Michelle Cohen

Betting that well-heeled seniors want to stay in the city as they age–and are willing to pay accordingly–developers Welltower, Inc.
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November 8, 2018

Google expanding to St. John’s Terminal in Hudson Square

By Devin Gannon

Google is expanding its New York City footprint once again. The tech giant is close to inking a deal to buy or lease a planned 1.3 million-square-foot office building at St. John's Terminal, formerly a freight terminal in Hudson Square, that is undergoing a major revamp by COOKFOX Architects.
More details here

November 7, 2018

Amazon looking at proposed Anable Basin mixed-use site for new home in Long Island City

By Devin Gannon

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November 6, 2018

New performing arts center announced for $400M Jersey City university project

By Michelle Cohen

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop just announced the newest phase of development on New Jersey City University's University Place project, Jersey Digs reports. The University and Strategic Development Group will break ground in early 2019 on University PAC, a state-of-the-art performing arts complex.
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November 6, 2018

Work finally resumes at Brooklyn’s first 1,000+ foot tower

By Devin Gannon

Since the plan to bring the first supertall tower to Brooklyn was approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in the spring of 2016, few updates have been announced about the project. While construction kicked off last year, work on 9 DeKalb Avenue was stalled for months.
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November 2, 2018

Surpassing 1,000-foot mark, SHoP’s skinny supertall shows off incredible Central Park views

By Devin Gannon

Without even reaching its final height of 1,428 feet tall, SHoP Architect's Midtown supertall is already boasting amazing views. New photos released this week of 111 West 57th Street, which recently surpassed 1,000 feet high, show off views from the tower's 64th, 72nd, and 73rd floors.
See the views

November 1, 2018

PHOTOS: One Vanderbilt reveals terra cotta facade and insane views

By Dana Schulz

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See all the photos

November 1, 2018

Norman Foster will design new Park Avenue headquarters for JPMorgan Chase

By Devin Gannon

JPMorgan Chase has tapped starchitect Norman Foster to design its new 2.5 million-square-foot headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, as first reported by Bloomberg. The new 70-story tower would replace the bank's current offices, located in the Union Carbide building.
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October 30, 2018

Museum of Natural History expansion plans stalled by restraining order and lawsuit

By Michelle Cohen

As 6sqft previously reported, last October the architects at Studio Gang tweaked their proposal for the American Museum of Natural History expansion to preserve more public parkland–and the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved the plans.
How big a setback is this?

October 30, 2018

Historic building at Brooklyn Navy Yard to be restored as modern manufacturing space

By Devin Gannon

A former boat repair facility at the Brooklyn Navy Yard will get restored as a modern manufacturing space, the last adaptive reuse project at the 300-acre site.
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October 29, 2018

Columbus Circle is getting a ‘small-format’ Target next year

By Devin Gannon

New York City is getting its 28th Target store, the retail giant announced on Monday. The company will open a "small-format" store near Columbus Circle on the Upper West Side in 2019.
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October 29, 2018

FXCollaborative reveals new renderings of slender Fidi condo tower

By Michelle Cohen

Trinity Place Holding’s new residential tower rising at 77 Greenwich Street in lower Manhattan has just released a teaser site and new renderings showing the 500-foot-tall building in all its future glory.
More details and renderings, this way

October 26, 2018

Long Island City’s Skyline Tower will be the first billion-dollar condo in Queens

By Michelle Cohen

Skyline Tower at 23-15 44th Drive in Long Island City, Queens, just got approved to begin sales, with a marketing plan that estimates a $1.088 billion sellout price, making the 66-story condominium the first in the borough to break the one billion mark, Bloomberg reports.
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October 24, 2018

First tower in Cobble Hill’s LICH-replacing River Park condo project launches sales

By Michelle Cohen

Sales began this week at 5 River Park, the first new tower to rise in the River Park project, the seven-building masterplan redevelopment of the former Long Island College Hospital Site.
Amenities, interiors this way

October 19, 2018

Updated looks for COOKFOX’s Domino Sugar building, Williamsburg’s will-be tallest

By Devin Gannon

Fully above ground, the second tower to rise at the massive Domino Sugar site has a pair of new renderings.
See them here

October 18, 2018

The East Coast’s largest Trader Joe’s opens at Essex Crossing

By Michelle Cohen

Yet another Trader Joe's store has landed in New York City; the quirky discount grocery chain's newest location is scheduled to open tomorrow at the new Essex Crossing development on the Lower East Side, Bowery Boogie reports.
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October 17, 2018

PHOTOS: See how the Statue of Liberty’s new museum is shaping up

By Devin Gannon

With the construction of the new Statue of Liberty Museum in its final stages, 6sqft on Tuesday toured the 26,000-square-foot site and its landscaped rooftop.
See its progress

October 16, 2018

London housing pioneer will bring NYC’s largest co-living location to Brooklyn

By Michelle Cohen

6sqft has checked in periodically to track the progress of co-living brands like Common and a foray into what some call "adult dorms" by co-working giant WeWork.
When can we move in?

October 15, 2018

15 Hudson Yards reveals model home with shoppable interiors by Neiman Marcus fashion director

By Michelle Cohen

The first phase of the Hudson Yards megaproject, including the public square and gardens and its centerpiece, Vessel, as well as The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards, which will be anchored by NYC's first Neiman Marcus store, is preparing to open this March.
Interiors you can buy, this way

October 15, 2018

Coney Island’s ‘Miami-inspired’ Ocean Dreams rental project tops out

By Michelle Cohen

Last spring, 6sqft revealed new renderings of grocery store king (Red Apple, Gristede's) John Catsimatidis' 425-unit Coney Island rental project at 3514 Surf Avenue known as Ocean Dreams.
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October 12, 2018

Marvel Architects reveal condo conversion of 200-year-old Nolita school

By Devin Gannon

Marvel Architects has completed its school-to-condo conversion in Nolita, bringing seven condos and one private townhouse to the former site of the Old St. Patrick's School on Prince Street.
See it here

October 8, 2018

Asbury Ocean Club wants to bring Manhattan luxury to the Jersey Shore

By Dana Schulz

In just 70 minutes, you can drive from Manhattan to Asbury Park, New Jersey, and escape to one of the state's most up-and-coming areas (think Williamsburg meets Bruce Springsteen-land meets Venice Beach).
Learn all about this new development

October 5, 2018

New renderings show Vornado’s Pompidou Center-like office plans for Chelsea

By Michelle Cohen

A high-tech future awaits the 235,000-square-foot building at 260 Eleventh Avenue that served as headquarters for the iconic Otis Elevator company from its construction in 1911 until the company's move to midtown 1974.
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October 3, 2018

Upper West Side school-to-condo conversion reveals $18M solarium penthouse in former gymnasium

By Dana Schulz

As of today, listings are live for developer/architect Cary Tamarkin's 555 West End Avenue. The project converted the former Catholic St. Agnes Boys High School into a 13-unit luxury condo.
Lots more to see

October 2, 2018

Renderings revealed for $2B revamp of St. John’s Terminal in Hudson Square

By Devin Gannon

Oxford Properties Group this week unveiled the first renderings of its project to transform an old freight terminal in Hudson Square into a 12-story office building. The Canadian developer bought a section of the St.
See the design

October 2, 2018

Listings go live at the world’s skinniest skyscraper, 111 West 57th Street

By Dana Schulz

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Ogle the floorplan porn

September 28, 2018

Watch a time-lapse video of Waterline Square reaching the finish line

By Emily Nonko

Construction is wrapping up on a trio of glassy residential towers known as Waterline Square, located on the five-acre waterfront site between West 59th and 61st Streets. Three Waterline Square, designed by Rafael Viñoly, got its multi-faceted crystal-planed exterior earlier this month.
Check it out

September 26, 2018

New details for Brooklyn’s Pacific Park and a first look at its tallest tower

By Devin Gannon

The development of Pacific Park, a 22-acre mixed-use complex near the Barclays Center, has entered its next phase Greenland Forest City Partners announced Wednesday. The developer is bringing on TF Cornerstone and the Brodsky Organization as development partners for the project.
More details here

September 26, 2018

NYC chefs bring giant food hall to Eero Saarinen’s Bell Labs building in suburban NJ

By Michelle Cohen

Symbolic of the future-happy post-war era, Bell Labs, the research and development center for telecom giant AT&T, was one of Finnish architect and industrial designer Eero Saarinen’s architectural masterpieces, though his iconic TWA Flight Center may be better known.
So, what's on the menu?

September 26, 2018

First look at interiors and private park at Jeanne Gang’s Downtown Brooklyn condo

By Dana Schulz

To coincide with the sales launch at Downtown Brooklyn's 57-story tower at 11 Hoyt Street, Tishman Speyer has released a slew of new renderings of the Jeanne Gang-designed condo.
All the renderings and details this way

September 24, 2018

Plans, new renderings revealed for $2.5B redevelopment of Times Square’s Palace Theatre

By Michelle Cohen

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September 20, 2018

Across from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, RXR plans a 10-building complex in a former printing press factory

By Michelle Cohen

The Brooklyn Navy Yard and the area surrounding it continues to expand and live up to predictions calling it the city's new creative hotspot.
More renderings of the new creative space, this way

September 18, 2018

Could affordable housing plans for Willets Point be scrapped for airport construction parking?

By Michelle Cohen

The city and developers have filed preliminary plans to pave a 6.5 acre stretch of city land for 665 parking spots, Crains reports.
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September 17, 2018

Roman Abramovich signs over Upper East Side megamansion to ex-wife in $92M transfer

By Michelle Cohen

6sqft recently reported that construction had begun on Russia-born billionaire Roman Abramovich's Upper East Side megamansion combo of three existing townhouses on East 75th Street.
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September 12, 2018

Public waterfront space to be part of massive Long Island City Innovation Center project

By Michelle Cohen

Developer TF Cornerstone has released new details about public open space slated to be part of the proposed project spanning over 1.5 million square feet at 44th Drive on city-owned land along the Long Island City waterfront, LICpost reports.
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September 12, 2018

Rafael Viñoly reveals new photos and video of Three Waterline Square

By Michelle Cohen

Catching up with the rise of Waterline Square has been a pastime of skyline watchers since the project was announced.
New images and video this way

September 7, 2018

Sales to begin at super-skinny supertall 111 West 57th Street; priciest units are $57M

By Michelle Cohen

Despite a long history of financial and legal woes, Property Markets Group, Spruce Capital Partners and JDS Development’s tall and slender tower at 111 West 57th Street is gearing up to begin sales (for real this time) according to the New York Times.
Pricing and more, this way

September 6, 2018

PHOTOS: Get an up-close look at Moynihan Train Hall’s massive new skylights

By Dana Schulz

At a construction tour of Moynihan Train Hall this morning, 6sqft had the rare opportunity to get up close and personal with the massive skylights that will crown this new concourse. The transformation of the historic James A.
See all the views

August 29, 2018

See new photos of Jeanne Gang’s ‘solar carving’ tower take shape along the High Line

By Devin Gannon

Four months after topping out, Jeanne Gang's tower at 40 Tenth Avenue is getting its geometric glass installed.
See its progress

August 23, 2018

See the 800-foot indoor ski slope, water park, and observation wheel coming to North Jersey

By Dana Schulz

Earlier this week, we got a sneak peek at the massive food hall coming to the American Dream mega-mall next to Met Life Stadium. The $3 billion, 4.
All the details and renderings

August 23, 2018

New rides and a boutique hotel to help reawaken Coney Island

By Michelle Cohen

On the heels of news that Coney Island will be getting its first new hotel in 50 years, plans have surfaced for a 150,000-square-foot expansion of Luna Park that will bring new rides, food and arcade games.
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August 20, 2018

New plans unveiled for creative and industrial office space in Greenpoint

By Michelle Cohen

Simon Baron Development has announced plans for a seven-story office building at 12 Franklin Street on the Greenpoint/North Williamsburg border.
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August 17, 2018

Battery Maritime Building’s hotel-restaurant conversion is back on track

By Devin Gannon

The plan to convert the landmarked Battery Maritime Building into a hotel and Cipriani rooftop restaurant is back on schedule after an injection of capital into the project, Crain's reported on Thursday.
More details here

August 14, 2018

Construction underway for Roman Abramovich’s Upper East Side mega-mansion

By Devin Gannon

Russia-born billionaire Roman Abramovich is moving ahead with his plan to construct a mega-mansion on the Upper East Side, the New York Post reported on Monday.
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August 13, 2018

New SHoP Architects-designed Pier 17 is making progress, looking sharp

By Michelle Cohen

Howard Hughes Corporation's re-launch of the SHoP Architects-designed Pier 17 in Lower Manhattan's Seaport District kicked off this summer, with exciting plans for food, drink, art, architecture, retail, and entertainment concepts finally being realized.
Take a look

August 9, 2018

59-block Inwood rezoning vote draws protests from residents who fear its character will be lost

By Michelle Cohen

On Wednesday the City Council approved a rezoning plan for a 59-block section of Inwood, a neighbhorhood often referred to as the "last affordable neighborhood in Manhattan," the New York Times reports. The plan was approved last week by the city's zoning subcommittee and the Land Use Committee.
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August 8, 2018

21-story Union Square tech hub gets green light from City Council despite community concerns

By Michelle Cohen

The New York City Council voted Wednesday to approve plans to build a new tech hub on city-owned land at 124 East 14th Street near Union Square.
Not everyone is excited, however

August 8, 2018

Get a first look at the next proposed mega-development for Sunset Park

By Dana Schulz

Development is certainly heating up around Sunset Park's open railway tracks.
More details and renderings this way

August 8, 2018

Book your wedding at the TWA Hotel: Renderings revealed for retro event spaces

By Dana Schulz

Getting married next spring? Or maybe you're planning a large conference? Either way, if mid-century-modern is your thing, then the news that the TWA Hotel is now booking events for the spring of 2019 and beyond is sure to be exciting.
Get a look at all the spaces

August 2, 2018

New renderings released for Crown Heights Bedford Union Armory redevelopment, permits still pending

By Annie Doge

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New renderings, this way

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