1800 Avenue at Port Imperial
Handel Architects · Weehawken · 2027
North (right) and south (left) buildings from the Hudson River.
Superstructure is rising at a residential condo development at 1800 Avenue at Port Imperial in Weehawken, NJ. Designed by Handel Architects, the development is broken down into two 8-story buildings, both with massings that step down to the Hudson River waterfront. Superstructure has reached the seventh floor of the north building, while the south building follows behind at the third floor. The project’s facades will feature rounded building corners and cladding of glass and metal panel bands at the horizontal slab conditions. A new pedestrian plaza will be located between the two buildings.
North (right) and south (left) buildings from the Hudson River.
North (right) and south (left) buildings from the Hudson River.
North (right) and south (left) buildings from the Hudson River.
North building from the Hudson River.
Northeast corner of the north building from City View Drive.
East facade of the north building.
Northeast corner of the north building.
Southeast corner of the north building.
East facade of the north building.
Southeast corner of the north building.
Southeast corner of the south building.
Southwest corner of the south building from Avenue at Port Imperial.
Southwest corner of the north building (left) and northwest corner of the south building (right) from Avenue at Port Imperial.
Northwest corner of the south building from Avenue at Port Imperial.
Southwest corner of the north building from Avenue at Port Imperial.
Southwest corner of the north building from Avenue at Port Imperial.
Northwest corner of the north building from Avenue at Port Imperial.
Northeast corner of the north building from East Columbia Terrace.
North facade of the north building from East Columbia Terrace.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: WHK Development; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Weehawken, NJ; Completion: 2027.
8 Carlisle
Handel Architects · Financial District · 2027
Looking up at the northwest corner from Carlisle Street.
Curtain wall installation is underway at Grubb Properties 8 Carlisle residential tower in Lower Manhattan. Designed by Handel Architects, the 64-story tower sits at the corner of Carlisle and Washington Streets, on a block near the World Trade Center development. Concrete superstructure continues to rise on the residential tower, which will contain 462 rental units. The podium below features retail at the ground and second floors, with residential amenities located on floors four and five. Curtain wall panels are currently being installed at the podium and have reached to the 5th floor.
Looking up at the north facade from Carlisle Street.
Looking up at the north facade from Carlisle Street.
Closeup of the northwest corner of the podium.
Looking up at the west facade from Washington Street.
West facade of podium.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Grubb Properties; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, NY; Completion: 2027.
8 Carlisle
Handel Architects · Financial District · 2027
Northwest corner from Washington Street.
Superstructure has reached the halfway mark at Grubb Properties 8 Carlisle residential tower in Lower Manhattan. Designed by Handel Architects, the 64-story tower sits at the corner of Carlisle and Washington Streets, on a block near the World Trade Center development. Concrete superstructure continues to rise on the residential tower, which will contain 462 rental units. The podium below features retail at the ground and second floors, with residential amenities located on floors four and five. Installation of slab anchors for the curtain wall panels is also underway on the podium floors, indicating that panels will soon be going up as well.
Northwest corner from Washington Street.
West facade of the podium from Washington Street.
Looking up at the west facade of the podium from Washington Street.
Closeup of the northwest corner of the podium.
Looking up at the northwest corner from Carlisle Street.
Looking up at the north facade from Carlisle Street.
Northwest corner of the tower.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Grubb Properties; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, NY; Completion: 2027.
8 Carlisle
Handel Architects · Financial District · 2027
Northwest corner from Washington Street.
Superstructure has started to rise above ground at Grubb Properties 8 Carlisle residential tower in Lower Manhattan. Designed by Handel Architects, the 64-story tower sits at the corner of Carlisle and Washington Streets, on a block near the World Trade Center development. Concrete superstructure has reached the 7th floor, which will be the first residential floor of the tower’s 462 units. The podium below features retail at the ground and second floors, with residential amenities located on floors four and five.
Northwest corner from Washington Street.
Northwest corner from Washington Street.
West facade of the podium from Washington Street.
Looking up at the west facade of the podium from Washington Street.
Closeup of the northwest corner of the podium.
Looking up at the northwest corner from Carlisle Street.
Looking up at the north facade from Carlisle Street.
Northwest corner of the tower.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Grubb Properties; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, NY; Completion: 2027.
20 and 30 Halletts Point
Handel Architects · Astoria · 2025
Southwest corner of 20 (left) and 30 (right) Halletts Point from the East River.
Exterior wall installation is nearing completion at The Durst Organization’s 20 and 30 Halletts Point residential development on the Astoria waterfront in Queens. The two-tower development is the second phase of a larger master plan by Durst that includes seven sites in the Halletts Point section of Astoria. When completed, the project will bring 647 residential units and a waterfront esplanade.
Southwest corner of 20 (left) and 30 (right) Halletts Point from the East River.
Designed by Handel Architects, the 27 and 32-story towers feature a curtain wall facade with dark blue green glass and white spandrel panels at the podiums.
South facade of 30 Halletts Point from the East River.
South facade of 30 Halletts Point from 1st Street.
South facade of 30 Halletts Point from 1st Street.
Looking up at the east facade of 30 Halletts Point.
Northeast corner of 20 Halletts Point from 26th Avenue.
North facade of 30 Halletts Point from the waterfront esplanade.
Looking east towards 10 Halletts Point from the connecting plaza between the two towers.
Southwest corner of 20 Halletts Point from the waterfront esplanade.
Looking down onto 20 Halletts Point, podium rooftop terraces, and the connecting plaza at the ground.
Looking down onto the podium rooftop terraces and the connecting plaza at the ground.
Looking down onto 30 Halletts Point, podium rooftop terraces, and the connecting plaza at the ground.
Looking south towards 30 Halletts Point and the Upper East Side.
Close-up of the curtain wall facade (right) and The Durst Organization's Sven residential tower in Long Island City, also by Handel Architects.
Close-up of the curtain wall facade.
Close-up of the curtain wall facade.
Rooftop Views
Looking south towards the Upper East Side and Midtown.
Looking south towards Roosevelt Island and the East River waterfront.
Looking southwest towards the Upper East Side.
Looking northwest towards East Harlem.
Looking southeast towards Long Island City.
Looking north towards 20 Halletts Point and Randalls Island.
A corner residence under construction with a west facing view towards the Upper East Side.
Architect: Handel Architects; Structural Engineer: Severud Associates; MEP Engineer: Jaros, Baum & Bolles; Facade Consultant: Socotec; Landscape Architect: Starr Whitehouse; General Contractor: UAG; Developer: The Durst Organization; Program: Residential Rental; Location: Astoria, Queens, NY; Completion: 2024.
430 Main Street - Riverwalk Heights
Handel Architects · Roosevelt Island · 2025
Southeast corner.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Related Companies and the Hudson Companies’ Riverwalk 9 residential rental tower on Roosevelt Island. Designed by Handel Architects, the 28-story tower is the last of the nine towers in the Riverwalk masterplan. The facade features brick and window wall with metal panel slab caps.
When completed, the tower will offer 253 residential rental units ranging in size from studios to three-bedrooms. Residents will have access to amenities that include an event space, VR game room, and a fitness center with basketball court. An open space with a dog run, grilling areas, and a lawn will be located between Riverwalk 9 and the eighth tower to the north.
East facade.
East facade of Riverwalk 9 (left), Riverwalk Park (center), and Riverwalk Point (right).
Northeast corner.
Northeast corner of Riverwalk 9 (left), Riverwalk Park (center), and Riverwalk Point (right).
North facade of the tower.
Southeast corner of the tower.
Close-up of the south facade.
South facade.
Southwest corner of the tower.
South facade.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Related Companies and The Hudson Companies ; General Contractor: Monadnock Construction; Program: Residential Rental; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
25-01 Queens Plaza North
Handel Architects · Long Island City · 2025
Southwest corner from the Queensboro Plaza subway platform.
Superstructure has topped out at Grubb Properties’ residential rental tower at 25-01 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City. Designed by Handel Architects, the 26-story tower sits adjacent to the Queensboro Plaza elevated subway station, which will receive improvements as part of the new development. The project’s massing features an 11-story podium that wraps around a courtyard at the northern boundary of the site, with a rectangular tower volume oriented to the southern boundary. An amenity terrace will be located at the 12th floor transition from podium to tower. The project will be clad in a dark grey brick and punch window with window wall at the east and west tower facades and a portion of the south podium.
South facade from the Queensboro Plaza subway platform.
Southeast corner from the Queensboro Plaza subway platform.
Looking up at the south facade from Queens Plaza North.
Looking up at the southeast corner from Queens Plaza North.
Southeast corner from Queens Plaza North.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Grubb Properties; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2025
Construction Update: National Black Theater and Ray Harlem at 2033 Fifth Avenue
Southeast corner from East 125th Street.
Facade installation is underway at the mixed-use development Ray Harlem at 2033 Fifth Avenue in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. The development is a joint venture between LXMD (an affiliate of L+M Development Partners) and Ray, a new real estate venture from art patron and philanthropist Dasha Zhukova that combines culturally inspired apartment buildings with publicly accessible art spaces. As the inaugural project of the Ray venture, the development includes a 222-unit residential rental tower sitting atop a podium with 27,000 square feet of space for the National Black Theater, a ground floor community space to be open to the public, and retail. The National Black Theater has been in operation since 1968. Design of the project is led by Handel Architects and Frida Escobedo Architects.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
Ray Harlem’s brick facade features a pink-red hue that references the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in Nigeria. Laying of the brick has begun at the lower floors of the residential tower, to be followed by the installation of large windows.
Close-up of the east facade.
Looking up at the south facade.
Southwest corner from Fifth Avenue.
Southwest corner from East 125th Street.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Looking up at the west facade from Fifth Avenue.
Northwest corner from East 126th Street.
Architects: Handel Architects and Frida Escobedo Architects; Developers: Ray and LMXD; Program: Residential, Theater, Retail; Location: East Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: Late 2024 (Residential), 2026 (Theater).
Construction Update: Journal Squared Tower 3
Facade installation is nearing completion at the third and final tower of KRE Group and National Real Estate Advisors’ Journal Squared, a 2.3 million square feet mixed use development in the Journal Square neighborhood of Jersey City. Designed by Handel Architects and HWKN, the 60-story tower is clad in the same grid of white metal panels and punched windows as the two adjacent towers from earlier phases. Also present is the alternating blue flagging at the windows and the signature vertical glazing strips that rip through the gridded tower facades.
When completed in the first quarter of 2024, the tower will offer 598 rental residences and an additional 18,000 square feet of amenities to the large collection already present in the first two towers.
Architects: Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) and Handel Architects; Developers: KRE (Kushner Real Estate Group) and National Real Estate Advisors, a division of NEBF; Structural Engineer: WSP; Mechanical Engineer: Barone Engineering Associates; Building Envelope Consultant: Israel Berger & Associates; Landscape Architect: Melillo + Bauer Associates, Inc.; Identity: Bruce Mau Design; Program: Residential, Retail, and Parking; Location: Jersey City, New Jersey; Completion: 2017 (Phase One), 2020 (Phase Two), 2024 (Phase Three).
The Bellslip at Greenpoint Landing
Handel Architects · Greenpoint · 2022
Waterview at Greenpoint (left), The Bellslip (center), One Blue Slip (right), and Two Blue Slip (far right) from Hunters Point South Park.
Construction has wrapped up at The Bellslip, Handel Architect’s third market rate residential tower at the Greenpoint Landing mega development from Brookfield Properties and Park Tower Group. The facade of the 31-story tower features a dark metal and glass window wall with a secondary volume clad in tan brick.
The Bellslip (left), One Blue Slip (center left), Two Blue Slip (center right), and Eagle and West (right) from Hunters Point South Park.
The tower offers 414 residential rental units, with 124 units designated as affordable. Residents will have access to a collection of amenities including a co-working/conference space; lounge; fitness studios, yoga, and exercise rooms; kids’ playroom; dog wash; two exterior terraces; and a pool deck.
Waterview at Greenpoint (far left), The Bellslip (left), One Blue Slip (center left), Two Blue Slip (center right), and Eagle and West (right) from the East River.
Northeast corner of The Bellslip.
Looking up at the north facade of The Bellslip.
Residential Lobby and Lounge
Amenities
Model Residences
Architect: Handel Architects; Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Developers: Brookfield Property Partners, Park Tower Group; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
