Construction is rising quickly on 8 Carlisle, a 64-story residential skyscraper at 8 Carlisle Street in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Grubb Properties and Pink Stone Capital, the 789-foot-tall structure will span 326,221 square feet and yield 462 residential units. The project will also include 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a 60-foot-long rear yard. The property is alternately addressed as 111 Washington Street and located at the corner of Washington and Carlisle Streets, just south of the World Trade Center complex.
A substantial number of floors were added since our last update in December, when the tower crane had just been erected and the main tower stood around 15 stories high. Crews have also begun attaching metal clips to the edges of the floor plates in preparation for the installation of the curtain wall, which YIMBY expects to begin in early spring.
8 Carlisle Street. Photo by Michael Young.
8 Carlisle Street. Photo by Michael Young.
8 Carlisle Street. Photo by Michael Young.
8 Carlisle Street. Photo by Michael Young.
8 Carlisle Street. Photo by Michael Young.
8 Carlisle Street. Photo by Michael Young.
8 Carlisle Street. Photo by Michael Young.
8 Carlisle Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The below diagrams highlight the height of the tower and the multistory podium that features a cantilevering stepped cutout at the northern corner. Following a fifth-story setback, the skyscraper rises with a largely uniform trapezoidal massing to the crown. The uppermost levels will incorporate a symmetrical set of stepped setbacks on the southwest corner, mirroring the architectural gesture at the northwest corner of the base. The rendering in the main photo depicts the crown clad in an illuminated metal envelope.
8 Carlisle Street. Designed by Handel Architects.
The following renderings preview the cantilevering corner cutout at the base, as well as the lobby.
8 Carlisle Street. Designed by Handel Architects. Rendering by Eugene Lubomir.
8 Carlisle Street. Designed by Handel Architects.
8 Carlisle Street will house seven to ten units per level. Amenities will include a 63rd-floor lounge, a swimming pool, a fitness center with outdoor terrace access, coworking spaces, a demo kitchen, entertainment rooms, bike storage, a full-time doorman, and a live-in superintendent.
The site was formerly occupied by a ten-story parking garage that was demolished in 2007. The land sat undeveloped for the next 16 years before pilings and earthwork began in 2023.
The closest subways from the corner property are the 1 train at the Rector Street station to the south along Greenwich Street, the R and W trains at the Rector Street station at Trinity Place, and the 4 and 5 trains at the Wall Street station on Broadway.
An outdated completion date of summer 2026 is posted on 8 Carlisle’s construction board. However, sometime in the second half of 2027 is possible.
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We need more of these. Tall and slender, packed with units. Love to see it.
The base is light and modern, the shaft could be midcentury office tower, and the top is a decent try. The FIDI has the potential to become a huge residential district. AI may allow a lot office conversions.
That’s a lot of climbing these tower crane operators need to do to get into their cabs..
Really looking forward to seeing the facade on this one.