Demolition is progressing at 185 East 80th Street, the site of a 34-story residential skyscraper on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and developed by Skyline Developers, the 497-foot-tall structure will yield 61 condominium units and 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Hill West Architects is the architect of record for the project, which is alternately addressed as 1410–1418 Third Avenue and located at the corner of Third Avenue and East 80th Street.
As of yesterday, crews spared no time and rapidly torn down nearly everything seen in the photos below, which were only taken this past Sunday afternoon. They showed three of the parcel occupants at 1418 Third Avenue and 185–187 East 80th Street already razed to street level since our last update in early December, when demolition was just getting started. The fourth story was also fully dismantled from the remaining row of buildings along Third Avenue, and a hydraulic hammer positioned along East 80th Street is aiding in the demolition process.
185 East 80th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
185 East 80th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
185 East 80th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
185 East 80th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
185 East 80th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
185 East 80th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
185 East 80th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
185 East 80th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
185 East 80th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
185 East 80th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The below Google Street View image shows the abutting set of identical low-rise occupants before the start of demolition. Skyline Developers purchased the four adjoining structures along Third Avenue and a fifth building on East 80th Street for $16.6 million in late 2022.
1410-1418 Third Avenue. Image: Google
The skyscraper is slated to house one to three apartments per floor, collectively spanning roughly 242,000 square feet. Residential amenities will reportedly include a 23-vehicle enclosed parking garage, a fitness center, a billiards room, shared laundry room, and a pet care space.
The nearest subway from the ground-up development is the 6 train at the 77th Street station to the south along Lexington Avenue.
Finalized renderings and a construction timeline for 1410–1418 Third Avenue have yet to be released.
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Less than two condos per floor.
I don’t think they listed the purchase price for the 5 buildings correctly. Did they buy all 5 for 16 million or did the last building cost 16 million ? My feeling is that the 5 buildings cost approximately $40 million for why wouldn’t the landlord simply list them for a higher amount separately unless the landlord omissions the developer. Property on the avenue is always more expensive. Property development between the avenues is restricted. Now the new mayor should simply change how high buildings can be built between the avenues if the new construction is for middle income and low income units .
I had heard that it was one hundred million combined. ACRIS seems to confirm that if you look up each individual parcel. Maria, of Lorenzo & Maria’s Kitchen owned all of it, thanks to her father.
Did they buy out the last tenants first many of those apartments weee not free market but rent regulated.
We hope the rent controlled; stabilized tenants were given VERY generous amounts of money to surrender their leases.
Finding another rent stabilized apartment in Manhattan is nearly impossible, especially when units are being torn down for the very wealthy. Even a $100k to leave won’t last very many years if only market rate replacements can be found.
This new project is barely, if at all, adding more housing units to the City. The only answer here is that new stabilized units must be created to replace what was lost in order to receive a permit for the new tower of millionaires.
why ? did they own the apartments? did they not enjoy under market rents for a very long time?
the sense of entitement knows no bounds
I am sorry see old Pre-wars go down. The mix of low rise and high rise east of third avenue appears that it will be a thing of the past. The area could have been downzoned like 9th avenue in Hells Kitchen where you cannot build anything taller then the walk ups.
That said, even the peoples republic of New York is in the United States. The owner is not obligated to socially engineer and be forced to build rent stabilized units. Especially in expensive desirable locations. Nobody has a right ot an apt on the UES. If you want it , then pay for it and do not ask others to subsidze you. Every day we read here about hundreds of affordable units being built – just look above 370+ at Clarkson in Bklyn. that money comes from taxpaying NYers via state and city subsidies. What the politiicans dont want you to see is the huge tax bill they charge Landowners (that also means co-op and condo owners). You simply cannot build anything but high end for the risky project to make sense. They created this “crisis” , not the real estate industry which relies on supply and demand basic economics.
Enough demonizing those who pay for vast majority of our immense budget.
I’d like to see YIMBY tell a brief history of the buildings being torn down. Year built etc.
Agreed.
That’s probably asking for too much.
That’s what websites like the NYC DOB is for. YIMBY is not some municipal department that keeps tracks of an every building’s property taxes, change of ownership, amount of air rights per lot, or if a building is listed for sale. YIMBY is photo journalism, not streeteasy or the LPC
I live on 81st and Second Avenue, and I always passed this site when going to Whole Foods Market. Last Thursday, this site looked like the way it did in Michael’s photos. Two days ago, I walk by again and I was flabbergasted at how the last few buildings literally disappeared in the blink of an eye. Strange how fast they suddenly knocked them down after mulling along for the last few months.
I enjoyed working on this block on the renovation of the Kress Foundation at 174 East 80th. Spence-Chapin Thrift Store was in one of those storefronts. Amazing finds!
More unaffordable housing on the way…