YIMBY Scopes The Views From The Top of Madison House, Nomad’s New Tallest Tower

8:00 am on October 16, 2019 By Michael Young

YIMBY recently went on a hard-hat tour of Madison House, aka 15 East 30th Street The slender 805-foot-tall tower is topped out as the tallest skyscraper in NoMad, standing 62 stories tall, and creates a distinct multi-pointed crown and silhouette on the Midtown skyline. The residential building is designed by Handel Architects, while Fosun Group and JD Carlisle are responsible for the nearly 300,000-square-foot development. Douglas Elliman is handling sales and marketing.

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639 St. Ann's Avenue in Woodstock, The Bronx

Permits Filed for 639 St. Ann’s Avenue in Woodstock, The Bronx

6:30 am on October 16, 2019 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for a four-story school at 639 St. Ann’s Avenue in Woodstock, The Bronx. Located on the corner of Rae Street and St. Ann’s Avenue, the lot is three blocks west of the Jackson Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. New York City School Construction Authority is listed as the owner behind the applications as well as the applicant of record.

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Steelwork Reaches the Top Podium Level of Norman Foster’s 50 Hudson Yards

8:00 am on October 15, 2019 By Michael Young

The steelwork is continuing its vertical ascent at 50 Hudson Yards, where the large rectangular floor plates have begun to reach the sixth and final floor of the podium. Designed by Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, the supertall skyscraper will eventually stand 1,011 feet tall and contain 2.9 million square feet of office space. Oxford Properties and Mitsui Fudosan are developing the project, which is the final component in the first phase of Related Companies‘ Hudson Yards and will also be the largest office building by floor space in the 28-acre master plan.

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