Anish Kapoor’s Bean Sculpture Unveiled at 56 Leonard Street in Tribeca, Manhattan

Work is finally finished on Anish Kapoor’s mirrored bean sculpture at the base of 56 Leonard Street, an 831-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Tribeca. The 19-foot-tall, 48-foot-long amorphous artwork was unveiled last week beside the main lobby and ground-floor retail space of the 57-story reinforced concrete tower, which was designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Hill West Architects for Alexico Grpup and opened in 2017. Performance Structures was the fabricator for Kapoor’s 40-ton permanent installation, located at the corner of Leonard and Church Streets.

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428 West 19th Street Nears Topping Out in Chelsea, Manhattan

Construction is nearing topping out on 428 West 19th Street, an 11-story residential building in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by BKSK Architects and developed by Anbau Enterprises, which purchased the property for $18.5 million in 2020, the 118-foot-tall structure will yield 32 condominium units with an average scope of 1,463 square feet. Ryder Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is located on an interior lot between Ninth and Tenth Avenues.

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Existing properties to be replaced by the 157 Westchester Avenue project - via Google Maps

Developer Reveal Plans for 15-Story Apartment Building at 157 Westchester Avenue in Port Chester, New York

Titanium Realty Group has revealed proposals to redevelop an assembly of land into a mixed-use rental property at 157 West Chester Avenue in Port Chester, Westchester County. If approved by the Port Chester Planning Commission, the new building will top out at 15 stories and comprise 169 market-rate rental units, 21 affordable housing units designated for households earning 60 percent area median income (AMI), 1,465 square feet of commercial space, and two levels of parking for up to 110 vehicles.

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Eastlight Wraps Up Construction at 200 East 34th Street in Kips Bay, Manhattan

Construction is complete on Eastlight, a 34-story residential tower at 200 East 34th Street in Kips Bay. Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by 200 East 34th LLC, the 388-foot-tall structure yields 135,094 square feet with 144 condominium units in studio to two-bedroom layouts and 2,992 square feet of commercial space on the lower levels. Noble Construction Group was the general contractor for the property, which is located at the southeastern corner of Third Avenue and East 34th Street.

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