SOM’s Two Manhattan West Reaches Halfway Mark in Midtown West, Manhattan

8:00 am on July 12, 2021 By Michael Young

The steel superstructure has reached the halfway mark on Two Manhattan West, a 935-foot-tall office skyscraper in Midtown West. Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and developed by Brookfield, the 58-story building is rising at the corner of West 31st Street and Ninth Avenue, directly to the south of its 996-foot-tall fraternal twin, One Manhattan West. Two Manhattan West will yield a total of two million square feet and its construction is expected to cost around $2 billion.

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540 Waverly Avenue Tops Out in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

7:30 am on July 12, 2021 By Michael Young

Construction has topped out on 540 Waverly Avenue, a nine-story mixed-use building in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by Kutnicki Bernstein Architects and developed by The Daten Group, the 117,000-square-foot structure will yield 135 rental apartments spread across 91,000 square feet, including 40 units reserved for affordable housing, as well 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and a 56-vehicle parking garage. The property is located at the corner of Atlantic and Waverly Avenues.

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View of 120 Wall Street (center) - Silverstein Properties

Sorin Medical Inks 5,686-Square-Foot Lease at 120 Wall Street in Financial District, Manhattan

7:00 am on July 12, 2021 By Sebastian Morris

Sorin Medical, one of the nation’s leading cardiovascular health providers, is the latest company to relocate its flagship headquarters to 120 Wall Street. Located in Manhattan’s Financial District, the property has received comprehensive upgrades to existing infrastructure, exterior facade, and interior spaces to better suit the modern office tenant.

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428 Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. All images courtesy of NYC Housing Connect

Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for 428 Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

6:30 am on July 12, 2021 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 428 Wythe Avenue, a six-story mixed-use development in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Asher Hershkowitz Architect and developed by Vision Development, the building yields 37 residential units and eight commercial spaces. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 12 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $88,389 to $192,400.

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Maverick Wraps Up Exterior Work at 215 West 28th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan

8:00 am on July 11, 2021 By Michael Young

Construction is wrapping up on Maverick, a pair of architecturally identical and adjoining 20-story residential buildings at 215 West 28th Street in Chelsea. Designed by DXA Studio and developed by HAP Investments, the twin 250-foot-tall structures yield a combined 162,834 square feet and 87 condominium units, as well as 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Douglas Elliman Development Marketing and Fredrik Eklund’s and John Gomes’ Eklund | Gomes team are responsible for sales and marketing for the residences, with Alex Lundqvist as the sales director in charge. Available one-bedrooms start at $1.3 million and two-bedrooms at $1.995 million, with prices for three- and four-bedroom residences available upon request. The property is located between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

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