New York City’s Residential Skyscraper Boom: Living in the Sky Part II
You’ve probably realized that New York is in the midst of a skyscraper boom, but if the ubiquitous scaffolding and sidewalk detours haven’t given it away, we bring you further proof — with part two of our series detailing the tallest residential towers set to rise high above the city, forever changing New York’s skyline.
Compared to the previous 26 projects — the tallest of the tall that included ultra-luxury and super-tall towers such as 432 Park Avenue and 125 Greenwich Street — this second batch is composed of smaller buildings ranging from 500 to 700 feet tall and features greater geographical diversity and lots more rentals. With developers scouring the city for less expensive areas to assemble properties, these often-controversial projects are slated to rise in some of our more human-scaled ‘hoods such as East Harlem, South Street Seaport, and Williamsburg.
Hudson Rise Hotel
470 Eleventh Avenue | Far West Side / Hudson Yards
Siras Development | BlackHouse Development | Archiller Architects
47 stories | 720 feet
Mixed-use with 51 condos | 374,600 square feet
Proposed 2015-2017
451 Tenth Avenue
Far West Side / Hudson Yards
Madd Equities
700 feet
Mixed-use with residential | 415,000 square feet
Proposed
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The Beekman Residences
115 Nassau Street | Financial District
GB Lodging / GFI Development | Gerner, Kronick + Valcarcel
51 floors | 687 feet
68 condos | 340,000 square feet total including adjacent hotel
Under construction through 2016
Active Listings: CityRealty
420 Albee Square West
Downtown Brooklyn
JEMB Realty | SLCE Architects
65 stories | 679 feet
620 residential units | 570,826 square feet
Proposed
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242 West 53rd Street
Site of Roseland Ballroom | Midtown West
Algin Management | CetraRuddy Architects
62 floors | 675 feet
426 rentals | 452,896 square feet
Site demolition | 2017
45 Park Place
Between West Broadway & Church Street | Tribeca
SoHo Properties / Sharif El-Gamal | SOMA Architects
39 floors | 665 feet
48 condos | 118,105 square feet
Site demolition | 2017
Earlier schematic design
Atelier II
605 West 42nd Street | Far West Side / Hudson Yards
Moinian Group | Goldstein Hill & West
61 stories | 656 feet
1,100 rental units | 935,043 square feet
Under construction through 2015
161 Maiden Lane
Financial District
Fortis Property Group | Goldstein Hill & West
51 stories | 648 feet
74 condos | 169,218 square feet
Proposed
112 Fulton Street
112-118 Fulton Street | Financial District
Carmel Partners | SLCE Architects
63 floors
Residential | 381,352 square feet
Proposed
Earlier design proposed by the Lightstone Group
Baccarat Hotels & Residences
20 West 53rd Street | Midtown West
Starwood Capital / Tribeca Associates | Skidmore Owings & Merrill
48 floors | 610 feet
Mixed-use with 61 condos | 346,702 square feet
Under construction through 2014
Active Listings: CityRealty
The Hub
346 Livingston Street | Downtown Brooklyn
Steiner NYC | Dattner Architects
52 stories | 607 feet
740 rentals (20% affordable) | 722,000 square feet
Under construction through 2016
Pier 17 Tower
Site of the New Market Building | South Street Seaport
Howard Hughes Corporation | SHoP Architects
50 floors | 600 feet
Mixed-use with residential
Proposed
Silvercup West II
42-20 Vernon Boulevard | Long Island City
57 stories | 600 feet
LEESER Architecture | Kushner Properties
Mixed-use with approximately 1,000 residential units | 2,772,886 square feet
Proposed
Conceptual design by LEESER Architecture
Avalon Willoughby West
88 Willoughby Street | Downtown Brooklyn
AvalonBay Communities | SLCE Architects
57 stories | 596 feet
826 rentals, 869,066 square feet
Under construction through Fall 2016
42-15 27th Street
Long Island City
Heatherwood Communities | Goldstein Hill & West
58 stories | 596 feet
477 units | 496,412 square feet
Under construction through 2017
700 First Avenue A
Turtle Bay South Master Plan (former Con Ed Site) | Midtown East
Solow Management | Richard Meier and Partners
Approval for approximately 591-foot tower
Proposed
43-22 Queens Street
Eagle Electric Site | Long Island City
SLCE Architects | Rockrose Development
54 stories | 580 feet
783 unit | 712,013 square feet
Under construction
Earlier design by Ten Arquitectos for Rosma Development
East River Plaza West Tower
East Harlem
Blumenfeld Development GroupX and Forest City Ratner | Ten Arquitectos
48 stories | 575 feet
1,100 residential units | 1.1 million square feet (total residential development)
Proposed
The Ashland
250 Ashland Place | Downtown Brooklyn
Gotham Organization | FXFOWLE Architects
51 stories | 568 feet
585 rental units | 582,232 square feet
Under construction 2016
Domino Sugar Factory Redevelopment Building D
South Williamsburg
Two Trees Management Company | SHoP Architects
approx. 53 stories | 565 feet
Residential | 660,000 square feet
Site demolition
700 First Avenue B
Turtle Bay South Master Plan (former Con Ed Site) | Midtown East
Solow Management | Richard Meier and Partners
Approval for approximately 560-foot tower
Proposed
Domino Sugar Factory Redevelopment Building B
South Williamsburg
Two Trees Management Company | SHoP Architects
Approximately 51 stories | 560 feet
Residential | 1.1 million square feet
Site demolition
555 Tenth Avenue
Corner of Tenth Avenue and 40th Street | Far West Side / Hudson Yards
Extell Development | SLCE Architects
52 stories | 556 feet
594 rental units | 712,416 square feet
Under construction through 2016
626 First Avenue Tower I
FDR Drive and 36th Street | Murray Hill
JDS Development Group | SHoP Architects
47 stories | 540 feet
800 rental units
Under construction through 2016
Silvercup West I
42-20 Vernon Boulevard | Long Island City
LEESER Architecture | Kushner Properties
45 stories | 538 feet
Mixed-use with approximately 1,000 residential units | 2,772,886 square feet
Proposed
Conceptual design by LEESER Architecture
175 West 60th Street
Lincoln Square
Glenwood Management | Stephen B. Jacobs Group
48 stories | 533 feet
257 rental units | 328,700 square feet
Under construction through Spring 2016
Riverside Center Building 2
21 West End Avenue | Upper West Side
Dermot Company / AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust | SLCE Architects
45 stories | 529 feet
616 rentals (20% affordable) | 753,409 square feet
Under construction through 2016
Center at Albee Square Tower 2
336 Flatbush Avenue Extension | Downtown Brooklyn
Arcadia Realty Trust | COOKFOX Architects
38 stories | 525 feet (zoning diagram indicates 469′)
439 rentals | 368,085 square feet
Under construction through 2016
700 First Avenue C
Turtle Bay South Master Plan (former Con Ed Site) | Midtown East
Solow Management | Richard Meier and Partners
Approval for approximately 525-foot tower
Proposed
50 UN Plaza
823 First Avenue | Turtle Bay
Zeckendorf Development, LLC | Foster & Partners
40 stories | 520 feet
79 condos | 242,000 square feet
Under Construction through 2014
Active Listings: CityRealty
Silvercup West III
42-20 Vernon Boulevard | Long Island City
LEESER Architecture | Kushner Properties
49 stories | 518 feet
Mixed-use with approximately 1,000 residential units (10% affordable) | 2,772,886 square feet
Proposed
Conceptual design by LEESER Architecture
East River Plaza North Tower
East Harlem
Blumenfeld Development Group / Forest City Ratner | Ten Arquitectos
48 stories | 515 feet
1,100 residential units | 1.1 million square feet
Proposed
43-25 Hunter Street
Long Island City
SLCE Architects | Rockrose Development
50 stories | 509 feet
974 rentals | 786,105 square feet
Under construction
855 Sixth Avenue
Garment District / Penn Station
Durst Fetner Residential | SLCE Architects
43 stories | 500 feet
Mixed-use with 382 rentals | 465,420 square feet
Under construction through Spring 2016
68-74 Trinity Place
Financial District
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects / Stephen B. Jacobs Group | Trinity Development
44 stories | 500 feet
111 units |157,185 square feet
Proposed
22-44 Jackson Avenue
Tower I in the 5 Pointz redevelopment | Long Island City
Jerry and David Wolkoff | HTO Architect
48 stories | 500 feet
1,116 rental units | 1,209,884 square feet (complex total)
Site Demolition
1059 Third Avenue
Third Avenue and East 63rd Street | Lenox Hill
Inverlad Development / Third Palm Capital
30 stories | approximately 500 feet
67 condos | 119,973 square feet
Proposed
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Here’s a view of what New York City’s future skyline could possibly look like. Do you think these towers will all be built?
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