November 16, 2015
REVEALED: Inside Bjarke Ingels’ Spectacular 57th Street Tetrahedron
Those moving into Bjarke Ingels epic pyramid VIA 57 West next year will have a lot to look forward to.
Take a tour here
Take a tour here
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
November 13, 2015
Construction Update: 45 East 22nd Street, Flatiron’s Future Tallest Tower, Gets Glassed
The emerald glass skin of Ian Bruce Eichner’s 45 East 22nd Street has begun its rise. The 777-foot-tall tower's structure is more than halfway up and the development team recently announced that sales have already surpassed the 50 percent mark.
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See more right this way
November 12, 2015
VIDEO: What It’s Like to Pull Into a $1 Million Parking Spot at Annabelle Selldorf’s 42 Crosby
Soho's 42 Crosby Street left us all astounded last year when it was revealed that each of its ten on-site parking spaces would be priced at one-million dollars a pop. On a per square foot basis, the 200-square-foot rectangles will fetch more than the three-bedroom condominiums upstairs.
Watch the envy-inducing video in its entirety here
Watch the envy-inducing video in its entirety here
November 11, 2015
Could This 19-Story Tower Replace Two Beloved Kips Bay Businesses?
The busy architects over at Issac & Stern posted on their website an image of a yet-to-be-built 19-story tower at 378-380 Third Avenue in Kips Bay. Their page indicates the building will be residential and commercial and will encompass approximately 61,000 square feet of floor area.
More details ahead
More details ahead
November 9, 2015
Rendering Revealed for Brooklyn’s First 1,000-Foot Tower
News broke back in August that Brooklyn's first tower over 1,000 feet might rise in Downtown Brooklyn as the result of the $90 million acquisition of Brooklyn’s landmarked Dime Savings Bank building by JDS Development.
More on the development ahead
More on the development ahead
November 9, 2015
Seven Floors of One57 Hit the Market for $250 Million
It may not be the penultimate $100 million penthouse, but an investor with enough dough can still make headlines buying into the city's most expensive condo tower. According to the Journal, Extell is selling a block of 38 rentals in its blockbuster One57 for $250 million.
FInd out more
FInd out more
November 8, 2015
Morris Adjmi’s 465 Pacific Street Now 50 Percent in Contract
Just one month after kicking off sales, Boerum Hill's hottest new condominium development, 465 Pacific Street has already signed half of its 30 units into contract.
more on the project
more on the project
November 6, 2015
Construction Update: FXFowle’s Circle-Hugging Harlem Condominium Rises Over Central Park
Artimus Construction's upcoming Harlem condo development Circa Central Park is rapidly rising skyward. After lengthy site remediation work due to a pre-existing BP gas station, the structure is finally above ground and already beginning to frame its sixth floor.
More details ahead
More details ahead
November 3, 2015
Construction Update: Herzog & de Meuron’s 215 Chrystie Street Shimmies and Shakes Upward
The structure of Ian Schrager/Witkoff Group's 26-story hotel/condominium combo 215 Chrystie Street is now more than half way up, giving us a clearer view of the "tough-luxe" exterior composed of raw concrete and large clear glass panes.
See more construction shots and renderings
See more construction shots and renderings
November 2, 2015
Rafael Viñoly’s 432 Park Reportedly Showing Cracks in Its 1,400-Foot Facade
Is the Western Hemisphere's tallest residential tower already experiencing some construction defects? According to a recent blog post by real estate author Michael Gross (h/t Curbed), 432 Park Avenue is showing signs of wear.
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find out more
October 30, 2015
PBDW’s Nomad Hotel Prepares for 20-Story Addition to Historic McKim Mead & White Building
Alex Ohebshalom’s Empire Management may finally be moving forward with plans to convert a McKim Mead & White-designed bank building at 250 Fifth Avenue and construct a 21-story hotel-tower behind.
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Find out more
October 30, 2015
New Renderings and New Tenant Revealed for 90-Story Hudson Yards Tower
Curbed reports that Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group officially announced the signing of private equity firm KKR & Co. for 343,000 square feet of their upcoming mega-tower at 30 Hudson Yards.
Lots more renderings and details
Lots more renderings and details
October 30, 2015
Listings Launch for Zaha Hadid’s High Line Condos
Though sales launched earlier this month at Zaha Hadid's curving High Line condo building, her first commission in NYC, there were no public listings. The wait is over, though, as they've just gone live, providing long-anticipated pricing and floorplans.
Ogle the floorplans and renderings
Ogle the floorplans and renderings
October 29, 2015
Times Square’s Marriott EDITION Hotel Breaks Ground, Will Boast 76,000SF of Food Space
Earlier this week, the five-star Marriott EDITION hotel, slated to tower over Duffy Square, broke ground. The 39-story, 517-foot tall building is being developed by a partnership between the Witkoff Group, Howard Lorber’s New Valley LLC, Winthrop Realty Trust, and Maefield Development.
More details and renderings ahead
More details and renderings ahead
October 28, 2015
VIDEO: Watch My Micro NY Get Built and Go Inside a Completed Unit
6sqft reported in July that My Micro NY, the city’s first micro apartment complex, was fully stacked, reaching its 120-foot height at 335 East 27th Street on the border of Gramercy and Kips Bay.
Watch the video here
Watch the video here
October 28, 2015
Two New Handel-Designed Towers to Sail Onto the Greenpoint Landing Waterfront
Yesterday it was announced that Brookfield Property Partners is making their first Brooklyn venture by purchasing a majority stake in two Greenpoint Landing development sites for $59.7 million.
More renderings right this way
More renderings right this way
October 28, 2015
Blockbuster Greenwich Lane Closes Its First Sales, Each Eight Figures
The first of five of the city's priciest developments has finally started to cash in, with two eight-figure sales recorded at Greenwich Village's rising mega-development, The Greenwich Lane.
more on the significance of the two sales here
more on the significance of the two sales here
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October 27, 2015
First Look at the Bow Building’s Interiors, Fifth Avenue Gem Comes Back to Life as Condos
Here's a first look at the interiors of Pan-Brothers Associates lovingly restored condominium development The Bow Building at 242 Fifth Avenue.
More info and all the renderings
More info and all the renderings
October 27, 2015
REVEALED: Interior Renderings of Norman Foster’s Skinny Seagram-Neighboring Condo Tower
Norman Foster is a master when it comes to contextual thoughtfulness, and his latest creation slated to rise next door to Mies van der Rohe's iconic Seagram Building is one to be admired.
Have a closer look inside
Have a closer look inside
October 27, 2015
65-Story Condo Tower Designed by CetraRuddy to Rise in the Downtown Skyline
Last week it was announced that the long vacant Financial District lot at 45 Broad Street would be redeveloped into a 65-story condominium tower through a partnership between Madison Equities and the Pizzarotti Group.
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October 26, 2015
Check Out the Views From 1,438 Feet in the Air at 111 West 57th Street
Last week, 6sqft brought you an up close and personal look at 111 West 57th Street's exterior facade mock-up, and now Property Markets Group (PMG), who is co-developing the super-tower with JDS Development Group, posted a nifty interactive panorama of the building's out-of-this-world views.
This way for the views
This way for the views
October 26, 2015
First Peek at Alchemy Properties’ 26-Story NOMA Condominium
Here's our first peek at Alchemy Properties' upcoming mixed-use condominium development NOMA. Slated to rise 26 stories/316 feet from a 7,000-square-foot corner lot at 846-850 Sixth Avenue, the building will be the first ground-up condominium development in NoMad west of Fifth Avenue.
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October 26, 2015
Atlantic Yards’ B2 Tower Employing Anti-Nausea Technology From NASA
"A new technology, designed to tame forces that could separate an astronaut’s eyeball from her retina, may also keep the one percent from throwing up," says The Real Deal.
More details ahead
More details ahead
October 23, 2015
A Closer Look at How XOCO 325’s Oh-So-Cool Melting Facade Was Created
Earlier, we gave you a look at DDG's rough-cut, bluestone facade at 12 Warren Street in Tribeca, and now, just a few blocks north within the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, the team has de-shrouded the skeletal exterior of their upcoming condominium XOCO 325.
more this way
more this way
October 23, 2015
DDG’s Bluestone Beauty at 12 Warren Street Finally Shows Some Skin
Fully-integrated design and build firm DDG has raised the curtain on their highly anticipated condo development 12 Warren Street. Designed by their in-house architect Peter Guthrie, its facade of roughly-hewn Pennsylvania bluestone is meant to evoke the natural uneven stacking of the material.
Find out more details about the development
Find out more details about the development
October 22, 2015
New, Cheaper Design for WTC Performing Arts Center to Be Revealed Soon
The Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center has seen a lot of ups and downs since it was first conceived over a dozen years ago.
More details ahead
More details ahead
October 21, 2015
A Behind the Scenes Look at How SHoP’s Stunning Facade at 111 West 57th Street Will Come to Life
Last month, JDS Development wowed us with an image showing a visual curtain wall mockup of their super-tower underway at 111 West 57th Street.
Watch the video and get more details
Watch the video and get more details
October 20, 2015
SHoP’s Essex Crossing Mega-Market Will Be One of Largest in the Nation
The $1.1 billion Essex Crossing project will be a 1.65 million-square-foot, mixed-use mega-development anchored by 1,000 residential units and a mix of cultural, community, and retail facilities.
More details ahead
More details ahead
October 19, 2015
Subway Inn Site May Get a 1,000+ Foot Supertall Tower
It was almost two years ago that rumors starting circulating that beloved dive bar the Subway Inn would be forced out of its 77-year home in the wake of being purchased by the World Wide Group as one of six parcels on 60th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues.
More details and renderings ahead
More details and renderings ahead
October 16, 2015
New Renderings of Handel Architects’ Torqued 43-Story Rental Underway Near Grand Central
Groundwork on BLDG Management's 43-story rental tower at 222 East 44th Street is quickly moving forward now that the large block-through parking garage that occupied the site has been removed.
This way for more details and renderings
This way for more details and renderings
October 16, 2015
Williamsburg’s New Soda Factory Lofts Bottle Industrial Architecture but Add Modern Style
Leasing has launched at the former Williamsburg manufacturing plant of the Brooklyn Bottling Company and Dr. Brown's Soda. The new development at 60 Berry Street is aptly called the Soda Factory Lofts, and the 40 units are an attractive mix of industrial architecture and modern style.
Check them out
Check them out
October 15, 2015
First Full Look at Extell’s 80-Story One Manhattan Square, 800 Condos Aimed at Asian Buyers
Bloomberg News reported yesterday that the restless developer Gary Barnett will soon begin marketing the 800 condominiums of his upcoming One Manhattan Square development to Asian buyers first.
More details on the development
More details on the development
October 14, 2015
REVEALED: First Look at GDC Properties’ Townhouses Coming to Long Island City
After the record snatch-up of Red Hook's King and Sullivan Townhomes last month, another not-so-Brownstoney neighborhood is joining in on the townhouse craze.
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October 14, 2015
REVEALED: Karl Fischer Pens Another Bottom-Line Design for East Williamsburg
Here's our first unfortunate look at a 12-story residential building slated to rise within a rapidly gentrifying corner of East Williamsburg.
More info ahead
More info ahead
October 14, 2015
Robert A.M. Stern’s 520 Park Avenue Finally Reaches Street Level, $130M Penthouse on Its Way
Two years since its groundbreaking, Zeckendorf Development's tower o' opulence at 520 Park Avenue has finally emerged from its cavernous trench.
More on the project's status
More on the project's status
October 13, 2015
252 East 57th Street Tops Off Construction Ten Years After Innovative Public-Private Partnership
Soaring more than 700 feet into the Midtown East skyline, World Wide Group and Rose Associate's 252 East 57th Street has officially topped out.
More details ahead
More details ahead
October 9, 2015
REVEALED: Chelsea Atelier’s Mixed-Use High Line Development With Viewing Decks
Another forward-looking project may be coming to the banks of the High Line, this time for a T-shaped lot near the corner of Tenth Avenue and West 17th Street.
More details this way
More details this way
October 9, 2015
Turkish Consulate’s New Tower Across From UN Finally Moves Ahead, Offices and Apartments Planned
After more than three years on the drawing board, the replacement tower for Turkey’s Consulate General and Permanent Mission to the United States at 821 First Avenue is finally moving forward.
Find out more here
Find out more here
October 9, 2015
Construction and Sales Begin on SCDA’s Billionaires’ Row Tower, 118 East 59th Street
Construction and sales have commenced on a glass-encased, 500-foot-tall condominium tower at 118 East 59th Street developed by Euro Properties and designed by Soo K. Chan of SCDA Architects.
More details ahead
More details ahead
October 8, 2015
Long Island City ‘Micro’ Units Will Have Three Bedrooms
To date, the city's biggest and most news-worthy micro housing complex, My Micro NY, has offered only studios, which makes sense considering a micro apartment is typically defined as encompassing less than 350 square feet.
More details
More details
October 3, 2015
Affordable Housing Lottery Launched for Bjarke Ingels’ Epic Pyramid, VIA 57 West
Applications are now being accepted for the 142 affordable apartments in Bjarke Ingels' tetrahedron-shaped rental building dubbed VIA 57 West, aka "the Pyramid Building.
More construction shots and the full pricing breakdown
More construction shots and the full pricing breakdown
October 2, 2015
Zaha Hadid Launches Sales at Her High Line Condos, Talks the Evolution of NY Architecture
Related Companies has officially launched sales for their highly-anticipated upcoming condominium, 520 West 28th Street.
More from the event here
More from the event here
September 28, 2015
New Details and Final Rendering for 45 Park Place, Condo Tower at ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Site
In July, 6sqft revealed that 12,000-square-foot lot at 45 Park Place in Tribeca (the former site of the controversial Ground Zero Mosque that was shelved four years ago by developer Sharif El-Gamal) was cleared to make way for a huge new condo.
More details ahead
More details ahead
September 25, 2015
Watch Videos of Morgan Stanley’s New Times Square LED Screens That Replaced Its Iconic Zipper
Last week, Morgan Stanley unveiled a set of seven modernized LED signs at the base of its headquarters building at 1585 Broadway in Times Square. The digital billboards, which took five months to replace, feature six million LED pixels that can display up to 281 trillion colors.
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September 25, 2015
Check Out These Insane Views From Brooklyn’s First 1,000+ Foot Tower
Seeing the boroughs from sky-high heights is nothing new thanks to all the supertall towers in Manhattan, but it's not as common to have a panoramic view of our main island, which is why we had to share this video.
Check it out here
Check it out here
September 24, 2015
Extell’s Church-Encroaching 10th Avenue Tower Tops Out, New Interior Renderings Revealed
With the opening of the 7 train extension earlier this month, things are finally starting to look up for Manhattan's far West Side–literally.
find out more here
find out more here
September 22, 2015
Downtown’s Beekman Residences Tower Is Ready for Its Crowns – Now 50 Percent Sold
Rising from the birthplace of the romantic skyscraper, a svelte 51-story condominium known as the Beekman Residences will soon receive its twin pyramidal crowns.
More details ahead
More details ahead
September 21, 2015
Units Finally Hit the Market at Jean Nouvel’s MoMA Tower
The time has finally come. After years of setbacks and teasers, units at Jean Nouvel's 1,050-foot-tall MoMA Tower, now officially known as 53W53, have hit the market. Nine listings (out of 139) went up on Corcoran, according to Curbed, ranging from a $3.
Renderings and floorplans right this way
Renderings and floorplans right this way
September 18, 2015
SHoP Architects Are Bringing a Wooden Condo Building to Chelsea
In March, an Austrian architecture firm announced plans to build the world's tallest wooden skyscraper in Vienna. They noted that by using wood as opposed to concrete they'd save 3,086 tons of CO2 emissions. Then, a study showed that timber buildings actually cost less to build.
More on the project here
More on the project here
September 17, 2015
First Renderings of Moshe Safdie’s 800-Foot Bancroft Building Replacement Revealed
Plans for the Bancroft Building have been ultra-hush with much speculation swirling around the design that would ultimately replace the recently demolished, and much beloved, landmark building.
more details here
more details here
September 14, 2015
VIDEO: Take a Sweeping Drone Tour of Bjarke Ingels’ West Side Pyramid
Few NYC projects are as architecturally exciting as the massive tetrahedron on the rise along West 57th Street.
watch the drone tour here
watch the drone tour here
September 11, 2015
New Renderings of Vinoly’s 125 Greenwich Street, Downtown’s Future Tallest Residential Skyscraper
On the 14th anniversary of the day that caused the city to question our skyward building ambitions, we give you a new look at lower Manhattan's future tallest apartment tower, 125 Greenwich Street.
Find out more here
Find out more here
September 10, 2015
Construction Update: Related Companies’ Rental Tower at Hudson Yards’ Front Door Begins to Rise
Related Companies' new mixed-use rental tower at the front door of Hudson Yards is forging ahead.
More details
More details
September 9, 2015
REVEALED: First Look at 1399 Park Avenue, 23-Story Tower Coming to East Harlem
Here's our first look at Heritage Real Estate Partners' 23-story, 108-unit residential building underway at 1399 Park Avenue in East Harlem.
More details ahead
More details ahead
September 8, 2015
Historic Brooklyn Heights Site May Be Redeveloped Into 40-Story Condominium
Concept studies by the design firm SRA Architecture + Engineering (SRAA+E) reveal that an existing five-story commercial building in Downtown Brooklyn may be redeveloped into a dramatic retail and condominium tower.
Find out more about this possible project
Find out more about this possible project
September 8, 2015
First Look at the Gibraltar, Newest Addition to the Greenpoint Waterfront
Another residential building has been called to join the ranks of the Greenpoint waterfront. Located at 160 West Street, the six-story condo is known as the Gibraltar.
More on the development and new renderings
More on the development and new renderings
September 6, 2015
First Look at Rawlings Architects’ 20-Story Mixed-Use Murray Hill Building
Charles Blaichman’s CB Developers have begun construction on a 20-story mixed-use building directly adjacent to their nearly finished rental tower the Frontier.
More details ahead
More details ahead
September 3, 2015
Leaks and Alignment Issues Plaguing Atlantic Yards’ B2 Tower Were More Severe Than Reported
When it was announced that Brooklyn would be host to the world's tallest prefab tower, many believed that a new era of construction was upon us.
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September 3, 2015
Village Green West, Alfa Development’s Chelsea Condominium, Nears Completion
The finishing touches are being applied to Alfa Development's environmentally sensitive and industrially evocative condominium Village Green West. According to CityRealty, only two if its 27 units are are currently up for grabs, with at least 18 already in contract.
More details on the project here
More details on the project here
September 2, 2015
Karl Fischer-Designed Tower to Replace Beekman Place’s Piscane Seafood Building
Piscane Seafood, one of the oldest remaining fish markets in the city, closed this spring, and its humble 19th-century home at 940 First Avenue will be replaced by a 14-story residential building.
More details ahead
More details ahead
September 1, 2015
NYC’s First Micro Apartment Complex Now Accepting Applications, Units $950/Month
We knew this day was quickly approaching; just a couple of months ago, we reported that My Micro NY (also known as Carmel Place), the city's first micro apartment complex, was fully stacked, reaching its 120-foot height at 335 East 27th Street on the border of Gramercy and Kips Bay.
Find out how to apply here
Find out how to apply here
August 31, 2015
Dattner Architects’ Prismatic, Concrete Salt Shed Reveals Itself
Summer is coming to a close, and in a few months we'll be navigating the city's treacherous streets perfecting our penguin waddles and fine-tuning our black ice magna-vision.
More renderings and info right this way
More renderings and info right this way
August 31, 2015
Revealed: Floor Plans and Pricing for Jean Nouvel’s MoMA Tower
After progress crept along for nearly ten years, Jean Nouvel's highly anticipated MoMA Tower, officially known as 53W53, is now inching closer to the finish line.
More floorplans and pricing
More floorplans and pricing
August 27, 2015
Construction Update: Loggia-Crowned Condominium Finally Rises Next to Bryant Park
Bryant Park is one of the city's most cherished spaces, providing a much-needed oasis from the stone and glass canyons of Midtown. But debuting in 2017, a mixed-use tower will grant home buyers their first opportunity to purchase condos directly alongside the ten-acre respite.
More details ahead
More details ahead
August 27, 2015
REVEALED: First Look at Thor Equities’ Retail Jewel Box in Williamsburg
Last August, Joseph Sitt's Thor Equities purchased a string of Williamsburg properties for nearly $22 million with the intent of replacing the gritty row with a 10,000-square-foot retail jewel box.
More details
More details
