Hudson Yards

Demolition of old Mercedes dealership

Demolition Update: 520 West 41st Street, Silverstein’s Future West Side Supertall

The old Mercedes dealership at 520 West 41st Street and Eleventh Avenue is meeting a quick demise, paving the way for Silverstein Properties to begin preparation work for their future mixed-use development. While the project must still pass through ULURP, YIMBY revealed preliminary renderings last June, showing a 1,400-unit tower rising above a significant retail podium. Now we have a few overhead shots of demolition progress taken from the nearly-completed Skye, just a few hundred feet to the northwest.

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55 Hudson Yards

Foundation Work Underway At 55 Hudson Yards, Midtown West

YIMBY first revealed Related’s 51-story, 1.3-million square-foot office building dubbed 55 Hudson Yards in May of 2014, and then we brought you an excavation update earlier this spring. Today, per Curbed, foundation work is well underway. Kohn Pedersen Fox is designing, and completion is expected in 2017. Oxford Properties Group is co-developing, and Mitsui Fudosan also owns a 92.09 percent stake in the project.


540 West 38th Street

Chetrit Group To Develop 540 West 38th Street After Receiving Acquisition Loan, Midtown West

After Chetrit Group landed a $60 million acquisition and pre-development loan for their development site spanning 541-545 West 37th Street, in Midtown West, the developer is planning to move forward with their plans, which YIMBY reported on nearly a year ago. The site boasts 373,000 square feet of building potential, and conceptualized as a 50-story mixed-use tower featuring 100 residential units and 350 hotel rooms. Two three-story buildings must first be demolished. 



Hudson Yards, image from Related

Thomas Heatherwick’s Hudson Yards Sculpture Now Under Construction

According to The New York Times, UK-based Thomas Heatherwick’s Hudson Yards centerpiece is now under construction. A source who has seen the design described it as resembling the shape of a chalice, rising higher than the 100-foot-tall Culture Shed, which YIMBY unveiled in 2013. The sculpture does not require public review, and Related Companies and Oxford Properties are developing.


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