Construction Update: 505 State Street
Curtain wall installation is underway at Alloy’s 505 State Street residential tower in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed and developed by Alloy, the tower is the first of two that will rise on the block. It will be the city’s first all-electric tower, using electricity instead of oil or gas to power, heat, and cool the 440 residential rental units.
The first tower, 505 State Street, sits at the southern end of the triangular block and takes its flatiron massing form from the block’s shape. Curtain wall clad’s the tower with panels that include a large glass pane and a vertical shaped pier.
Alloy is also developing two public schools, the city’s first to be designed to Passive House standards, at the center of the site. ARO is leading the design of the two schools, which will be clad in brick. Steel superstructure is rising for the first of the two schools.
Design Architect: Alloy, ARO (Schools); Executive Architect: Ismael Leyva Architects (Schools); Structural Engineers: Silman (Residential Tower, Schools), MKA (Residential Tower); MEP Engineer: Cosentini (Residential Tower, Schools); Interiors: INC Architecture (Residential Tower); Developer: Alloy; Program: Residential, Retail, Public Schools; Location: Boerum Hill, New York; Completion: 2024 (First Residential Tower).
Tour: Maverick at 215 West 28th Street
Southeast corner from West 28th Street.
Construction has wrapped up at HAP Investment’s Maverick, a 21-story residential rental and condo building in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by DXA Studio, the development features a facade divided into two halves defined by a dark and a light faceted precast concrete panel. The development’s darker half at 225 West 28th Street offers 112 residential rentals, while the lighter half at 215 West 28th Street offers 87 residential condo units. Residents have access to a range of amenities including a fitness center with 60-foot-long indoor pool, steam and sauna room, library, lounge, billiards parlor, children’s playroom, and a rooftop cabana park.
Looking up at the south facade of 225 (left) and 215 (right) West 28th Street..
Close-up of the south facade of 225 (left) and 215 (right) West 28th Street.
Close-up of the south facade.
Looking up at the south facade.
Residential condo entry storefront at 215 West 28th Street.
Rooftop Amenity Space
View west towards Hudson Yards from the rooftop park.
View north towards Midtown from the rooftop park.
View south towards Lower Manhattan from the rooftop park.
Architect: DXA Studio; Developer: HAP Investments; Program: Residential Rental and Condo; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 57 Marcus Garvey Boulevard - Atrium at Sumner
Northwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
Window installation is underway at the Atrium at Sumner, an affordable senior housing development in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Studio Libeskind, the 10-story structure sits on vacant land on the NYCHA Sumner Houses campus. When completed, the development will provide approximately 190 units, along with an indoor garden, a central atrium, and a multi-use performing arts space at the ground floor.
Northwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
Northwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
Southwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
East facade.
North facade.
Architect: Studio Libeskind; Structural Engineer: LERA Consulting Structural Engineers; Mechanical Engineer: FISKAA Engineering; Client: Selfhelp Community Services, RiseBoro Community Partnership, Urban Builders Collaborative/Lettire; Program: Residential, Community Center; Location: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: The Studio Museum of Harlem
North facade from West 125th Street.
Steel superstructure is nearing completion at the new 82,000 square foot home for The Studio Museum in Harlem. Designed by Adjaye Associates, the massing of the museum features a stack of one and two-story volumes with large apertures that allow the public to glimpse the activity within.
Northwest corner from West 125th Street.
South facade from West 125th Street.
South facade from West 125th Street.
Architects: Adjaye Associates (Design Architect), Cooper Robertson (Architect of Record); Construction Manager: Sciame Construction with McKissack & McKissack; Client: The Studio Museum in Harlem; Program: Museum; Location: Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: FIT New Academic Building
Superstructure has topped out at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s new academic building on the Garment District campus. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 9-story building will contain classrooms, administrative offices, review and exhibition spaces, and a center for student life.
Rendering by SHoP Architects.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Client: Fashion Institute of Technology; Program: Education; Location: Garment District, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: Sendero Verde
Northwest corner of the phase two tower from East 112th Street.
Superstructure is rising at the phase two tower at affordable housing development Sendero Verde in East Harlem by developers Jonathan Rose Companies, L+M Development Partners, and Acacia Network. Designed by Handel Architects, the 34-story phase two tower sits at the northwest corner of the full block development. The tower is adjacent to the 10 and 15-story phase one buildings nearing completion at the eastern half of the block. When complete, the entire Sendero Verde complex will offer 695 affordable rental units and become the largest fully affordable Passive House development in the world.
Looking up at the phase two tower from Madison Avenue.
Along with the nearly 700 affordable residential units, the development will also offer community space for Union Settlement Association, a school with gymnasium, an 18,000 square foot courtyard, and pre-existing community gardens relocated to the new open space.
Southwest corner of the phase two tower (left) and phase one buildings (right) from Madison Avenue.
Southwest corner of the phase two tower (left) and phase one buildings (right) from Madison Avenue.
Residential entry of phase one from East 111th Street.
Looking up at the south facade of the phase one building from East 111th Street.
Close-up of the phase one facade.
Southeast corner of the phase one buildings from Park Avenue.
Looking up at the southeast corner of the phase one building from Park Avenue.
Southeast corner of the phase one building.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Jonathan Rose Companies, L+M Development Partners, Acacia Network; Program: Residential; Location: East Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
Tour: 10 East 29th Street - Anagram NoMad
Concierge desk in the residential lobby.
Construction has wrapped up at Global Holdings Management Group’s renovation of residential rental tower Anagram NoMad at 10 East 29th Street in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. The renovation of the 50-story tower, built in 1999, was led by Fogarty Finger.
Entry lounge in the residential lobby.
Residents have access to a range of amenities that includes a ground floor residents lounge (The Library), a co-working space (The Office), residents only coffee shop (The Cafe), and full-service gym and yoga studio (The Gymnasium). At the roof, residents have access to an indoor lounge with a game room and an outdoor deck (The Top).
The Library, a ground floor residents lounge.
The Office, a co-working space.
The Office.
The Cafe, a coffee shop and lounge for residents.
The Cafe.
The Cafe.
The Gymnasium, a full-service gym and yoga studio for residents.
The Gymnasium.
Yoga studio at The Gymnasium.
The Top, an indoor and outdoor rooftop lounge for residents.
View south towards NoMad and Lower Manhattan from The Top.
Elevator cab.
Elevator lobby and residential corridor.
Residential units range in size from studios to 3-bedroom residences. Kitchens feature Bosch appliances and Piatra Grey Caesarstone countertops and backsplashes. Bathrooms offer oversized mirrors, Kohler fixtures, Caesarstone countertops and vanities, and Porcelain Grey tile wet wall and flooring.
Living room and bedroom in a residential unit.
Residential kitchen.
Primary bathroom.
Architect: Fogarty Finger; Developer: Global Holdings Management Group; Program: Residential Rental Renovation; Location: NoMad, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: Brooklyn Tower at 9 Dekalb
View of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and Brooklyn Tower from Bond Street.
Facade installation is nearing completion at JDS Development Group’s residential supertall Brooklyn Tower at 9 DeKalb in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 93-story tower rises 1,066 feet and sits next to the landmarked Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank built in 1929.
Looking up at the southwest corner of Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and Brooklyn Tower.
Looking up at Brooklyn Tower from Fleet Street.
SHoP Architects’ massing design of interlocking hexagonal extruded volumes draws on the hexagon motif of the adjacent bank’s floors and ceiling ornamentation. Curtain wall panels of floor-to-ceiling glass, blackened metal, and bronze colored metal clad the tower.
East facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner of Brooklyn Tower from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Closeup of the Brooklyn Tower’s crown.
Northeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Northeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Looking up at the southwest corner of Brooklyn Tower from the roof of the Brooklyn Dime Saving Bank.
Closeup of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank.
Roof of the Brooklyn Dime Saving Bank.
Closeup of the Brooklyn Tower facade.
The tower offers 150 residential condos on the 53rd floor and above, with units ranging in size from studios to 4-bedrooms. Below the 53rd floor, the tower will offer 400 residential rental units, with 120 of those units falling under the affordable housing program.
View northwest towards Lower Manhattan from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
View of Hudson Yards from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
View of Midtown from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
View northeast towards the East River waterfront from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
View of Greenpoint Landing and Hunters Point South from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
View of Downtown Brooklyn from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
Brooklyn Tower on the Brooklyn skyline.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Residential Interiors: Gachot Studios; Amenities Interiors: Woods Bagot; Landscape Designer: HMWhite; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 141 Willoughby
East facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Savanna Real Estate’s office tower 141 Willoughby in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Fogarty Finger, the tower’s facade features a curtain wall of floor-to-ceiling glass and bronze toned metal panel. The expression of the horizontal banding between glazing increases in height from the ground floor to the roof, ranging from one floor to five floors between the horizontal bands of bronze.
Looking up at the east facade.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Closeup of the east facade.
Architect: Fogarty Finger (Design Architect), SLCE (Executive Architect); Developer: Savanna Real Estate; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Early 2023.
Construction Update: 4 Hudson Square - Disney NYC Headquarters
Northeast corner from Varick Street.
Facade installation is ongoing at The Walt Disney Company’s 22-story New York headquarters at 4 Hudson Square in Lower Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM), the full block development features a massing with setbacks that afford terraces for employees and two towers. In total, the development will include 1.2 million gross square feet with floor plates up to 85,000 square feet.
Close-up of the terra-cotta and glass facade at the northeast corner.
In dialog with the neighborhood’s masonry and stone material palette, the development features a facade of double- and triple-columned green terracotta panels, large picture windows, and bronze toned metal accents.
Closeup of the north facade.
Architect: Skidmore Owings & Merrill; Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; MEP Engineer: Jaros, Baum & Bolles; Facade Consultant: R.A. Heintges & Associates; Client: The Walt Disney Company; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
