Construction Update: 40 East End
Southeast corner from East End Avenue.
Construction has wrapped up at Lightstone’s 40 East End Avenue, a 20-story residential condo tower on the Upper East Side. Designed by Deborah Berke Partners with Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel Architects, the tower is clad in precast panels with brick as the primary exterior finish material and shaped precast concrete spandrels at floor slabs. Large casement windows, many of which include Juliette balconies, allow for generous light and views. The upper penthouse floors are clad in precast concrete panels and feature a stepped massing that allows for private terraces at each floor.
Southeast corner.
Residential entry canopy.
Residential entry.
Closeup of the south facade.
Southeast corner.
Porte Cochere entrance.
Port Cochere.
Metal pattern in the door at the Porte Cochere.
Residential entrance lobby with chevron-patterned marble floors, perused white oak wall paneling with bronze inlay, and concierge desk.
Amenities
Residents have access to a collection of amenities that include a double height Parlor Lounge at the ground floor, a library, game room, fitness center, gourmet catering kitchen, and a Porte Cochere.
Parlor Lounge entrance from the lobby.
Parlor Lounge with custom upholstered furnishings, ornate chandelier, and staircase.
Marble staircase with bronze cladding in the Parlor Lounge.
Library.
Game room with foosball, billiards, table tennis, and darts.
Model Residences
The development offers 29 condo units designed by Deborah Berke Partners with natural white oak hardwood floors, millwork casing and crown molding. Kitchens feature custom high-gloss lacquer painted Italian kitchen cabinetry, hand-selected Italian Arabescato Cervaiole marble for countertops and backsplashes, and woven metal mesh panels at the upper cabinet doors.
Residential unit entry.
Master bathrooms feature a 6 foot soaking tub, walk-in shower and private water closet clad in Arabescato Cervaiole marble in a high-honed finish. Also included is a custom Italian vanity, fluted mirrored glass panels, and Waterworks Henry fixtures in polished nickel.
Architects: Deborah Berke Partners with Gerner Kronick and Valcarcel Archiects; Developer: Lightstone; Program: Residential; Location: Upper East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 98 Front Street
Southeast corner from York Street.
Construction has wrapped up at Hope Street Capital’s 98 Front Street residential building in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by ODA New York, the 10-story building features the firm’s signature eroded massing in the form of poured in place concrete and square proportioned punch windows. This massing strategy allows for outdoor space in the form of terraces and void spaces throughout.
Looking up at the south facade from York Street.
Residents have access to a collection of amenities that includes a double height lobby and mailroom, residents lounge, co-working space, 7,000 square feet landscaped rooftop terrace, fitness center, indoor salt water pool and spa, steam room, children’s playroom, and bike storage.
South facade detail.
South facade.
Residential entry canopy.
Looking up from the residential entry canopy.
Residential lobby and mail room.
Mail room looking out onto a courtyard reflecting pool.
Residents lounge and co-working space.
Residents lounge.
Indoor salt water pool.
Steam room.
Looking up from the courtyard.
Rooftop Amenities
Looking north towards Lower Manhattan from the rooftop terrace.
Rooftop fitness area.
Looking down on the courtyard reflecting pool.
Model Residences
Residential units feature custom 8’8” tall Alumil windows in triple or quadruple panes for sound attenuation, white oak hardwood flooring, and Scandinavian-inspired kitchens with white oak wood cabinetry, Corian countertops, and Bosch appliances. Bathrooms include custom sinks with floating oak shelving, brushed nickel fixtures by AF New York, and large format Nordic Blanco tiles.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: Hope Street Capital; Program: Residential, Community Facility; Location: DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2020.
Tour: 76 Schermerhorn - The Symon
Closings have commenced at the 13-story luxury condo building The Symon in Brooklyn Heights by Lonicera Partners, Orange Management and The Davis Companies. The exteriors and interiors of The Symon are designed by New York based design firm Studio DB, who have also completed the interiors for One Clinton in Brooklyn and One Vandam in SoHo. There are 59 residences ranging in size from one-to-four-bedrooms, including three penthouse units at the top. Some residences include private outdoor space.
Residential entry.
Views of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan from the rooftop terrace.
Model Residence
Showers are lined with Diamond tile patterns of Carrara Crema marble and Bardiglio Dark marble floor tiles.
Showers are outfitted with brass fixtures by Waterworks.
Model Residence
Model Residence
Architect: Studio DB with Colberg Architecture; Interiors: Studio DB; Developers: Lonicera Partners, Orange Management and The Davis Companies; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2020.
Tour: 25 Park Row
North facade.
Construction is wrapping up at L+M Development Partners Inc. and The Family Behind J&R Music World's 25 Park Row, a 50 story residential condo tower. The tower is part of a multi-building development that replaces the J&R Music and Computer World megastore. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the tower is clad in limestone colored panels that are likely concrete. Inside, the tower offers 110 residential condo units with views out onto City Hall Park and panoramic views of the New York skyline from large windows and spacious balconies.
Looking up at the northeast corner of 1 Beekman (left) and 25 Park Row (right).
Looking up at the north facade.
Northwest corner of the tower.
Residential Lobby
Residential lobby lounge.
Concierge desk.
Elevator lobby.
Elevator cab.
Tower Views
View west towards historic and present day iconic architecture from an upper floor.
View east from an upper floor.
View north towards Midtown from an upper floor.
A private loggia on the north facade.
View north towards City Hall Park from a private loggia.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects; Developers: L+M Development Partners and 23 Park Row Associates; Program: Residential Condominiums, Commercial; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Tour: Waterline Square
Construction has wrapped up at Waterline Square, the three-tower development on the Upper West Side from GID Development Group. The development's three sites are the last available of the original 5-tower Riverside Center masterplan. Each of the three towers are designed by a different high profile architecture firm and offer rentals at the lower floors and condos starting on floor 20. Sales for the one-to-five-bedroom condo units are ongoing.
Tower One, located at the southwest corner, is designed by Richard Meier Architects. Tower Two, at the northwest corner, is designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Tower Three, adjacent to the One West End tower, is designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects.
All three towers offer access to the Waterline Club, a combined 100,000 square feet of sports, leisure, and lifestyle amenities designed by the Rockwell Group. Amenities on offer include an indoor tennis court, an indoor skate park, a 30-foot indoor rock climbing wall, a full basketball court, a three-lane lap pool, and studios for art, photography, and recording. Also included in the development is a three acre landscaped park designed by Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects at the center of the site.
One Waterline Square (10 Riverside Boulevard)
One Waterline Square
Richard Meier Architects
Located at the corner of West 59th Street and 12th Avenue, the Richard Meier Architects designed One Waterline Square stands 37-stories tall at the southwest corner of the development. Condo interiors are designed by Champalimaud Design.
Model Residence - Unit 03
Model Residence - Unit 07
Model Residence
Two Waterline Square
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Two Waterline Square (30 Riverside Boulevard)
The largest of the three towers, Two Waterline Square occupies the entire northern half of the development and stands 38-stories tall. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates is the architect for the tower with condo interiors by Yabu Pushelberg.
Southeast corner of Two Waterline Square.
Model Residence
Model Rental Residence
Model Residence
Three Waterline Square
Rafael Vinoly Architects
Three Waterline Square (635 West 59th Street)
The third and final tower fronts onto West 59th Street and stands 34-stories tall. Rafael Vinoly Architects is responsible for the design with condo interiors by Groves & Co.
Three Waterline Square - Penthouse 2
Three Waterline Square - Model Rental Residence 808
Architects: Richard Meier & Partners Architects (Design Architect: One Waterline Square), Kohn Pedersen Fox (Design Architect: Two Waterline Square), Rafael Vinoly Architects (Design Architect: Three Waterline Square), Hill West Architects (Executive Architect); Interiors: Champalimaud Design (One Waterline Square), Yabu Pushelberg (Two Waterline Square), Groves & Co. (Three Waterline Square); Developer: GID Development Group; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Upper West Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Tour: 145 Central Park North
South facade from Central Park North.
Construction is nearing completion at 145 Central Park North, the 13-story residential condominium building at the northern edge of Central Park. Designed by Gluck+, the building design features a south facade of curtain wall to maximize commanding views of the Central Park from the interior. The curtain wall design is broken down into two distinct articulations: a taut all glass skin at the top four floors and a highly articulated skin for the lower nine floors with a deep bronze profile to relate to the height, rhythm and texture of the neighboring residential buildings from the 1930s.
Southeast corner from Central Park North.
The building’s 37 units, ranging from one-to-four-bedrooms, are laid out on the shallow lot as floor through apartments that offer residents southern views to Central Park and northern views to upper Manhattan. Residents will have access to a range of amenities including a common roof terrace, gym & lounge, storage, indoor parking, and bike parking.
South facade from Central Park.
Close-up of the lower south facade with glass railing at the operable windows to allow residents to fully open their windows.
Close-up of the south facade.
Looking up at the south facade.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the lower facade.
Rooftop Views
View south towards Central Park and the Midtown skyline.
Northwest view towards Morningside Heights and West Harlem.
Northwest view towards Morningside Heights.
Future terrace at an upper floor of the south facade.
Model Residence
Central Park view from a south facing living room.
Model Residence
Architect: Gluck+; Program: Residential Condominium; Location: Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Tour: 158 East 126th Street - The Smile
North facade from East 126th Street.
Construction has wrapped up at Blumenfeld Development Group's 11-story rental building at East 126th Street in East Harlem. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is in charge of the design, which features a 11-story volume fronting East 126th Street and a six-story volume that extends over the center of BDG's existing retail building on the adjacent lot fronting East 125th Street. Along with residential, the development will also house neighborhood non-profit and performing arts group MAMA Foundation for the Arts.
Along East 126th Street, the north facade gently slopes inward as it rises, creating a concave shape that contrasts with the hard street edge of neighboring buildings while allowing more sunlight to reach the street. The north facade is being clad in slender windows and blackened stainless steel panels that alter in color tone as they reflect the sunlight. The checkerboard pattern of the north facade also allows for floor to ceiling glazing in apartment units.
The development offers 233 apartments in a mix of studios, one-, and two-bedrooms, with twenty percent of the units offered under the affordable housing program. Apartment interiors feature a design aesthetic that draws on industrial and minimalist themes with white monolithic floors and exposed concrete ceilings and columns. Custom open kitchens offer Italian stainless steel cabinetry. Amenities for residents include a fitness center, spa, lounge, workspace, and a rooftop terrace with a pool and landscaping.
Southwest corner from East 125th Street.
South facade from East 125th Street.
Residential Lobby and Mail Room
Lounge and Game Room
Co-working Studio
The Smile Fitness Club
Residents will have access to a state-of-the-art fitness center that includes yoga and personal training rooms.
The Smile Spa
The spa offers a Hamam, sauna and steam rooms, color-changing LED Himalayan salt room, cold room, and private treatment rooms.
The Smile Rooftop Club
With the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline and the Harlem River, the rooftop terrace features a swimming pool, three whirlpools, grilling and dining areas, an open-air movie theater and lounge seating.
Model Residence
Studio
Model Residence
1-Bedroom
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG); Developer: Blumenfeld Development Group (BDG); Program: Residential, Retail; Location: East Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Tour: Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center
South facade from Norman Avenue.
It’s opening day for the Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center, a 15,000 square foot community hub that doubles the size of a previous library building in the neighborhood. Designed by Marble Fairbanks, the structure includes adult, young adult, and children reading rooms and collection spaces, and community spaces dedicated to library programming. Along with the library program, the two-story structure also includes lab spaces for interactive projects, a community event space, a lounge, small meeting rooms, and staff spaces for the environmental education center.
South facade from Norman Avenue.
South facade from Norman Avenue.
Library entrance from Norman Avenue.
The two-story structure is designed as one volume rotated and stacked atop the other and clad in two separate materials. Custom cast concrete panels formed by sandblasted wood formwork clad the ground floor volume, while sandblasted wood panels wrap the second floor.
South facade detail.
Cast concrete panels.
Southwest corner from Norman Avenue.
Southwest corner.
West facade.
Entry desk at the ground floor.
First floor bench with solar windows that will register the time of year with future floor markings.
Children’s area with custom designed rug featuring an insect motif. Floor-to-ceiling windows offer views to the bioswale outside.
Elevator with custom graphics noting the floor number.
Young adult fiction room with the capacity to be closed off for events or activities.
Display cases will feature items related to the environmental education center.
Second floor meeting space with movable partitions for flexible use.
Second floor reading garden with fruit bearing plants to attract birds.
Close-up of the sandblasted cedar wood panels cladding the second floor volume.
Looking down on the Scape-designed entry open space with bioswale to slow down rainwater runoff and reduce flooding.
Third floor roof deck for special events.
Solar panels installed at the roof deck help power the library with their bifacial design to collect energy from both sides of the panel.
Third floor pollinator garden with plant species designed to bloom throughout the year and attract a wide variety of pollinators.
Looking down on the entry open space and the second floor reading garden,
Architect: Marble Fairbanks; Landscape Architect: SCAPE / Landscape Architecture; Structure: Robert Silman Associates; MEP/FP Engineers & LEED: ads Engineers, PC; Client: Brooklyn Public Library; Program: Library; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Fall 2020.
Construction Update: 500 W 25
Northeast corner from 10th Avenue.
Construction scaffolding has come down at 500 W 25, revealing the Alabama limestone and punch window north and west facades. Developed and designed by GDSNY, the 10-story residential building is located adjacent to the High Line in the Chelsea neighborhood. When completed, the project will offer seven full floor residences and a duplex residence.
Northeast corner from 10th Avenue.
Close-up of the northeast corner.
Close-up of the north facade.
Close-up of the east facade.
Close-up of the east facade.
Close-up of the northeast corner.
East facade from 10th Avenue.
Looking up at the north facade from West 25th Street.
Looking up at the northwest corner of the limestone facade from West 25th Street.
Northwest corner from West 25th Street.
Architect: GDSNY; Developer: GDS Development LLC; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 30 Warren
Southwest corner.
Construction scaffolding has come down at Cape Advisors' 30 Warren, revealing the facade of the 12-story condo building in Tribeca. Designed by Parisian firm Post-Office Architectes, the 23-unit condo building is the firm's first US project. The building is clad in textured, custom-crafted architectural concrete panels and large picture windows.
Looking up at the west facade.
Looking up at the west facade.
Close-up of the textured concrete facade panel.
West facade.
Northwest corner.
Architect: Post-Office Architectes (Design Architect) with HTO Architects (Architect of Record); Developer: Cape Advisors; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
