New renderings have been revealed for 842 Sixth Avenue, a 27-story residential tower in NoMad, Manhattan. Designed by Isaac & Stern Architects and developed by Pro-H Development, the structure will span 102,600 square feet and yield an undisclosed number of condominium units along with lower-level retail space. 842 Edenview LLC is listed as the owner of the property, which is located on an interior lot between West 29th and West 30th Streets.
The rendering in the main photo looks directly across the street at the future hotel property, showing the bulk of the skyscraper rising at an angle above the multistory podium with a uniform grid of windows and dark metal cladding. The second rendering below previews the modular construction method that will be used for the project.
842 Sixth Avenue. Designed by Danny Forster & Architecture.
Rising from a six-story podium the design features columns with climbing vegetation framing floor-to-ceiling windows and cutout terraces. After a landscaped setback, the main tower rises uniformly up to a flat crown. Loggias cover the entire eastern and western faces of the building from the eighth through 26th stories, providing private outdoor space for presumably every unit. The southern lot line wall is left mostly blank and is clad in light gray paneling with a geometric pattern of interlocking triangles. A shallow setback is positioned on the final level on the main western elevation.
Below are renderings of the previous design iteration that showed a much lighter color scheme, the podium floors having a distinctive use of greenery on the columns between the window grid and terraces, and a canopy over the main entrance with two circular cutouts and more vegetation.
842 Sixth Avenue. Designed by Isaac & Stern Architects
842 Sixth Avenue. Designed by Isaac & Stern Architects
The last rendering focuses on the upper levels, showing the subtle Art Deco-inspired details in the columns framing the loggias.
842 Sixth Avenue. Designed by Isaac & Stern Architects
Foundation work had already begun at the site for the planned 26-story AC NoMad Hotel by Danny Forster & Architecture, which would have stood as the tallest modular hotel in the world. The project stalled out in 2020 with the perimeter walls in place and rebar protruding for interior columns that were never formed. Hung Pin Hung’s Brooklyn-based Pro-H Development purchased the property last year for $30 million after former developer Robert Chun defaulted on the project’s debt, according to The Real Deal.
The following images show the current state of the foundations, which have been tagged with graffiti while sitting idle for nearly five years.
842 Sixth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
842 Sixth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
842 Sixth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
The below rendering depicts the plan for the AC NoMad Hotel, which would have yielded 168 rooms operated by Marriott.
Rendering of AC NoMad Hotel at 842 Sixth Avenue. Designed by Danny Foster & Architecture
The nearest subways from the development are the B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, and W trains at the 34th Street-Herald Square station to the north, which also offers access to the PATH train to New Jersey.
The anticipated completion date is slated for 2026, as noted on site. However, some time in early 2027 might be more realistic at this point.
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The hotel design was so much better
If you must do balconies, this is the way to do it. But the podium green walls are a joke, right?
What’s the sub-strate for the greenery? Good luck!
Looks like they put a tiny bit of effort into the lot line wall, for which I am grateful. But is there a single example anywhere of a “green” wall surviving anywhere in Manhattan?