Construction is moving along at 323 East 58th Street, a six-story mixed-use residential building in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Sguera Architecture and developed by Andrew Impagliazzo under the 619W46 LLC, the structure will stand 60 feet tall and yield 15,279 square feet, with 12,279 square feet designated for residential space divided into 15 rental units averaging roughly 877 square feet each, 3,000 square feet for community facility space, and a cellar level. The property is located at the corner of East 58th Street and the ramp leading up to the upper road deck of the Queensboro Bridge between First and Second Avenues.
Recent photographs show crews steadily building the new reinforced concrete superstructure, and should likely top out in the middle of the summer. Facade work will not begin for at least the next several weeks.
323 East 58th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
323 East 58th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
323 East 58th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
323 East 58th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
323 East 58th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The below Google Maps images show the former red brick structure that was fully demolished for the project.
323 East 58th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan via Google Maps
323 East 58th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan via Google Maps
No finalized rendering was spotted, except for a black and white preliminary rendering posted on site, showing a grid of floor-to-ceiling windows spanning the long western elevation and the narrow southern face. The flat parapet will include a bulkhead extension, some outdoor mechanical equipment placed along the northern end of the roof, and a large open space for a terrace on the opposite southern half of the rooftop. Several units also appear to have their own private corner terraces along the northern corner of the superstructure with glass railings lining the edges. It remains unclear what the final material for the outer cladding will be.
323 East 58th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The nearest subway station from the ground-up development is the Lexington Avenue / 59th Street stop for the N, R and W trains, and the connecting 59th Street stop for the local 6 train.
323 East 58th Street’s anticipated completion date is slated for September 2025, as noted on site. However, YIMBY predicts the revised timeline and completion to occur within the first half of 2026.
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At least it is not a supertall.
Why go through all the effort to get rid of a 4 story bldg, only to go 2 stories HIGHER!?🤔🧐🤷, Maybe not a “super tall”, but wouldn’t it make more sense to get an appreciably higher yield of living units out of the same footprint? Isn’t that what Urban,-vertical,-high density, is?