Construction is wrapping up on 3 St. Mark’s Place, a nine-story commercial building in Manhattan’s East Village. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed by Real Estate Equities Corporation, the structure will yield 53,000 square feet of office space, 7,800 square feet of ground-floor retail space, a cellar level, and three wraparound terraces on the fifth, sixth, and ninth stories. The property is alternately addressed as 23-25 Third Avenue and is located at the corner of Third Avenue and St. Mark’s Place.
The sidewalk scaffolding has been disassembled since our last update just a little over one year ago, when protective blue film covered the inside of all the large window panels. This has since been removed, revealing the finished appearance of the building. Some plastic sidewalk barriers and metal fencing remain in place by the front doors, but should be removed within the coming weeks.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3 St. Mark’s Place. Photo by Michael Young.
The developer purchased the site for $29 million from Edward Gabay in 2018 with the intention of constructing a much taller 53,000-square-foot office tower. The scope was downsized when Parkview Financial revived the project with a $70 million refinance after Madison Capital Realty attempted to foreclose on the property a couple of years prior.
Sephora is planning to occupy the ground level.
The closest subway from the ground-up development is the local 6 train at the Astor Place station to the west. One block further west are the R and W trains at the corner of East 8th Street and Broadway.
YIMBY expects the building to fully finish sometime before the end of the year.
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Great 👍
From punk rock to Sephora what a change for East 8th street .Sephora owned by Louis Vuitton. Big upscale change.
When former punk rock kids grow-up and reproduce their offspring become Sephora kids, its the circle of life. Next generation we will see Sephora kids who grow up to raise punk rock kids.
This made my day.
Blue sky, made to order..
Punk rock store to Sephora. The epitome of gentrification on St. Mark’s Place 😂
Nice photos too and the brickwork looks fantastic!!
Looks great, but agree with above sentiments – just seems too nice for what those of us who grew up in pre-1990s NYC remember as St. Marks!
Destroy, destroy, destroy….what a sad state of affairs. Where is Young’s before photos?
there was NOTHING about the prior buildings worth saving. Please save the Old woke lefty nonsense. This is a predevelopment website. The NY was much better back in the day is tired – and with crime and lawlessness way up, you got your 70s back. Not fun to be scared walking the street.
The building is beautiful and an upgrade to the community which still retains its rough edges on St. Marks.
and the added bonus of covering the lot line towering blank wall from the 80s dorm next to it.
win win
Keep the political nonsense out of here
its all political… what do you think those who demonize the construction and real estate industry are doing.
twisting it around so anything new is viewed as destruction and a threat.
The only threat here is us being threatened with having to see the opinions of a cholo any time we come on here!
crime and lawlessness are way, way down by all measures and have been for many years, but go on parroting mango mussolini’s grift distraction takes. back in reality —the building looks nice and good brickwork is appreciated.
You have no clue, Cholly, how dangerous NYC was in the ’70s. I was mugged three times in the ’70s, and I was 6’2″. You young people are laughable in your fear and ignorance. And, by the way, I loved that little old building on the corner. The charm of St. Mark’s Place is long lost. Read “St. Marks Is Dead” by Ada Calhoun.
You’re 6’2″ and got mugged three times? Were they all successful? As a Kid growing up in the early 90s, I was mugged successfully once (but the cops later caught them) and unsuccessfully 6 times.
Moron, some of us weren’t scared, and liked the grit and texture
LOL you oldsters proved my point.
I literally got bullied from opposite ends above.
still plenty of “grit and texture” (and heroin) in the area dont worry Kenny and Steve. That is if you can see beyond your rose colored glasses and / or actually live in New York and walk to east village.
I was never scared, Kenny. I walked all over the city every day, in places most people wouldn’t dare go. That was what got me mugged. So don’t you dare call me names. I have written more than once on this site that the city was a lot more fun then, even though it’s prettier now.
AS much as I like brick, metal would have been better here. This is an elegant structure.
Sigh…there truly is no pleasing you then I suppose
Certainly cozies up to its next door neighbor..
I love the floor height variation to the neighboring building. It’s a beautiful design, the rounded corner is beautiful.
love it. Great job developer and architect.
Shouldn’t it had been at least as tall as the bland dorm next door? And covering ALL of the hideous lot line – all the way to the top.
2 more stories would have been better
This is a really solid, graceful design, and it even has an awning!
But the railings and especially the rooftop metal screening really looks cheap. I thought the roof screen was still under construction.
Interior natural Day Light light light everywhere
Bravo for asymmetry too
LES quirky- perfect
Beautiful! Lots of window space too. This goes into the direction of character. I like a building that speaks to me.
This is really a beautiful building. Morris Adjmi should be applauded and taking a bow. I can’t speak to what was there before but it couldn’t have been as nice as this masterly crafted, slightly assymetrical assembly. The comments here are all well thought out too. The one weak link in this building is the screening of the mechanical equipment on the rooftop. The 90% free air expanded metal lath appears more as a slap at the regulator requiring HVAC system screening.
Grotesque, ugly, hideously out of place. Really, quite a disaster.
Pathetic
I cannot believe there are so many brick lovers on this website who think this bldg is beautiful and gorgeous
How dare they enjoy solidified clay!
Boo-fucking-hoo JK. It must be insidious of Morris Adjmi Architects to use bricks with the intention to cause such emotional distress among folks like you…
if you think the building is beautiful then you have a very poor taste about architecture. There are TONS of beautiful pre-war brick buildings in NYC but this one is not one of them
no one is saying its beautiful but its above average and brick is good. adjimi doesnt do bad.
there are multiple replies above saying it’s beautiful
don’t love it at all….🌳💡!
I like the building, but the vibe doesn’t match what St. Mark’s is or was. Maybe the area will grow into this vibe, but I don’t think in our lifetime.
I love this neighborhood and lived there briefly in the mid 80s. I like the building too. Ya know, once people who who didn’t grow up in the city get it in their head that the city was very dangerous and full of garbage, even if you lived there and had a different experience, you can’t tell them anything. We all have our own experiences to draw from but I tell you, the city was not that dangerous in the 70s when I was a kid going almost everywhere alone in the subways, parks and poorer neighborhoods. I respected all people and was not naive enough to go places after dark that I knew could be dangerous, or crowded places where I could be pickpocketed. The city is still wonderful and I love much of the new developments. I don’t like stereotyping people based on their comments. Just because you are nostalgic for the past doesn’t make you a woke lefty, whatever that is supposed to mean.