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222 Broadway. Photo by Michael Young.

222 Broadway Begins 798-Unit Office-to-Residential Conversion In Manhattan’s Financial District

Work is underway on the office-to-residential conversion of 222 Broadway, a 31-story building in Lower Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by CetraRuddy and developed by TPG Real Estate and GFP Real Estate, the project will transform the structure’s 770,416 square feet into 798 rental apartments and 40,000 square feet of commercial space. The $43.6 million overhaul will also involve the partial re-cladding of the midcentury façade and the construction of a 40-foot extension atop the parapet, bringing the total height to 430 feet, according to permits. The property is bounded by Ann Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, and Broadway to the west.

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New Museum at 235 Bowery, Rendering via OMA Instagram

Façade Installation Begins on New Museum’s Expansion on Manhattan’s Lower East Side

Façade installation is underway on the New Museum‘s seven-story expansion at 231 Bowery in the Bowery section of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. PG New York is fabricating and installing four distinct corrugated metal panel types and ACM panels on the North and South façades. Designed by Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu of OMA along with Cooper Robertson & Partners, the 174-foot-tall annex stands directly south of the SANAA-designed main building, which was completed in 2007. The 60,000-square-foot addition connects laterally to the original structure and will more than double the institution’s footprint to 115,277 square feet. The new building will contain three gallery floors, an 80-seat restaurant, a larger bookstore, and offices for staff, among other spaces. The property is located at the intersection of Bowery and Prince Street.

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Permits Filed for 71 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan

Permits have been filed to expand a two-story commercial structure into a six-story mixed-use building at 71 Eldridge Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Located between Grand Street and Hester Street, the lot is near the Grand Street subway station, served by the B and D trains. Jingling Tang of 90 Ludlow Real Estate LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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New Design Revealed for 2 World Trade Center in Financial District, Manhattan

A new redesign has been revealed for 2 World Trade Center, the final supertall component of the 16-acre World Trade Center complex in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and developed by Silverstein Properties, the skyscraper is now slated to stand 62 stories and 1,230 feet tall, down from the 80-story, 1,348-foot-tall scope of the previous iteration. The building will yield 2.2 million square feet of office space and rise from a full-block property bounded by Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Church Street to the east, and Greenwich Street to the west.

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