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NYU Expansion at 181 Mercer, rendering via StudioAMD

Foundation Work Begins for NYU’s Massive Greenwich Village Expansion at 181 Mercer Street

8:00 am on May 28, 2018 By Sebastian Morris

Excavation continues at 181 Mercer Street, the site of New York University’s 1.9 million square-foot expansion in Greenwich Village. The university’s scope of development for the enlarged campus includes razing The Jerome S. Coles Sports Center at 20-40 East Houston Street, and constructing a new 23-story sports center and performing arts facility in its place, which will have an address of 181 Mercer Street.

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Reveal for New York University’s 23-Story Mixed-Use Academic Facility Planned at 181 Mercer Street, Greenwich Village

6:00 am on December 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Renderings of the final design have been revealed for New York University’s 23-story mixed-use building planned at 181 Mercer Street, located between West Houston and Bleecker streets in Greenwich Village. The academic facility, as YIMBY reported in October, will encompass 914,064 square feet and rise 275 feet in height, per the latest building applications, which the Buildings Department has not yet approved. Design firms KieranTimberlake and Davis Brody Bond are the architects.

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Demolition Prep Underway At 20 East Houston Street, Site of NYU’s Greenwich Village Expansion

6:30 am on August 3, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Earlier this summer, YIMBY brought you news of New York University receiving court approval for their planned 1.9 million square-foot expansion in Greenwich Village, and now plans to demolish the Jerome S. Coles Sports Center, at 20 East Houston Street, are in the works. Per DNAinfo, the facility will close sometime this upcoming fall semester, but architects Davis Brody Bond and Kieran Timberlake will conduct tests on the property immediately. Design plans for the new mixed-use academic building are expected before 2016.

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Court Green Lights 1.9 Million Square-Foot NYU Expansion, Greenwich Village

6:30 am on July 1, 2015 By Reid Wilson

New York State’s Court of Appeals has approved New York University’s planned four-building, 1.9 million square-foot expansion at their Greenwich Village campus, according to the Daily News, rejecting a bid by NIMBYs to block the school’s continued growth. The Jerome S. Coles Sports Center, at 20-40 East Houston Street (aka 181 Mercer Street), as well as the single-story retail buildings at 130 Bleecker Street and 535-555 LaGuardia Place, will be demolished. Completion of the entire expansion is expected by 2035.

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