Construction Update: 30 Warren
Southwest corner.
Construction scaffolding has come down at Cape Advisors' 30 Warren, revealing the facade of the 12-story condo building in Tribeca. Designed by Parisian firm Post-Office Architectes, the 23-unit condo building is the firm's first US project. The building is clad in textured, custom-crafted architectural concrete panels and large picture windows.
Looking up at the west facade.
Looking up at the west facade.
Close-up of the textured concrete facade panel.
West facade.
Northwest corner.
Architect: Post-Office Architectes (Design Architect) with HTO Architects (Architect of Record); Developer: Cape Advisors; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 520 W 20
Northeast corner from the High Line.
Construction is wrapping up at Elijah Equities’ commercial office building The Warehouse at 520 West 20th Street in Chelsea. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the brick and steel former warehouse and distribution facility for the Carolina Manufacturing Company has been renovated with an additional metal and glass 4-story rooftop structure. The project is adjacent to the High Line, affording park views from the office floors and the outdoor terraces at the roof of the original warehouse and the new addition.
Northeast corner from West 20th Street.
West facade from the High Line.
West facade from the High Line.
Southeast corner from the High Line.
South facade from the High Line.
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developer: Elijah Equities, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank; Program: Commercial Office; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: The Perelman Center
Southeast corner with 1 World Trade Center (left) and 7 World Trade Center (right) behind.
Superstructure continues to rise at the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center. Designed by REX, the massing features a cube that is elevated and rotated above the complexity of program at and below grade. The cube will be wrapped in a facade of translucent, veined marble laminated within insulated glass. When completed, the Perelman Center will house three auditoriums to produce and premiere original works of theater, dance, music, film, and opera.
Northeast corner.
East facade.
South facade detail.
Southeast corner detail.
Southwest corner.
Southwest corner from the 9/11 Memorial.
Architect: REX (Design Architect), Davis Brody Bond (Executive Architect); Client: Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center; Program: Performing Arts Center; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 101 West 14th Street
Southeast corner.
Curtain wall installation has reached the halfway mark at Gemini Rosemont’s 14-story residential condo building at 101 West 14th Street in Greenwich Village. Designed by ODA New York, the condo building features the architect’s signature eroded massing that affords covered balconies and stepped terraces at the upper floors. When completed, the project will offer 45 residential condo units, 21 of which will be duplexes.
East facade.
Close-up of the east facade.
Southeast corner from 6th Avenue.
South facade.
Close-up of the facade at the southeast corner.
Close-up of the facade at the southeast corner.
Close-up of the facade at the southeast corner.
Southwest corner from West 14th Street.
Southwest corner from West 14th Street.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: Gemini Rosemont; Program: Residential Condo, Retail; Location: Greenwich Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 1802 2nd Avenue - Inspir Carnegie Hill
Southwest corner from 2nd Avenue.
Construction is wrapping up at Maplewood Senior Living’s Inspir Carnegie Hill on the Upper East Side. Designed by Handel Architects, the 23-story, 215-unit assisted living residential tower features a board formed concrete exterior with wood accents and bronze framed window wall. At care floors there is a double bay of planted balconies with climbing vines that can be accessed by sliding glass walls. A Sky Park at the tower’s 16th floor setback provides further connection to the outdoors.
Southwest corner from 2nd Avenue.
Looking up at the west facade.
West facade from 2nd Avenue.
Close-up of the board formed concrete superstructure and window wall.
Southwest corner of the tower facade.
Southeast corner of the tower facade.
Northwest corner from 2nd Avenue.
Architect and Interiors: Handel Architects; Developer: Maplewood Senior Living; Program: Assisted Living Residential; Location: Carnegie Hill, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 100 Franklin
East facades from Church Street.
Construction scaffolding has been removed, revealing the full brick facade at 100 Franklin, the two building residential condo development on a triangular shaped lot in Tribeca. Developed and designed by DDG, the buildings feature a red hand-laid brick facade in keeping with the neighborhood's pallete of materials. When completed later this year, the project will offer 10 residential condo units.
Looking up at the northeast corner.
Close-up of the brick detailing at the ground floor storefront.
Close-up of the brick detailing at the ground floor storefront.
Close-up of the east facade.
Southeast corner of the roof parapet.
East facades from Church Street.
Southeast corner.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Southeast corner from Church Street.
South facade from Franklin Street.
Architect/Developer: DDG, Palette Architecture (Architect of Record); Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: Greenpoint Landing
1 Bell Slip (left), 37 Blue Slip (center), and 41 Blue Slip (right) from Hunters Point South Park.
Progress continues at Greenpoint Landing, the waterfront mega project from developers Park Tower Group, Brookfield Property Partners, and L+M Development Partners. Handel Architects is responsible for the design of the master plan and all but one of the current sites completed or under construction. OMA New York is responsible for the design of the two towers at block D. The master plan will bring 10 towers and about 5,500 residential units to the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn. Approximately 1,400 of those units will be permanently affordable, including those in the three low-rise buildings already completed. Also included in the development will be a waterfront park from James Corner Field Operations and a K-8 public school on the corner of Franklin and Dupont Street.
1 Bell Slip (left), 37 Blue Slip (center), and 41 Blue Slip (right) from Hunters Point South Park.
37 Blue Slip
Greenpoint Landing’s first completed market rate tower is 37 Blue Slip, a 30-story tower designed by Handel Architects. The tower stands 300 feet tall and offers 373 residential units. The materials were selected to tie the tower into the neighborhood's industrial past and the adjacent affordable buildings in the development.
37 Blue Slip.
41 Blue Slip
Exterior wall installation has wrapped up at Greenpoint Landing’s second market rate tower at 41 Blue Slip. Designed by Handel Architects, the tower stands 40 stories tall and is situated to the south of the first market rate tower at 37 Blue Slip.
41 Blue Slip.
Close-up of the south facade of 41 Blue Slip.
37 Blue Slip (left) and 41 Blue Slip (right).
1 Bell Slip (left), 37 Blue Slip (center), and 41 Blue Slip (right).
1 Bell Slip
Superstructure has reached the fifth floor at 1 Bell Slip, Handel Architect’s third market rate residential tower at Greenpoint Landing. When completed, the 31-story tower will offer 413 residential units.
1 Bell Slip.
Architect: Handel Architects (1 Bell Slip, 37 Blue Slip, 41 Blue Slip, 7 Bell Slip, 5 Blue Slip, 33 Eagle Street), OMA New York (Block D); Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Developers: Brookfield Property Partners (1 Bell Slip, 37 Blue Slip, 41 Blue Slip, Block D), Park Tower Group (1 Bell Slip, 37 Blue Slip, 41 Blue Slip, 7 Bell Slip, 5 Blue Slip, 33 Eagle Street, Block D), L+M Development Partners (7 Bell Slip, 5 Blue Slip, 33 Eagle Street; Program: Residential, Retail, Education, Park; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY.
Construction Update: 5203 and 5241 Center Boulevard
West facade of the north (left) and south (right) tower from the East River.
Superstructure is rising at TF Cornerstone’s two tower residential development at Hunters Point South Parcel C. Designed by ODA New York, the two towers will offer around 1,200 apartments ranging in size from studios to two-bedrooms. Sixty percent of the units will be set aside as permanently affordable and 100 will be set aside for senior housing.
Southwest corner of the north (center) and south (right) tower from the East River.
Northwest corner of the north (left) and south (right) tower from Hunters Point South Park.
Superstructure has topped out at the 46-story south tower at 52-41 Center Boulevard. When completed, the tower will offer 394 residential rental units within its 383,000 square feet of space. The tower will also offer ground floor retail, a daycare, and space for community use.
North facade of the south tower.
Looking up at the west facade of the south tower.
Looking up at the southwest corner of the south tower.
Facade detail at the southwest corner of the south tower.
Southwest corner of the north (left) and south tower (center) from Hunters Point South Park.
Southwest corner of the north (left) and south tower (right) from Hunters Point South Park.
Southwest corner of the north (left) and south tower (right) from Hunters Point South Park.
Looking up at the south facade of the south tower.
East facade of the south tower.
North tower from the East River.
Superstructure is nearing the one third mark at the 56-story north tower at 52-03 Center Boulevard. When completed, the tower will offer 800 affordable residential rental units within its 774,600 square feet of space. A 600-seat elementary school will occupy the base of the tower.
Northwest corner of the north tower.
Close-up of the west facade of the north tower.
Southwest corner of the north tower.
South facade of the north tower.
Southeast corner of the north tower.
Northeast corner of the south (left) and north (center) tower.
Northeast corner of the north tower.
Architect: ODA New York (Design Architect), SLCE (Architects of Record); Developer: TF Cornerstone; Program: Residential Rental; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 1245 Broadway
Northeast corner from Broadway.
Superstructure has surpassed the half way mark at GDSNY’s 23-story class A boutique office tower at 1245 Broadway in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM), the office tower’s massing features four setbacks as it ascends, with carve outs that allow for large terraces at each location. The tower’s gridded facade features an exposed textured architectural concrete superstructure and floor to ceiling triple paned windows.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the lower tower with windows installed.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the lower tower.
Northeast corner from West 31st Street.
Looking up at the east facade.
Close-up of the east facade.
Northwest corner from West 31st Street.
Architect: Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM); Developer: GDSNY; Program: Office, Retail; Location: NoMad, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 260 Bowery
East facade.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Nexus Building Development Group’s 8-story residential condo building 260 Bowery in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the building features an exposed board-formed concrete facade with floor to ceiling windows in a regular grid. The project is located adjacent to another Morris Adjmi project at 250 Bowery, completed in 2013.
When completed, the building will offer three- and four-bedroom full floor residences with a duplex penthouse at the top.
East facade of 250 Bowery (left) and 260 Bowery (right).
Close-up of the east facade.
Close-up of the east facade of 250 Bowery (left) and 260 Bowery (right).
East facade.
Close-up of the northeast corner.
East facade of 250 Bowery (left) and 260 Bowery (right).
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developer: Nexus Building Development Group; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Nolita, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.