Articles by Michael Young

11 Hoyt’s Sculptural Facade Begins to Show As Superstructure Work Progresses in Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on November 8, 2018 By Michael Young

The outer sculptural facade of 11 Hoyt is beginning to ascend up the building, piece by piece. The 57-story, ground-up skyscraper is being designed by Studio Gang Architects, and Tishman Speyer is the developer of the 770,000 square foot project, located in Downtown Brooklyn. Hill West is the architect of record, while Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group is managing sales for the 480 condominiums that are being designed by London-based Michaelis Boyd Associates.

321 Warren Street On The Rise In Downtown Jersey City

7:00 am on November 8, 2018 By Michael Young

321 Warren Street, aka the Lively, will be a mixed-use tower at the southeast intersection of Warren Street and Steubern Street, in Jersey City. The 217,000 square foot building broke ground this past June, and is now climbing past the ninth floor. Fogarty Finger Architecture is designing the 18-story tower while LMC is the developer. The entire building is being constructed with a reinforced concrete superstructure.

Brooklyn Point Hits Halfway Mark On Way to 720-Foot Pinnacle In Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on November 7, 2018 By Michael Young

Brooklyn Point, aka 138 Willoughby Street, is climbing towards its 720-foot pinnacle over Downtown Brooklyn. The skyscraper has already made headlines with its imminently-highest outdoor infinity pool in New York City. Now, the facade has…

Permits Filed For A Six-Story Residential Building at 670 Union Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn

6:00 am on November 7, 2018 By Michael Young

Permits have been filed for a new six-story residential building at 670 Union Street, in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Gowanus. The site is between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue, and sits half a block away from the Union Street subway on the R train. The new structure will rise from a lot that is currently home to a pair of two-story buildings, 670A and 670B Union Street, and William Caleo of 668-670 Union LLC is listed as the developer.

Brooklyn’s First Supertall Gets Ready To Rise At 9 DeKalb Avenue As Foundation Work Makes Headway

8:00 am on November 6, 2018 By Michael Young

Peering through the thick, green fence netting that surrounds the site of 9 DeKalb Avenue, one can now see the foundations for the imminently-1,066-foot-tall residential supertall making progress. Large hollow steel pilings crowd the northern perimeter of the construction site, waiting to be lodged into the ground with the giant piledriver being put to work by several construction workers spotted on site. The 73-story tower is being designed by SHoP Architects and developed by JDS Development and Chetrit Group.

Permits Filed For Six Lots Between 86-07 and 86-17 Kingston Place in Jamaica Hills, Queens

6:00 am on November 6, 2018 By Michael Young

Permits for six connected addresses have been filed for a new project spanning from 86-07 to 86-17 Kingston Place. Frank J. Quatela Architects, P.C is heading design for all of the new residential structures, located in the Queens neighborhood of Jamaica Hills, between Henley Road and Highland Avenue. Several single-family homes currently exist on the lots, for which demolition permits have not yet been filed.

One Willoughby Square Begins Ascent Towards 495-Foot Pinnacle in Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on November 5, 2018 By Michael Young

Dozens of construction workers are quickly laying steel rebar and concrete for the foundations and lower floors of 1 Willoughby Square in Downtown Brooklyn. Located at 420 Albee Square, the 34-story, 495-foot-tall, 500,000 square foot Class-A office tower is being developed by JEMB and designed by FXCollaborative. It broke ground in February, and sits directly across the street from the City Point residential and retail complex to the west.

Residential Addition Atop 131-135 Duane Street Heads to LPC in Tribeca

6:30 am on November 5, 2018 By Michael Young

A proposal for a two-story addition atop 131-135 Duane Street is under review by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The site is located between Church Street and West Broadway in Tribeca, with the design being carried out by Jonathan Schloss Architect, a local Tribeca firm.

New Renderings Released As 77 Greenwich Street Begins Climb in The Financial District

8:00 am on November 2, 2018 By Michael Young

77 Greenwich Street is already at its fourth floor, and now, a new teaser website for the 500-foot, 42-story residential tower has launched, accompanied by fresh renderings. Trinity Place Holdings is developing the ground-up Financial District project, with FXCollaborative serving as the architect. The podium will eventually house a grade school and retail space. Interiors are being designed by Deborah Berke Partners, the same firm who helmed interiors for 432 Park Avenue.

1271 Avenue of the Americas Sheds Old Facade For New Curtain Wall in Midtown Manhattan

7:30 am on November 1, 2018 By Michael Young

Standing just to the north of the iconic XYZ Buildings in Midtown Manhattan, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, aka the Time-Life Building, is currently undergoing a major transformation of its exterior curtain wall, outdoor plaza, landmarked lobby space, and mechanical makeup of the elevators and MEP systems. Built in 1958, Rockefeller Group Development Corporation is bringing the building into the twenty-first century by bringing on Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP to helm the refurbishment of the 48-story office tower, which stands 587 feet to its rooftop.

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