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270 Park Avenue’s Diagrid, Column Lights Continue Testing in Midtown East, Manhattan

8:00 am on May 14, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

YIMBY captured photos of 270 Park Avenue’s exterior LED strips undergoing testing, offering a preview of how JPMorgan Chase’s 1,389-foot-tall Midtown East headquarters will eventually look illuminated at night. Designed by Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and developed by Tishman Speyer, the 60-story supertall skyscraper will yield 2.5 million square feet of office space with a capacity of 15,000 employees, and will become the tallest structure in New York completely powered by hydroelectric energy. Adamson Associates is the architect of record for the project, which occupies a full city block bounded by East 48th Street to the north, East 47th Street to the south, Park Avenue to the east, and Madison Avenue to the west.

395 Flatbush Avenue Extension. Designe dby TenBerke Architects.

Renderings Reveal 840-Foot Skyscraper Proposed for 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension in Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on May 9, 2025 By Michael Young

New renderings have been revealed for 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension, a proposed 80-story residential skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by TenBerke Architects and developed by Rabina and Park Tower Group in collaboration with the city’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development, the 840-foot-tall structure is slated to yield 1,263 rental units with 20 to 30 percent reserved for affordable housing. The development would repurpose the existing seven-story mid-century building into its podium with 66,000 square feet of retail space on the first two floors and office space on levels three and four. The trapezoidal 1.2-acre property is bounded by DeKalb Avenue to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Hudson Avenue to the east, and Flatbush Avenue Extension to the west.

Renderings Revealed for The Bronx Detention Center at 745 East 141st Street in Mott Haven

8:00 am on May 7, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

New renderings have been revealed for The Bronx Detention Center at 745 East 141st Street in Mott Haven. Designed by CetraRuddy in collaboration with Lumen Architecture, Urbahn Architects, Transformative Reform Group (TRG), and the New York City Design Department of Construction, the $2.9 billion project is part of the plan to replace Rikers Island with four borough-based detention centers. The Bronx structure will yield 1,040 beds, 20 underground staff parking spaces, and 40,000 square feet of commercial space. The project site is bounded by East 142nd Street to the north, East 141st Street to the south, the confluence of Bruckner and Southern Boulevard to the east, and Concord Avenue to the west.

The new base facade for 245 Park Avenue. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.

245 Park Avenue Prepares For Renovations, Partial Re-Cladding in Midtown East, Manhattan

8:00 am on May 6, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Renovation work is ramping up on 245 Park Avenue, a 48-story commercial skyscraper in Midtown East, Manhattan. Developed by SL Green and designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox with Fogarty Finger responsible for the design of the lobby, amenity spaces, roof terrace, the project will overhaul much of the structure’s interiors, replace a portion of the podium’s mid-century façade with a modern envelope, and add a new roof terrace to the parapet. The building was originally designed by Shreve Lamb & Harmon Associated and opened in 1967, and yields 1,754,500 square feet of office space. The property occupies a 2-acre block bounded by East 47th Street to the north, East 46th Street to the south, Lexington Avenue to the east, and Park Avenue to the west.

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

8:00 am on May 2, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

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.

Plaid Signs 45,300-Square-Foot Lease At 530 Broadway In Soho, Manhattan

7:00 am on April 21, 2025 By Max Gillespie

Financial technology firm Plaid recently signed a lease for 45,300 square feet at 530 Broadway, an 11-story office building in Soho, Manhattan. The lease was announced by real estate development firm SHVO, which acquired the 198,000-square-foot landmarked property in March 2020. Plaid will relocate its New York City offices to a build-to-suit space within the building to support its continued growth.

NYPD Bomb Squad To Relocate To 241 West 26th Street in Cheslea, Manhattan

7:30 am on April 14, 2025 By Michael Young

The New York Police Department’s bomb squad is set to relocate its operations to 241 West 26th Street, a six-story structure that formerly operated as a parking garage in Chelsea, Manhattan. The project involves renovations to the structure’s 37,725 square feet of interiors and refurbishments and light modifications to its exterior. Tori Operating Corp. is listed as the owner of the site, which is located between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

Le Gallerie Completes Construction At 132 West 14th Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan

8:00 am on April 13, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is complete on Le Gallerie, a seven-story commercial building at 132 West 14th Street on the border of Greenwich Village and Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed, developed, and owned by KPG Funds, the structure yields 62,000 square feet of Class A office space with floor plates ranging from 6,000 to more than 8,500 square feet. The development also contains 10,588 square feet of lower-level retail space marketed by Ripco Real Estate. JLL Capital Markets is leading leasing and marketing for the office space at the property, which is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

New Residential and Commercial Projects Underway In Long Island City, Queens

7:30 am on April 8, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Long Island City, Queens is continuing its transformation with a host of new buildings cropping up on some of the last available parcels, and older structures giving way to new, larger construction. YIMBY photographed several examples around the booming residential district of the downtown area, most of which are near the elevated Queensboro Plaza station serving the 7, N, and W trains, and the Queens Plaza station for the E, M, and R trains. Other sites are located in the neighborhood across the Sunnyside Yard facility.

142 33rd Street Resumes Construction in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

7:30 am on April 7, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction has resumed on 142 33rd Street, a seven-story hotel in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Designed by Jonathan Newel Architecture, the 32,050-square-foot building is planned to yield 72 guest rooms with an average scope of 445 square feet, according to permits filed in 2015. The project is also slated to include a ground-floor restaurant and offices, a fitness room in the cellar, and a parking lot with 16 spaces. Kue Jor Ng of Sunrise Hospitality Ventures is listed as the owner of the property, which is situated on an interior lot between 3rd and 4th Avenues.

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