Construction is complete on The Labs @ 121, a ten-story Class A office and lab building at 2226 Third Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by New York-based DXA Studio and developed by Real Estate Equities Corporation, the 160,000-square-foot structure is the first new life sciences building in the neighborhood in decades. The property is located between East 121st and 122nd Streets.
Façade installation is wrapping up on 125 Barclay Street, an 11-story commercial building in Tribeca, Manhattan. Designed by Switzer Group and developed by District Council 37 (DC37), the project involves the renovation and re-cladding of the 92-year-old former World Telegram Building and the construction of an additional floor above its parapet, and will yield 264,700 square feet of office space. Lilker Associates is the MEP and FP engineer and Hunter Roberts Construction Group is the general contractor for the property, which is bound by Murray Street to the north, Barclay Street to the south, and West Street to the west.
New Jersey-based real estate investment firm BDP Holdings, in partnership with JLL, has unveiled plans for The Iris, a forthcoming commercial building at 641 Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair, New Jersey. Designed by Gensler, the 130,000-square-foot structure will yield 125,000 square feet of office space on the top three floors, along with 8,051 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 277 parking spaces.
National real estate investment firm The Feil Organization has announced that tequila manufacturer Casa Komos Brand Group has signed a ten-year lease agreement at 853 Broadway, a 21-story office tower in Union Square, Manhattan. The company will occupy 10,268 square feet across the entire second floor and a portion of the ninth floor of the structure, which is located at the corner of Broadway and 14th Street, directly across from Union Square Park.
Construction is nearing topping out on 125 West 57th Street, a 26-story commercial building on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners and Cain International, the 440-foot-tall structure will span 260,000 square feet and yield 185,000 square feet of Class A office space, 7,000 square feet of retail space, and a new home for the Calvary Baptist Church, which has operated on the site since 1883 and sold the property to the developers for $150 million in 2017. Leading Builders Group is the general contractor for the project, which is located on an interior lot between Sixth and Seventh Avenues between Christian de Portzamparc‘s One57 and SHoP Architects‘ 111 West 57th Street.
