Articles by Andrew Nelson

215 Pearl Street

215 Pearl Street Nearly Finished in the Financial District

Construction of 215 Pearl Street has largely gone unnoticed but has made significant progress. Since our last update in July of 2016, the building has topped out, façade installation is all but complete, and construction of the five-story reflective lobby is underway. The 39-story structure will be adding 320 hotel rooms to the Financial District neighborhood thanks to the developers, the Lam Group.

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438 Union Avenue, via Google Maps

Permits Filed for 438 Union Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 438 Union Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The site is located half a block away from the Metropolitan Avenue subway station, serviced by the G and L trains, an area that is expecting a significant influx of similarly-scaled redevelopments over the next few years. Joel Schwartz of South Side Units is the developer.

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One Manhattan West from the ground, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

YIMBY Tours Brookfield’s Manhattan West Development, First Look at Rooftop Views

Brookfield has officially celebrated the topping out of the 67-story One Manhattan West, aka OMW, the largest of six structures in their six million square foot Manhattan West development in Midtown West. The project has successfully lured several large companies to lease, and plans to add a significant amount of public space to the city. For a complete update on the construction, YIMBY visited the site, capturing top-floor views from both The Eugene and OMW.

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