Construction Update: 505 State Street
Curtain wall installation and superstructure have surpassed the half-way mark 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 44-story 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. Superstructure has topped out on the first school that fronts on Flatbush Avenue.
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: Downtown Brooklyn, New York; Completion: 2023 (First Residential Tower).
Tour: The Edison Gramercy - 250 East 21st Street
Construction is nearing completion at Urban Development Partners and SD Second Avenue Property’s residential condo tower The Edison Gramercy at 250 East 21st Street in the Gramercy neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Isaac & Stern, the limestone tower features Juliette windows with iron railings and a Mansard roof crown.
Model Residences
Residences are designed by Paris Forino and range in size from studio to 4-bedrooms, with ten foot ceilings. Kitchens feature custom millwork cabinetry with custom bone pulls, Tundra marble countertops and backsplash, Waterworks fixtures, and Miele appliances. Primary baths feature Crystallo Pearl marble, metal and millwork vanity with saddle leather pulls, custom medicine cabinet, and custom sconces.
Architect: Isaac & Stern Architects; Interior Design: Paris Forino; Developers: Urban Development Partners, SD Second Avenue Property; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Gramercy, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: Gotham Point at Hunters Point South
Gotham Point North Tower (left) and South Tower (center) at Hunters Point South, with One Bell Slip (right) from Greenpoint Landing.
Construction is nearing completion at Gotham Point’s 56-story, 689 unit residential rental tower on the southern tip of the Hunters Point South development. The north tower is one of two designed by Handel Architects for Gotham that will offer a mix of affordable and market rate units. Along with ground floor retail and a below grade parking garage, the north tower will offer a publicly accessible rooftop farm. Additionally, Riseboro Community Partnership will manage an 11-story wing of 98 senior independent living units in the north tower.
Gotham Point North Tower (left) and South Tower (right) at Hunters Point South.
Construction has wrapped up at the 33-story south tower, which will offer 443 rental units along with a ground floor retail space designated for the Flux Factory and a publicly accessible community boathouse.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Gotham; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Tour: 77 Greenwich Street - Jolie
Amenity spaces have completed at Trinity Place Holdings’ 77 Greenwich, a 42-story residential condo tower in the Financial District. FXCollaborative led the exterior design of the 500-foot tall tower, with interiors by Deborah Berke Partners. The base of the tower houses a new elementary school that incorporates the renovated Robert and Anne Dickey House, a landmark structure built in 1810.
Starting 150 feet above street level, the residential portion of the tower offers 90 residences ranging from 1 to 4 bedrooms. A pleated glass curtain wall clads the tower and offer views of Lower Manhattan and the harbor.
Rooftop Amenities and Views
Residents have access to Cloud Club 77, an amenity package that includes a penthouse club level, residents lounge and private dining room with a catering kitchen, children’s playroom, a double height fitness center, and two outdoor terraces.
View west towards Battery Park City and Jersey City from the top floor.
View south towards Battery Park and the New York harbor from the top floor.
Architect: FXCollaborative; Interiors: Deborah Berke Partners; Developer: Trinity Place Holdings; Program: Residential, School, Retail; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Tour: 425 Park Avenue
425 Park Avenue rising in Midtown.
Construction has wrapped up at 425 Park Avenue, L&L Holding Company's 897 foot tall office tower rising on Park Avenue in the Midtown East neighborhood. L&L has partnered with its co-equity partner and co-developer Tokyu Land Corporation and co-managing partner BentallGreenOak, with design by internationally acclaimed architects Foster + Partners. The 47-story tower replaces a 30-story tower formerly on site, keeping approximately 25% of the previous structure to allow for more height. Though the tower has been open for months, the tower had its official grand opening ceremony last week. One of the tower’s main tenants, Citadel, has leased 415,400 square feet of the tower’s total 670,000 square feet, which includes one of the three-story diagrid floors and the penthouse office floor.
The massing strategy calls for three distinct volumes separated by triple height setbacks with diagrid structure. While the first setback at floor 12 will be leased as office space, the Club Level at the second setback on floor 26 will offer to all tenants a wellness center and food service by Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
The exterior wall is composed of unitized curtain wall vision panels, textured stainless steel column cladding and solid corrugated panels at the elevator and services core at the east facade.
Southwest corner.
Looking up at the west facade from Park Avenue.
Office lobby entry.
Office Lobby
Ground floor lobby with a ceiling height of 45 feet.
Rooftop
View to the southwest towards Midtown.
Office Floor
Looking south from an upper office floor.
Southwest corner.
Looking west from an upper office floor.
Looking west from the office penthouse floor.
Looking north from an upper office floor.
Club Level - Floor 26
Looking up at the north facade of the tower.
Architect: Foster + Partners (Design Architect), Adamson & Associates (Architect of Record); Developer: L&L Holding Company, Tokyu Land Corporation; Construction: Tishman Construction; Structural Engineer: WSP; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Tour: Terminal Warehouse
Northwest corner on the Chelsea waterfront.
Superstructure is rising at L&L Holding Company and Columbia Property Trust’s renovation of the Terminal Warehouse in West Chelsea. The structure was originally designed by George Mallory and constructed in 1891 by the Terminal Warehouse Company. COOKFOX Architects are overseeing the design of the renovation, which includes restoring the original building and the addition of a 6-story steel and glass structure and approximately 100,000 gross square feet of green space. A freight tunnel that runs the length of the 700 foot structure will serve as an interior street with the original steel inlaid tracks serving as the street connecting access to office amenities, retail space, and a central courtyard. At completion, the groundscraper will offer 1.2 million square feet with floor plates up to 160,000 square feet in size and more than 16 private terraces.
Northwest corner on the Chelsea waterfront.
New addition and central courtyard from the roof of the existing structure.
Original wood beams.
Original freight tunnel at the ground floor.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects; Developers: L&L Holding Company, Columbia Property Trust; Program: Office, Retail; Location: West Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: FIT New Academic Building
Northeast corner from West 28th Street.
Curtain wall installation is underway 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.
Looking up at the north facade from West 28th Street.
Northwest corner from West 28th Street.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Client: Fashion Institute of Technology; Program: Education; Location: Garment District, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: Domino Sugar Refinery
Superstructure has topped out at the adaptive reuse of the Domino Sugar Refinery, the 1876 structure by Henry Havemeyer that was part of the original three buildings for the filtering, panning, and finishing of sugar. Designed by PAU, the refinery will be converted into a 425,000 square foot office building by nesting a new structure inside of the existing envelope, with a 10 to 12 foot gap in between.
Architect: PAU; Structural Engineer: Silman; MEP Engineer: Ettinger Engineering Associates; Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Developer: Two Trees Management; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: Magnolia DUMBO
Aerial view from the south.
Construction has wrapped up at Magnolia DUMBO, the rental portion of a 21-story residential development by CIM Group and LIVWRK at 85 Jay Street. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the 1.2-million-square-feet project features an 8-story podium and a tower at the northeast and southwest corner of the massive Brooklyn site. Rental apartments are located in the podium, while one-to-four-bedroom condo units occupy the two towers.
Northwest corner at Front and Jay Streets.
Custom Glen-Gery bricks and divided light windows clad the podium and towers. A scalloped, custom molded GFRC superframe, handcrafted in the Hudson Valley, overlays the facade in a 6 bay tall grid.
Southeast corner from Bridge and York Streets.
Residential rental entry lobby.
Residential rental entry lobby.
A half acre Private Park will occupy the center of the development at the ground floor. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, landscape architect for the nearby Brooklyn Bridge Park, led the design of the tiered park.
Private park.
Looking up at the residential condo tower from the park.
Private park.
Magnolia Club Amenities
Residents have access to a range of amenities on the 8th floor podium roof terrace including a co-working lounge, media lounge, game room, music room, kids playroom, party lounge, chef’s kitchen, bar and billiards room, wine room, coffee lounge, outdoor screening area, and outdoor pool with grilling area. A three level Life Time Fitness flagship will offer an indoor pool, full-size basketball court, fitness floor, five studios, and space for personal and small group training. Other amenities include a porte-cochere and driveway and the largest residential garage in DUMBO.
Terrace lounge.
Rooftop pool and resort deck.
Rooftop pool and resort deck.
Terrace lounge.
Terrace lounge.
Magnolia lounge.
Gaming lounge.
Media lounge.
Children’s playroom.
Residential Rental Model Residences
Architects: Morris Adjmi Architects; Landscape Architects: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; Developer: CIM Group and LIVWRK; Program: Residential Rental and Condo; Location: DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Facade installation is nearing completion at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at the eastern end of Liberty Park at the World Trade Center site. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, architect for the nearby World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the new structure replaces the church’s previous home in a row house that was destroyed on 9/11. The church is located on a 4 foot thick concrete mat slab twenty-five feet above street level, with the World Trade Center Vehicle Security Center directly below. The reinforced concrete structure is clad in panels of white translucent marble encased in laminated glass, which will glow at night from a light source behind the panels. A dome made of 40 steel ribs spanning 55 feet caps the church’s structure.
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Close-up of the dome.
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Looking up at the east facade.
North facade from Liberty Street.
West facade from Liberty Park.
West facade from Liberty Park.
Close-up of the dome.
Architect: Santiago Calatrava; Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; Program: Church; Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
