Excavation and foundations are progressing at 343 Madison Avenue, the site of a 49-story commercial skyscraper in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by BXP, the 844-foot-tall structure will yield 950,000 square feet of office space and a collection of tenant amenities. The property is located between East 44th and 45th Streets.
Construction is wrapping up on 660 Lexington Avenue, an 18-story residential building in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by S20M and developed by Rybak Development, the 233-foot-tall structure spans 52,558 square feet and yields 31 condominium units with an average scope of 2,123 square feet. The project also contains 2,551 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, 1,174 square feet of community facility space, and a cellar level. Zproekt Architecture was the project architect, and Paris Forino is the interior designer for the property, which is alternately addressed as 133 East 55th Street and located at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street.
Construction is nearing topping out on 1009 Second Avenue, a 19-story mixed-use building in Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Designed by Isaac & Stern Architects and developed by Abraham Lokshin under the LFL Partners LLC, the 210-foot-tall structure will span 51,342 square feet and yield 29 condominium units with an average scope of 1,374 square feet. The project will also include 2,241 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, a cellar level, and a 30-foot-long rear yard. The property is located between East 53rd and East 54th Streets.
Renovation work is moving along on 383 Madison Avenue, a 47-story office skyscraper in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill along with Foster + Partners and Gensler, the project will re-clad the 755-foot-tall structure’s façade and revamp its 1.2 million square feet of office space to serve the banking investment division of JPMorgan Chase. Formerly known as the Bear Stearns Building, the tower was originally designed by David Childs of SOM and completed in 2001. The property is bounded by Madison and Vanderbilt Avenues and East 46th and East 47th Streets, and stands directly south of the financial institution’s recently completed headquarters at 270 Park Avenue.
Occupying the number-one spot for the fourth and final time on YIMBY’s annual construction countdown is the JPMorgan Chase Tower, the financial institution’s 1,389-foot supertall headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and developed by Tishman Speyer, the 60-story skyscraper yields 2.5 million square feet of office space with a capacity of 14,000 employees, and is the tallest structure in New York completely powered by upstate hydroelectric energy.