New York City

25 October 2022

Office Tower in Hudson Yards Development Officially Opens in New York City

UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed a skyscraper in New York City as part of the Hudson Yards development in Midtown Manhattan. Called...

20 October 2022

New York City Announces US$1.6 Billion Life Sciences Campus

New York City has announced its plans for a new US$1.6 billion life sciences campus to be located on the east side of Manhattan and...

12 October 2022

Excavation Begins For 325-Meter Development in New York City

Excavation and pilings are underway at 740 Eighth Avenue, the site of a 1,067-foot-tall (325-meter-tall) hotel and observation tower in Midtown, Manhattan. ODA is the...

06 October 2022

Excavation And Pilings Underway at Residential Skyscraper in Queens, New York City

Below-grade work is underway at 27-48 Jackson Avenue, the site of a 69-story residential skyscraper in the Court Square district of Long Island City, Queens....

03 October 2022

26 Story Building in Brooklyn has Topped Out

A 26-story residential building on 69 Adams street in Brooklyn has hit a construction milestone and structurally topped out. Located in the DUMBO neighborhood, the...

29 September 2022

Investment Firm Signs 32,281-Square-Meter Lease at Madison-Avenue Development in New York City

SL Green Realty Corp, one of Manhattan’s largest office landlords has announced that investment management firm Franklin Templeton has signed a 15-year, 347,474 square foot...

28 September 2022

Site of Upcoming 15-Story Building in Harlem to Host Apartments, Not Offices in New York City

Instead of an office building, the developer Extell will construct a large apartment tower on the site of the former Pathmark supermarket on East 125th...

30 August 2022

Developer Lands US$200M to Build a 40-Story Residential Tower in New York City

Rockefeller Group and Park Tower Group have secured a US$200 million construction loan to build a 40-story residential tower at 16 Dupont Street as part...

23 August 2022

Construction Tops Out on 28-Story Residential Building in New York City

Construction has topped out on 249 East 62nd Street, a 28-story residential tower on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by INC Architecture & Design with...

09 August 2022

New Building Height is Filed for New York City Tower

On 5 August, 2022, developer Boston Properties filed new plans for the building at 343 Madison Avenue.  The building's new height is listed at 237.7...

08 August 2022

Design Team Selected to Lead Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement in NYC

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has revealed the that Foster + Partners and the Chicago-headquartered design and engineering firm, Epstein will...

01 August 2022

25-Story Hotel and Arts Tower Proposed in Harlem, NYC

According to new plans that appeared on a city website the week of July 27, 2022, a 25 story tower containing a 305-room hotel could...

26 July 2022

48-Story Hotel in Times Square is Completed and Opened

Construction is complete and occupancy has begun at the RIU Plaza Hotel, a 48-story skyscraper at 145 West 47th Street in Times Square. Designed by...

15 July 2022

Mixed-Use 425 Grand Concourse Completes Construction in the Bronx, New York

The 86.9-meter, 26-story mixed-use building in Mott Haven, Bronx in New York City has completed construction. Designed by Dattner Architects and developed by Trinity Financial...

13 July 2022

Construction Breaks Ground at 28-Story Residential Building in New York City

Excavation has begun at 126 East 57th Street, site of a 28-story residential tower on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by ODA Architecture...

12 July 2022

Developers Celebrate the Grand Opening of Residential Building in Brooklyn

Developers recently celebrated the grand opening of Magnolia DUMBO, a 21-story residential building at 160 Front Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects...

11 July 2022

NYC Tower Completion Date Updates and New Tenants

The 58-story commercial tower developed by Brookfield Properties is slated for completion in 2023 and recently confirmed that the international law firm Clifford Chance has...

06 July 2022

Progress Continues on Mandarin Oriental Residencies in Manhattan

Work is continuing to progress on the Mandarin Oriental Residences Fifth Avenue, a 29-story building at 685 Fifth Avenue in Midtown and the first east...

28 June 2022

Demolition, Excavation Continue For Potential Supertall At 570 Fifth Avenue In Midtown, New York City

Demolition is progressing at 570 Fifth Avenue, the site of a potential supertall skyscraper in Midtown, Manhattan. Developed by Extell, the tower could reach an...

23 June 2022

Excavation Underway for 51-Story Residential Tower in New York City

Excavation has begun for The Brook, a 51-story residential skyscraper at 589 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by...

09 June 2022

Luxury Residential Development Nears Completion in Chelsea, New York City

Work is wrapping up on The Cortland, a 26-story residential tower at 555 West 22nd Street in West Chelsea. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects...

07 June 2022

Construction Completed At 368 Third Avenue In New York City

Construction is complete on VU, a 36-story residential tower at 368 Third Avenue in the Midtown, Manhattan neighborhood of Kips Bay. Designed by SLCE Architects...

01 June 2022

Limestone-Clad Skyscraper in New York City Reaches Completion

Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has revealed the 611 West 56th Street skyscraper in Manhattan, which is the architect's first building in the United States. The 440-foot-tall...

26 May 2022

Demolition Underway For Residential Skyscraper In Hell’s Kitchen, New York City

Demolition has begun at 550 Tenth Avenue, the site of a 47-story residential skyscraper in Hell’s Kitchen. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Gotham...

18 May 2022

Demolished Upper East Side Block Being Replaced By Apartment Building in New York City

A stretch of Upper East Side walk-up buildings that were torn down in recent months will be replaced by an 18-story apartment tower, according to...

13 May 2022

Excavation Underway at Residential Tower on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in New York City

Excavation is progressing at 250-252 East 83rd Street, the site of a 23-story residential tower in the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side. Designed...

12 May 2022

131-141 East 47th Street Tops Out Over Midtown East in New York City

Construction has topped out on 131-141 East 47th Street, a 35-story residential skyscraper in Midtown East. Designed by Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by Lex...

09 May 2022

Historic Theatre Lifted Nearly 10 Meters During Construction of New York City Hotel Tower

Construction on TSX Broadway has reached a significant milestone with the completion of the historic Palace Theatre’s lift to its new position 30 feet (9.1...

29 April 2022

Hard Rock Hotel Opens For Business in Time Square in New York City

The Hard Rock Hotel at 159 West 48th Street is the newest hotel to open in Midtown, Manhattan’s iconic Times Square district. Designed by SLCE...

25 April 2022

Mixed-Use Building at Downtown Brooklyn Campus Reaches Completion

Construction is complete on The Willoughby, a 34-story mixed-use tower at 196 Willoughby Street on Long Island University‘s Downtown Brooklyn campus. Designed by Perkins Eastman...

15 April 2022

First Official Renderings Revealed for New Bank Headquarters in New York City

Foster + Partners has been announced as the architect for JPMorgan Chase‘s 60-story headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, and has released the first set of...

13 April 2022

Stalled New York City Complex Set to Resume Construction

Construction is set to resume on The XI, with a revised completion date of “Winter 2024” posted for the stalled two-tower mixed-use project at 76...

08 April 2022

Residential, Hotel, and Theater Harlem Development to Move Forward

A development that will bring apartments, retail and more arts to an uptown New York City cultural center is moving forward. Lam Group and Exact Capital...

07 April 2022

Hotel Nears Halfway Mark in Manhattan, New York City

Construction is nearing the halfway mark on H Hotel W39, a 29-story hotel tower at 58 West 39th Street in Midtown. Designed by Peter F....

23 March 2022

New York City University Expansion Nears Completion

Construction is nearing completion on NYU‘s campus expansion at 181 Mercer Street in Greenwich Village. Designed by Davis Brody Bond and KieranTimberlake, the 735,000-square-foot (68,283-square-meter)...

16 March 2022

Cancer Care Tower to Rise 31 Stories in New York City

The medical tower boom on the Upper East Side will continue with a new 31-story pavilion planned by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the organization...

15 March 2022

15-Story Affordable Housing Coming To East Harlem in New York City

A 15-story affordable apartment tower will soon replace a row of buildings on an East Harlem block, according to new plans. Developer Elie Fouerti filed plans...

07 March 2022

Brooklyn Residential High-Rise Tops Out

Exterior work is finishing up on One Bell Slip, a 30-story residential tower in Greenpoint, Brooklyn‘s Greenpoint Landing waterfront master plan. Designed by Handel Architects...

02 March 2022

Agreement Announced to Preserve Affordable Housing At New York City Tower for 30 Years

Inwood Tower, a New York State-supervised Mitchell-Lama cooperative, will remain an affordable housing property for the next 30 years following an agreement forged by Governor...

21 February 2022

New York City Upper West Side Tower Secures Sizable Construction Loan

After some legal issues, Gary Barnett’s Extell Development is beginning to make progress on an Upper West Side condo tower. Extell landed US$967 million in...

18 February 2022

Planned Tower Stalled Over Neighborhood Concerns

A developer has said that an Upper East Side synagogue is unfairly blocking the construction of a 20-story tower next door—but the synagogue contends that...

17 February 2022

Long Island University Student Center Could be Supplanted with a 29-Story Residential Tower

The designers behind a Brooklyn luxury building want to build an apartment tower where a Long Island University student center currently stands, permits show.The new...

11 February 2022

Mixed-Use Building Tops Out in New York City

Construction has topped out on TSX Broadway, a 46-story mixed-use hotel tower at 1568 Broadway in Times Square. Designed by Perkins Eastman and Mancini Duffy...

09 February 2022

Exterior Begins to Take Shape on Topped-Out New York City Complex

Façade installation has begun on 595 Dean Street, a two-building mixed-use development in the Pacific Park complex in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Handel Architects...

08 February 2022

Residential Building Reaches Completion in New York City

The certificate of occupancy was released to 102 Charlton Street on 12 January, 2022, which is a 22-story residential building in Hudson Square. Designed by...

28 January 2022

New York City Office Set for US$100M Redevelopment

Nearly two years after Brookfield Properties and WatermanClark took control of the Lever House at 390 Park Avenue, the developers are ready to put their...

27 January 2022

Midtown Skyscraper Tops Out in New York City

Two Manhattan West, a 58-story commercial tower, has officially topped out in Midtown West. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the 935-foot-tall (285-meter-tall) 2-million-square-foot (185,806...

25 January 2022

Dual-Brand New York City Hotel Opens

Construction is complete and occupancy has begun at 140 West 28th Street, a 46-story dual-brand Marriott Hotel tower in Chelsea. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect...

24 January 2022

Office Tower Renovation Completed in New York City

ABS Partners Real Estate has completed a US$50 million renovation of LX57, a 20-story office tower at 695 Lexington Avenue in Sutton Place, Manhattan. Led...

20 January 2022

Housing Lottery Launches For 143 Units in Downtown Brooklyn

The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Willoughby, a 34-story mixed-use building at 196 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Perkins Eastman and...

19 January 2022

NYC Project's Superstructure Climbs Above Midtown East

Construction has reached the halfway point on 131-141 East 47th Street, a 34-story residential skyscraper in Midtown East. Designed by Ismael Leyva Architects and developed...

11 January 2022

Group Secures US$72 Million Financial Package To Construct New Development in New York City

The Rabsky Group recently closed on a US$72 million construction loan to complete a new high-rise residential building at 240 Willoughby Street in Fort Greene,...

11 January 2022

Bronx High-Rise Apartment Fire Kills 17, including Nine Children

A malfunctioning space heater sparked a fire that filled a high-rise Bronx apartment building with thick smoke Sunday morning, 9 January, 2022 killing 19 people...

07 January 2022

Rendering Unveiled for Cooper Park Commons in New York City

A rendering has been unveiled for 89 Maspeth Avenue, a 100-percent affordable development in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn with 311 residences. The design architect is Architecture...

23 December 2021

Permits Filed For A 68-Story Skyscraper in Midtown, New York City

Permits have been filed for a 68-story mixed-use building at 100 West 37th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. Located between Broadway and Sixth Avenue, the lot...

22 December 2021

City Council Approves Williamsburg Project

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is officially getting a bookend to the East River after New York’s City Council gave its final approval to the Two Trees Management-developed...

21 December 2021

City Council Approves Hotel Redevelopment at 175 Park Avenue in New York City

The New York City Council voted on Wednesday to allow the proposed development at the site currently occupied by the Grand Hyatt Hotel at 175...

21 December 2021

New York City Moves to Ban Gas in New Buildings in Growing Trend

On Wednesday, New York City, became the largest city in the country to agree to phase out fossil fuels in all new building construction after...

13 December 2021

In Exchange for Constructing New Subway Elevators, Taller New York City Skyscraper Approved

A developer will get to build a taller skyscraper in exchange for constructing elevators at a Midtown subway station, officials announced Tuesday, 7 December, 2021...

16 November 2021

Supertall Skyscraper Structurally Tops Out in New York City

The Brooklyn Tower, formerly known as 9 Dekalb, has structurally topped out. It stands at 324.9 meters (1,066 feet) and has 74 stories. The project...

08 November 2021

Proposed World Trade Center Residential Supertall Caught in Battle Over Affordable Housing

A proposed residential supertall at Site 5 of the World Trade Center in New York City would include 300 below-market value units, as well as...

03 November 2021

After a Decade of Preparation, New York City Medical High-Rise Announced

Plans for a medical office high-rise on Manhattan’s Upper East Side have been announced. To be located at 403 East 79th Street, Extell Development Company...

27 October 2021

New Proposal Plans a 507-Meter High-Rise for New York City

A 507- meter (1,663-foot) building has been proposed for New York City. Affirmation Tower’s design is composed of a series of stepped cantilevers. If its...

20 October 2021

Claremont Hall Structurally Tops Out in New York City

A high-rise adjacent to the Columbia University campus in New York city just structurally topped out. Claremont Hall’s concrete superstructure is now finished, and the...

15 October 2021

New Construction Codes in New York City Allow Taller Mass Timber Construction

A major update to the New York City Construction Codes just approved the use of mass timber, including cross-laminated timber, as a structural material for...

07 October 2021

New York City Project Showcases Art Deco-Inspired Façade

A residential building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, 200 Amsterdam Avenue, just completed its façade. Designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, the façade uses...

06 October 2021

New York City Art Deco Landmark Renovation Complete

Resolution Real Estate has completed a major renovation of the historic McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Building at 330 West 42nd Street in Manhattan. Designed by Raymond...

27 September 2021

Developers Sued Over Manhattan Residential Building's Defects

The residents at 432 Park Avenue in New York City have sued the developers, CIM Group and Macklowe Properties, over a list of 1,500 alleged...

17 September 2021

Dramatically Cantilevered Residential Building In New York City Well Underway

On Manhattan’s Upper West Side a visually striking residential building is architecturally topped out at 19 stories and installation work of the windows nearly complete...

14 September 2021

Twisting Condo Next to Brooklyn Bridge Tops Out

A twisting 26-story tower has topped out alongside Brooklyn Bridge. Located at 30 Front Street, the façade at Olympia Dumbo has reached about midway up...

02 September 2021

New York City Building Repositions with New Ground Level Experience

The redesigned ground level experience at 60 Wall Street in New York City aims to attract a variety of top-tier tenants. The building had long...

25 August 2021

Renderings Revealed for 40-Story Tower Redevelopment in New York City

An Environmental Assessment Statement reveals plans for a 40-story tower designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill at 415 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan. The...

24 August 2021

New Permits Filed for 26-Story Tower in New York City

Permits have been filed for a 26-story mixed-use building at 69 Adams Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Located between Front and York Streets, the lot is...

05 August 2021

Brooklyn Mixed-Use Development Moves into Construction

New visuals have been released for The Alloy Block, a mixed-use development in construction at 80 Flatbush Avenue and 100 Flatbush Avenue on the border...

28 July 2021

Brooklyn Complex Project Achieves Milestone

The 14-floor residential building on Calyer Place has architecturally topped out. Located at 37 West Street, it is part of a 92,903-square-meter (1 million-square-foot) waterfront...

21 July 2021

Passive House Mixed-Use High-Rise Coming to New York City

The 26-story apartment building at 425 Grand Concourse in the Bronx, which is 75 percent complete, is targeting Passive House designation. The project topped out...

12 July 2021

Church in New York City to Become Office Tower

After a year-long delay due to a construction lender pulling out of the project in March 2020, the redevelopment project at 125 West 57th Street...

07 July 2021

Parisian Sensibility Brings Out the New York in Residential Building

Having opened late 2020, New York City’s first tower designed by a French female architect only has 8 residences left for sale of the original...

29 June 2021

New Rendering Reveals New York City Development's Height

OMA has released a new preliminary rendering of 41-47 West 57th Street. About 237,100 square feet (22,027 square meters) will be devoted toward residential usage...

28 June 2021

Mixed-Use Building in Brooklyn Opens

One Willoughby Square, a 34-story, 46,451-square-meter (500,000-square-foot) tower in Brooklyn has opened. The building includes office space, retail, and a public school for 300 students....

02 June 2021

Lantern House Completes Construction in New York City

Construction is now complete on Lantern House, a pair of residential buildings straddling the High Line at 515 West 18th Street in Chelsea. The 10-...

25 May 2021

Excavation Underway for Proposed Brooklyn Skyscraper

Excavation work has begun at 625 Fulton Street, site of a proposed 942-foot-tall (287-meter-tall), 79-story mixed-use skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn. The 167,225 square-meter (1.8-million-square-foot) project...

13 May 2021

New York City Observatory Set to Open Fall 2021

Summit One Vanderbilt, a four-level 6,039 square meter (65,000 square foot) observatory including an outdoor summit terrace, will be located in the crown of One...

12 May 2021

Major Retailer Skyscraper Project Expands to Invest in Surrounding Neighborhood

The proposed scope of work for a 274-meter-tall (900-foot-tall) tower on top of Macy’s Herald Square flagship store in New York City has been expanded...

07 May 2021

New Manhattan Supertall’s Exterior Prioritizes Floor-to-Ceiling Views

The majority of 343 Madison Avenue, a proposed 320-meter-tall (1,050-foot-tall) office supertall in Midtown East, will be clad in floor-to-ceiling glass with strips of indented...

05 May 2021

Residential Tower to Replace Parking Lot in New York City Historic District

New York City landmarks commissioners approved a plan to replace a 50-year-old parking lot between Water and Pearl streets in downtown Manhattan with a brick...

29 April 2021

Stepped And Cantilevering Towers Top Out in Brooklyn

Construction has topped out on 227 West Street, a pair of 34- and 42-story residential towers in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by OMA with Beyer Blinder...

16 April 2021

New Renderings Revealed for Mixed-Use New York City Tower

A new batch of renderings were released about Project Commodore, Skidmore Owings & Merrill‘s upcoming mixed-use supertall at 175 Park Avenue in Midtown East. The...

08 April 2021

Lawsuits Dismissed Against Proposed Manhattan Skyscrapers

The New York State Court of Appeals shut down a lawsuit opposing the development of four new skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood. This...

05 April 2021

Construction Completes On Manhattan Residential Building

Construction is complete on The Artisan, a 26-story residential building at 180 Broome Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Designed by Handel Architects and developed...

05 April 2021

Ginza, Tokyo to Get High Line-Style Park

One of the more well-known expressways in downtown Tokyo is about to be converted into an elevated pedestrian promenade and greenway, similar to the High...

29 March 2021

Graduate Hotel Completes Construction On Roosevelt Island, New York City

Work is fully complete on Snøhetta‘s 18-story, 224-room Graduate Hotel at 22 North Loop Road and the adjacent four-story Verizon Tech Executive Education Center on...

25 March 2021

New Photos of Residential Complex in Manhattan Revealed

A new set of architectural photographs have been revealed of the recently completed Waterline Square Park, photographed by Elizabeth Felicella. The 2.6-acre (1-hectare) green space...

23 March 2021

The Demolition of a Historic Manhattan Lobby is Nearly Complete

Over the past few months, preservationists have fought hard to landmark the suave, Streamline Moderne lobby of the McGraw-Hill Building, a 1931 Art Deco high-rise...

05 March 2021

New Renderings Revealed for Midtown Manhattan Redevelopment

A new set of renderings has been released for Vornado Realty Trust‘s 7.4-million-square-foot (687,482-square-meter) Penn District redevelopment in Midtown. Created by DBOX, the images highlight...

03 March 2021

New York City Skyscraper Receives Permits

On 2 March, 2021 New York State’s Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously ruled in favor of 200 Amsterdam Avenue‘s developers, SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan...

01 March 2021

Construction Completes on Upper East Side Manhattan Tower

Construction is now complete on Beckford House and Beckford Tower, a pair of completed residential buildings in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side....

19 February 2021

Sixth Building in New York City Megadevelopment Tops Out

50 Hudson Yards, the practice’s latest building in New York has officially topped out. The LEED Gold-designed, 58-story office development forms an integral part of...

18 February 2021

Port Authority Taps Developers for Another World Trade Center Building in New York City

One of the final undeveloped World Trade Center parcels will give rise to a residential skyscraper with more than 1,300 apartments.The Port Authority of New...

04 February 2021

Midtown East Supertall Renderings Revealed in New York City

Skidmore Owings & Merrill has revealed a new set of renderings for Project Commodore, a 1,646-foot (501-meter) supertall office skyscraper that would become the tallest...

29 January 2021

Supertall Office Tower Tops Out in New York City

The rapid pace of construction at 66 Hudson Boulevard, aka The Spiral, finally reached the 65-story, 1,041-foot-tall (317-meter) pinnacle over Hudson Yards on Tuesday, 26...

27 January 2021

Curated 79th Floor Luxury Residence Hits the Market at New York City High-Rise

“Among the clouds, at one thousand feet, exists an inner floating garden,” reads the first line of the Engel & Völkers Mercedes Berk team’s off-market...

25 January 2021

Updated Renderings Revealed for Skyscraper in Multi-Tower New York City Plan

Updated renderings created by DBOX for Vornado Realty Trust showcase The Penn District, a 7.4-million-square-foot (687,482 square meters) development in Midtown, Manhattan. Located within the...

07 January 2021

Permits Filed for 70 Story Mixed-Use Tower in New York City

Permits have been filed for a 70-story mixed-use tower at 520 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Rabina Properties is listed as the owner behind the...

06 January 2021

Construction Wraps On Hotel in New York City's Midtown

Construction is now complete on the Pendry Manhattan West Hotel, a 281-foot-tall (85.6-meter-tall) mixed-use structure at Four Manhattan West in Midtown West. Designed by Skidmore...

14 December 2020

Waterfront District Development Approved in New York City

The week of 7 December 2020, the New York City Council approved a Flushing waterfront development set to cost US$2 billion. The massive mixed-use project,...

23 November 2020

Multicolored Hotel Tops Out in New York City

Developer Youngwoo & Associates challenged MVRDV to design an innovative project that accommodates a large volume of program while fitting the surrounding context - a...

17 November 2020

Residential High-Rise Tops Out Over Downtown Brooklyn, New York City

Construction has topped out at 22 Chapel Street, a 20-story residential building in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by CetraRuddy and developed by Delshah Capital and OTL...

30 October 2020

Electrical Fire at Half-Demolished New York City Skyscraper Forces Evacuation

An electrical fire in the basement prompted an evacuation Thursday morning, 29 October, 2020 at 270 Park Avenue, one of New York City's largest demolition...

27 October 2020

Plans Announced for Two-Tower Development at 250 Water Street in New York City

New renderings and details of 250 Water Street were revealed on 23 October 2020, depicting a mixed-use development significantly smaller in size and scope than...

19 October 2020

Restoration of Art Deco New York City Skyscraper Nears Completion

New York City’s skyline is forever adapting, thrusting ever higher upwards as a jostling amalgam of evolving styles and forms. Although surpassed in height by...

15 September 2020

Ribbon-Cutting Opens Skyscraper in New York City

Yesterday, 14 September 2020, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) and developers SL Green and Hines celebrated the opening of One Vanderbilt with a ribbon cutting...

02 September 2020

Skydeck Reopens in New York City With New Health Measures

Edge, among the highest outdoor sky decks in the Western Hemisphere, announced that it reopened to the public on 2 September 2020 at Noon.  The...

21 August 2020

New York City Penn Station Master Plan Enters Next Phase Of Development

Earlier this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the Empire Station Complex, a major redevelopment initiative for the area surrounding Pennsylvania Station. The project team is...

11 August 2020

Condominium Tower in Queens, New York City Reaches Completion

Construction is complete at Hero LIC, a 24-story condominium building at 24-16 Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Woods Bagot Architects...

04 August 2020

Concave Curtain Wall Nears Parapet For Queens Residential Building in New York City

Curtain wall installation is nearing the parapet of Queens Plaza Park, aka Sven, a 755-foot-tall (230.1-meter-tall) mixed-use skyscraper at 29-27 41st Avenue in Long Island...

30 July 2020

Plans For New York City's Madison Avenue Reveal New 55-Story Office Tower

Plans for 343 Madison Avenue in Midtown East unveil the substantial size and scope of the supertall to take the place of the former Metropolitan...

22 July 2020

Luxury Residential High-Rise Tops Out in Brooklyn, New York City

Construction has topped out on Morris Adjmi Architects’ Front & York, a 1.1-million-square-foot (102,193-square-meter) residential project at 85 Jay Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Developed by...

09 July 2020

Proposed Mixed-Use Complex Revealed In Queens, New York City

A consortium of developers including Kaufman Astoria Studios, Silverstein Properties, and BedRock Real Estate Partners has revealed extensive plans to redevelop and construct a five-block...

06 July 2020

Developer Is Updating Historic Seagram Building With New Playground

The owner of the Seagram Building, the stately office tower designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on Manhattan’s Park Avenue, thinks it is time...

11 June 2020

Tall Building Being Demolished As New York City Begins to Reopen

Anthony Vargas is taking no chances with the novel coronavirus. To prove it, the 41-year-old New York City construction worker opens the front door of...

02 June 2020

Renderings Offer Look At New Proposed Hotel In The New York City Financial District

Preliminary renderings from Stonehill & Taylor Architects offer a first look at a new hotel property in Manhattan’s Financial District. The development is located at...

28 May 2020

A New York City Art Deco Staple is Getting A New Observation Deck

It’s the Chrysler Building’s time to shine. The Art Deco skyscraper, built in 1928, is getting a brand-new observation deck. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)...

19 May 2020

New Renderings and Permits for 30-Story New York City Tower

A two-towered development set to rise atop the ruins of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol on Norfolk Street moves one step closer to reality. Last month, Dattner...

14 May 2020

Residential Tower in New York City's Financial District's Glass Curtain Wall Resumes Its Rise

Façade work is progressing on Seaport Residences, a 670-foot-tall (204-meter) residential skyscraper at 161 Maiden Lane in the Financial District. Formally addressed as One Seaport,...

04 May 2020

Renderings Revealed For New Development in New York City's South Bronx

Maddd Equities is responsible for one of the largest forthcoming developments in the South Bronx, a new 274,000-square-foot (25,455 square meters) building in the borough’s...

21 April 2020

Excavation Underway for New Hotel in Midtown New York City

Excavation has begun at 150 West 48th Street in Midtown, the site of 974-room hotel designed by Gene Kaufman Architect. The 34-story project is being...

15 April 2020

Office High-Rise Site Cleared and Ready In New York City’s Downtown Brooklyn

The site at 141 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn is planned to welcome a 23-story office building. Demolition has concluded and the land sits awaiting...

14 April 2020

New Skyscraper Underway in New York City’s Prospect Heights Neighborhood

The reinforced concrete superstructure of 18 Sixth Avenue, a 51-story residential skyscraper, has begun ascending in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed...

03 April 2020

Residential Tower Tops Off in New York City

The residential tower, One Boerum Place has topped out in Downtown Brooklyn. The slim reinforced concrete superstructure recently reached its 21-story parapet, and work is...

02 April 2020

Permits Filed for Mixed-Use Building in New York City

Permits have been filed for a 13-story mixed-use building at 2686 Broadway on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Located between West 102nd Street and West 103rd...

20 March 2020

Developers Hatch Plans for Towers On Former Proposed Headquarters Expansion Site in New York City

In the summer of 2019, four developers who own land on Long Island City's Anable Basin launched a public engagement initiative called Your LIC to...

18 March 2020

Façade Inspection Program in New York City Undergoes Overhaul

In December 2019, a piece of terra cotta fell from a Manhattan tower, killing a passerby and prompting the New York City Department of Buildings...

13 March 2020

Redevelopment Plan for New York City’s South Street Seaport Includes Skyscraper

As part of an integrated plan to redevelop several sites in the South Street Seaport, the Howard Hughes Corporation aims to build an up to...

09 March 2020

New York City’s Highest Outdoor Skydeck Set to Open

The opening of Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, offering 360-degree views of New York City’s iconic skyline will be celebrated...

27 February 2020

New York City Judge Rules Against Luxury Development Embraced by Mayor

A state judge barred a developer from building four high-rise towers at 260 South Street that had been set to offer hundreds of pricey apartments....

19 February 2020

Proposed Hospital Tower Redevelopment in New York Undergoes Design Change

Northwell Health is looking to scrap its controversial plan to build a 41-story apartment tower on the Upper East Side of New York City, which...

09 January 2020

Cantilevered Hotel Begins Ascent In New York City's Midtown

Construction is now above street level at 58 West 39th Street, aka H Hotel W39, in Midtown. Designed by Peter F. Poon Architect and developed...

19 December 2019

Development Proposals in Brooklyn Move Forward

A new waterfront park and two mixed-use towers may soon come to the Brooklyn waterfront, north of the Domino Sugar Factory redevelopment site in the...

25 November 2019

Excavation Begins for New Residential Skyscraper in New York City

Excavation and foundation work on Bjarke Ingels Group‘s (BIG) Strata Tower at 8 West 30th Street, has gotten deeper below the streets of New York...

10 October 2019

Architect Chosen for Rolex Headquarters in New York City

Following an international design competition, David Chipperfield Architects has been selected to build the Rolex USA Headquarters in New York. The new 25-story tower will...

18 September 2019

Two Supertalls Top Out in New York City

The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot (427-meter) height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower...

09 September 2019

New Permits Filed for Tower in New York City

Boston Properties has filed permits for a 888-foot-tall (270-meter-tall) tower at 3 Hudson Boulevard. There have been many changes to the development since the Moinian...

30 August 2019

New York City’s Grand Hyatt to be Demolished and Replaced With Office Building

A New York city building once owned and reclad by US President Donald Trump is headed for the wrecking ball. A new joint development by...

26 August 2019

Redesign Revealed for Hotel Tower on New York City’s Far West Side

A new rendering has been released for 450 Eleventh Avenue, a 487-foot (148.4-meter) hotel tower by Marx Development Groups near Hudson Yards. The redesign appears...

16 August 2019

Upper West Side Tower Tops Out in New York City Amid Legal Conflict

A controversial Upper West Side condo tower has topped out at 52 stories, despite an ongoing legal battle over whether the project violates the city’s...

12 August 2019

Federal Court Overturns Ruling to Seize Iran-Linked Skyscraper in New York City

A federal appeals court in the United States has overturned a previous ruling by a lower court that had ordered the seizure of an Iran-linked...

06 August 2019

New York City’s Sutton 58 Rises Past Cantilever

A yellow safety cocoon has been installed around the perimeter of the floor plates at Sutton 58 (also known as 3 Sutton Place and 426-432...

31 July 2019

New York City Building That Spurred Modern Zoning Gets Makeover

When completed in 1915, New York’s Equitable Building was the largest building in the world. Located at 120 Broadway in Manhattan’s financial district, it stands...

25 July 2019

Foundation Work Begins For 29th & 5th, New York City’s Latest Skyscraper

Excavation work has commenced for 29th & 5th, Bjarke Ingels Group‘s proposed skyscraper at 3 West 29th Street in NoMad, New York City. Excavators, piling...

16 July 2019

Demolition Wraps for Two New Residential Skyscrapers in New York City

Demolition has been completed at the site of 601 West 29th Street in Hudson Yards for an upcoming 695-foot-tall (211-meter-tall), 58-story skyscraper designed by FXCollaborative...

11 June 2019

Helicopter Crash-Lands on Midtown Manhattan Building, Killing Pilot

A helicopter crash-landed atop a 51-story office tower in Midtown Manhattan, killing the pilot, clogging the skyscraper’s stairwells with thousands of evacuating workers and sending...

07 June 2019

Scalloped Condominium Tower Tops Out in Brooklyn, New York City

The Studio Gang-designed 11 Hoyt has topped out in Brooklyn to its full height of 626 feet (191 meters), offering 481 luxury residential condominiums, with...

03 June 2019

New Design Revealed for Massive Two-Towered Development in New York City

Possibly the final design for 520 West 41st Street, located in Midtown West between Eleventh Avenue and Galvin Avenue, has been revealed. Silverstein Properties, the...

22 May 2019

Consular Tower Tops Out in New York City

The Turkevi Center has topped out at 821 First Avenue in the Midtown East neighborhood of Turtle Bay. Work on the curving, sloped crown of...

13 May 2019

A 45-Story Jail Tower May Rise in New York City

New York City’s 10-year plan to close Rikers Island, a 413.17-acre (167.204-hectare) island in the East River between Queens and the Bronx that is home...

06 May 2019

Latest Plan for a New York City Supertall Revealed

Amidst the ongoing evolution of the Manhattan skyline, one of the most notable recent changes has been the completion of the Midtown East rezoning, which...

29 April 2019

Modular High-Rise Hotel in New York City Assembled in Poland

Marriott International Inc. has begun constructing what it says will be the tallest modular hotel in the world, in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood. Its 168 guest...

19 April 2019

New Legislation Limits Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Buildings in New York City

New York City is about to embark on an ambitious plan to fight climate change that would force thousands of large buildings, like the Empire...

18 April 2019

Slender Skyscraper Designed to Soften New York City’s Skyline

MAD Architects have revealed a new vision for New York City skyscrapers with a sinuous slender tower near the Empire State Building. Dubbed “East 34th”,...

16 April 2019

New York City’s “Leaning Tower” Ensnarled in Legal Disputes and Plenty of Blame

Construction at One Seaport, aka 161 Maiden Lane, has been noticeably paused for the past several months. The 60-story reinforced concrete structure topped out back...

12 April 2019

Prize-Winning Architect has First Project in New York City

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Álvaro Siza has worked on numerous projects across the globe, many located in his native Portgual, but has yet to make his...

08 April 2019

Renderings Revealed for 99 Hudson Boulevard, New York City

Developer Tishman Speyer has released renderings for 99 Hudson Boulevard, a 44-story office building at Hudson Yards. The site sits along 11th Avenue between West...

29 March 2019

New York City May Close Zoning Loophole for Tall Buildings

Following a growing public uproar over developers exploiting loopholes to build tall buildings, the Department of City Planning on Friday March 28th proposed a zoning...

18 March 2019

New York City Skyscraper Hits Roadblock After Legal Challenge

One of the forthcoming towers on New York’s Upper West Side may be stopped short after a court ruled this week against an earlier decision...

15 March 2019

New York City’s Hudson Yards’ Shops, Restaurants, Officially Open to The Public

At noon on March 15, 2019, New York’s newest neighborhood ceremonially opened for business. Hudson Yards‘ first public-facing attractions, the Shops & Restaurants and Thomas...

12 March 2019

Two Residential Skyscrapers Proposed for New York City’s Hunters Point South

Permits have been filed for two major new towers in Hunters Point South. The two proposed, glass residential buildings are being designed by Handel Architects...

11 March 2019

A Pair of Zigzagging Waterfront Towers is Set to Rise in New York City

The Greenpoint Landing megaproject in Brooklyn has gained a duo of interlocking rental towers courtesy of OMA. The ten-tower mixed-use development will ultimately bring 5,500...

05 March 2019

New Residential Details Revealed for New York City’s 35 Hudson Yards

New details and renderings have been released for 35 Hudson Yards, set to be the tallest residential tower in the Hudson Yards neighborhood at over...

25 February 2019

Renderings Revealed for 260-270 West 126th Street in New York City

A new mixed-use residential skyscraper is scheduled to rise at 260-270 West 126th Street in Central Harlem. Renderings have recently been released for the upcoming...

19 February 2019

Wall of The Vandewater Starts Rising Above New York City’s Morningside Heights

Curtain wall installation has begun on the lower floors of The Vandewater in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City. The Vandewater was designed...

15 February 2019

Tech Giant Cancels HQ2 Plans for New York City

Amazon has withdrawn its plans to bring half of its second North American headquarters to New York City. This comes after a report last week...

12 February 2019

Two World Trade Center in New York City May Rise Without an Anchor Tenant

One of the final pieces of the World Trade Center puzzle may be put into place—albeit in a somewhat risky fashion. Bloomberg reports that Larry...

11 February 2019

Site of Grand Hyatt in Midtown East, New York City to be Redeveloped

The Grand Hyatt New York next to Grand Central Terminal may soon be replaced. Developers TF Cornerstone and MSD Partners, L.P. recently announced their plans...

05 February 2019

One Vanderbilt Reaches Supertall Territory Above Midtown East, New York City

One Vanderbilt is officially the latest skyscraper in New York City to achieve a height equivalent to “supertall” (300 meters and higher) status. Located at...

29 January 2019

Demolition Permits Filed for Modernist Union Carbide Building in New York City

The modernist Union Carbide building at 270 Park Avenue, due to be replaced by a new 70-story skyscraper, is now one step closer to coming...

28 January 2019

New York City Penthouse Sets Record for Highest-Priced Home Ever Sold in US

The sale of a New York penthouse for around $238 million has broken the record for the most expensive home ever sold in the U.S....

21 January 2019

“Tower Fifth” Could Become New York City’s Second-Tallest

For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...

03 January 2019

Morningside Heights Seminary Plans 42-Story Condo Tower in New York City

The Union Theological Seminary Campus in Morningside Heights is planning to construct a 42-story tower as part of a $125 million rehab of its campus....

02 January 2019

Final Segment of 53 West 53rd Street’s Apex Installed in New York City

The final piece of the third and highest apex of Jean Nouvel’s first residential skyscraper was anchored and installed over Midtown in late December 2018....

13 December 2018

Snøhetta Updates Proposal for Philip Johnson's AT&T Building

Snøhetta has revealed an updated proposal for the overhaul of Philip Johnson's AT&T Building, after a major backlash against its initial scheme resulted in the...

05 December 2018

Queens Plaza Park Begins Rising At 27-29 Queens Plaza North

Located in Long Island City at 27-29 Queens Plaza North, Queens Plaza Park will soon be one of the tallest skyscrapers in both Queens and...

14 November 2018

New York City’s Plans for Amazon HQ2 Swing Into Action

Amazon has officially revealed its plan to develop a headquarters location along the East River banks of Long Island City, in New York City’s Queens...

13 November 2018

270 Park Avenue’s Replacement Will Rise 1,400 Feet in Midtown East, Manhattan

The second supertall to result from the Midtown East rezoning is moving forward, with JPMorgan Chase filing a text amendment with City Planning for a...

09 April 2018

Fire at New York City’s Trump Tower Kills One

A fire broke out at Trump Tower on April 7, leaving one man dead and six firefighters injured, the New York City Fire Department said....

06 April 2018

New Rendering Revealed for Queens Residential Tower in New York City

A new rendering has surfaced for the massive residential tower taking shape at 29-55 Northern Boulevard, adjacent to Long Island City’s historic Clock Tower, revealing...

05 April 2018

Loggia-Wrapped New York City Condo Tower Starts to Rise

The Adjaye Associates-designed 130 William, the firm’s first skyscraper in New York, is on the rise. AN has spotted crews working above grade, and a...

03 April 2018

Official Renderings Revealed for New Office Tower at 3 West 29th Street in New York City

When the old Bancroft Bank Building met the wrecking ball a few years ago, the site, at 3 West 29th Street, was tentatively planned to...

02 April 2018

New York City’s 1710 Broadway Site Up for Sale

Gary Barnett’s Extell Development Company is selling off a parcel on West 54th Street, that is zoned for residential condominiums, Yoron Cohen of Colliers International,...

30 March 2018

Renderings Revealed for ALTA LIC Tower in New York City

New renderings have been released for 29-22 Northern Boulevard, officially dubbed ALTA LIC, in Long Island City, Queens. The 43-story building stands across the street...

28 March 2018

Façade Installation Begins for 1050 Sixth Avenue in New York

The Gene Kaufman-designed-1050 Sixth Avenue, dubbed ML House, is making significant progress in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. In a break from the architect’s norm,...

19 March 2018

Demolition Begins for 50 West 66th Street in New York City

Demolition has begun on the final building left at 50 West 66th Street, where Extell will soon be adding yet another punctuation mark to the...

02 January 2018

Architecture Firm Signs Lease in Upcoming Downtown Brooklyn Tower

JEMB Realty Corporation (JEMB), a real estate development, investment, and management organization headquartered in New York City, has announced that world renowned architecture firm, FXFOWLE,...

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