Tour: 88 and 90 Lexington Avenue
Southeast corner of 88 Lexington.
Construction is wrapping up at HFZ Capital Group's rental to condo conversion at 88 and 90 Lexington Avenue, in the NoMad neighborhood. This two-building project consists of a 19-story pre-war building from 1927 and shorter, 13-story tower from 1958, both of which served as offices for Blue Cross and Blue Shield originally. Workshop/APD has overseen the design of the project, which includes the interior renovation of the pre-war tower at 88 Lexington and a complete overhaul of the interior and exterior of the 1958 tower at 90 Lexington.
Looking up at the east facade of 88 Lexington.
Facade detail at 88 Lexington.
Northeast corner of 90 Lexington.
Looking up at the east facade of 90 Lexington.
Facade details at 88 (left) and 90 Lexington (right).
Residential lobby.
Concierge desk at the residential lobby.
Entryway to 90 Lexington from the residential lobby.
Amenities
Residents of both towers have access to over 8,000 square feet of amenities including lobby, screening room, residents' lounge, gym and locker rooms, children's play room, and a 60-foot swimming pool.
Looking down onto the pool from the ground floor lounge at 90 Lexington.
Stair down to the amenity floor.
Pool with view to ground floor lounge at 90 Lexington.
Pool.
Pool.
Pool ceiling detail.
Residents' lounge.
Children's playroom.
Model Residence: 88 Lexington
Workshop/APD have designed and staged model units in 88 Lexington that showcase the renovation, with open plan living areas and high ceilings left over from the building's past life as an office building. Large windows, newly replaced, allow for well lit rooms throughout.
Living and dining room.
Living room.
Kitchen.
Master bedroom.
Master bathroom.
Model Residence: 90 Lexington
At 90 Lexington, the new stone and glass façade creates a unique residential experience from the adjacent tower. These units will provide expansive views from near floor-to-ceiling windows, giving the spaces a contemporary feel.
Kitchen.
Kitchen.
Living room.
Master bedroom.
Architect: Workshop/APD; Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Sales and Marketing: Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: NoMad, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
Construction Update: The Eleventh
West facade of the west tower.
Construction proceeds at HFZ Capital Group's The Eleventh, a mixed use development at 76 11th Avenue. Designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the development consists of two twisting towers atop an 85 foot podium adjacent to the High Line. The 34-story west tower will rise 400 feet and consist of residential units and supporting amenities. A 25-story east tower will rise 300 feet and consist of a mixture of residential units on the upper floors and a Six Senses hotel on the lower floors. Currently, the west tower's superstructure is close to topping out and installation has begun on the the first of its window units, while the east tower will soon start to rise.
Northeast corner of the site from 10th Avenue.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the west tower.
Signage on the west tower.
East facade of the west tower from 10th Avenue.
Close-up of windows installed at the west tower.
Close-up of a window installed at the northwest corner of the west tower.
Southeast corner of the site from 10th Avenue.
Looking up at the north facade of the west tower.
Northeast corner of the west tower from the High Line.
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (Design Architect), Woods Bagot (Architect of Record); Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: The Eleventh
Southwest corner from 11th Avenue.
Superstructure continues to rise at HFZ Capital Group's The Eleventh, a mixed use development at 76 11th Avenue. Designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the development consists of two twisting towers atop an 85 foot podium adjacent to the High Line. The west tower will rise 400 feet and consist of residential units and supporting amenities, while the east tower will rise 300 feet and consist of a mixture of residential units on the upper floors and a Six Senses hotel on the lower floors.
West facade from 11th Avenue.
Northwest corner from 11th Avenue.
Looking up at the north facade from West 18th Street.
Northeast corner from West 18th Street.
Northeast corner of the site from the High Line.
East facade from the High Line
Southeast corner of the site from the High Line.
Southeast corner of the site from the High Line.
Southwest corner.
Architect: BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group); Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: The Eleventh
Southeast corner of the site from 10th Avenue.
Initial sitework is underway at HFZ Capital Group's The Eleventh, a mixed use development at 76 11th Avenue. Designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the development consists of two twisting towers atop an 85 foot podium adjacent to the High Line. The west tower will rise 400 feet and consist of residential units and supporting amenities, while the east tower will rise 300 feet and consist of a mixture of residential units on the upper floors and a Six Senses hotel on the lower floors.
Looking west towards the site at 10th Avenue.
Northeast corner of the site from 10th Avenue.
Northern boundary of the site from West 18th Street.
Northwest corner of the site from 11th Avenue.
Architect: BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group); Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
88 and 90 Lexington Avenue
Take an exclusive tour inside the residential conversion at 88 and 90 Lexington Avenue by Workshop/APD in NoMad.
Last week I took an exclusive tour of HFZ Capital Group's rental to condo conversion at 88 and 90 Lexington Avenue, in the NoMad neighborhood. This two-building project consists of a 19-story pre-war building from 1927 and shorter, 13-story tower from 1958, both of which served as offices for Blue Cross and Blue Shield originally. Workshop/APD has overseen the design of the project, which includes the interior renovation of the pre-war tower at 88 Lexington and a complete overhaul of the interior and exterior of the 1958 tower at 90 Lexington.
Southeast corner of 88 Lexington (left) and 90 Lexington (right) from East 26th Street and Lexington Avenue.
Looking up at the east façade of 88 Lexington (left) and 90 Lexington (right) from Lexington Avenue.
While the Art Deco limestone façade of 88 Lexington has been preserved, the bland façade of 90 Lexington has been removed and replaced with a glass and stone curtain wall that unifies the development by referencing the material and window heights of its neighbor.
Northeast corner of 88 Lexington (left) and 90 Lexington (right) from East 27th Street and Lexington Avenue.
Archive photo. Northeast corner of 88 Lexington (left) and 90 Lexington (right) from Lexington Avenue. Image courtesy of http://88and90lex.com
Close-up of new façade installed on converted 90 Lexington Avenue tower.
Residents have a panoramic view of the NoMad neighborhood and beyond. Visible landmarks include the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building, along with new icons like One World Trade Center and 400 Park Avenue South.
View north.
View northeast with Empire State Building (right) and 400 Park Avenue South (left).
View west.
View south.
View southeast.
Workshop/APD have designed and staged model units in 88 Lexington that showcase the renovation, with open plan living areas and high ceilings left over from the building's past life as an office building. Large windows, newly replaced, allow for well lit rooms throughout.
Residential unit entry signage.
Kitchen.
Living room.
Dining room.
Master bedroom.
Master bathroom.
A second model unit from Workshop/APD has been designed with a more muted, modern pallet.
Kitchen.
Living room.
Master bedroom.
Master bathroom
Study.
Work is ongoing inside the units at 90 Lexington, where the new stone and glass façade creates a unique residential experience from the adjacent tower. These units will provide expansive views from near floor-to-ceiling windows, giving the spaces a contemporary feel.
Corner unit in 90 Lexington Avenue.
Residents of both towers will have access to over 8,000 square feet of amenities including lobby, screening room, residents' lounge, gym and locker rooms, children's play room, and 60-foot swimming pool.
Rendering of the Residents' Lounge.
Rendering of the swimming pool with gym beyond.
Architect: Workshop/APD; Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Sales and Marketing: Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: NoMad, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
505 W 19
Take an exclusive tour inside the latest residential development to open along the High Line, HFZ Capital Group's 505 W 19 by designer Thomas Juul-Hansen.
Ever since the completion of the High Line's first phase, development has been prolific in converting the parking lots and industrial sites that flanked the once abandoned rail line into a menagerie of high design projects that attempt to push New York's vocabulary forward.
One of the most recently completed entries to this collection is 505 W 19, a two building development from HFZ Capital that is split by the High Line. Located at the corner of West 19th Street and 10th Avenue, the 10-story towers are the first ground-up residential project from designer Thomas Juul-Hansen, known for his many interiors commissions. His previous work includes Neil Denari's HL23 further north on the High Line, as well as Portzamparc's One57 and the penthouse at One York.
Looking south along the High Line towards the east (left) and west (right) towers.
Both towers feature walls of elongated limestone masonry that frame the glass and dark metal windows. The windows are slightly rotated along the vertical axis, creating an interesting pattern on what might have otherwise been yet another monotonous wall of glass in the city. This rotation also serves to focus views of the High Line for the residents and add a little privacy from the park visitors.
Northeast corner of the west tower from the High Line.
Close-up of the tower façade.
Northeast corner of the east tower from 10th Avenue.
East facade of the east tower from 10th Avenue.
Southeast corner of the towers from 10th Avenue.
Primary entry into the development is from the lobby nestled under the High Line structure. Entering off of West 19th Street through a stone clad entry portal, residents and guests are treated to a view of the High Line's structure from the large skylight in the center of the lobby. A regularly rotating collection of artwork will also adorn the space, in keeping with the Chelsea neighborhood's art gallery context. The ground floor also contains a retail space that will likely be filled by an art gallery tenant.
Primary entry on West 19th Street.
View of the High Line through the ramp screen at the entry.
Primary entry on West 19th Street.
View of the underside of the High Line from the lobby.
The project's two 10-story towers accommodate 35 residential units, beginning on the second floor of each. Eight units are located in the west tower, including six full-floor homes, one duplex townhouse, and one duplex penthouse. Second floor units include private terraces that feature the High Line's structure as a backdrop.
Penthouse and adjacent roof deck of the west tower.
Looking north along the High Line from the penthouse of the west tower.
Looking down on the High Line and the adjacent private terraces for both towers.
Looking south along the High Line from the penthouse of the west tower.
The project's remaining 27 units are located in the east tower, with most floors accommodating four units and penthouses on the top two floors. Penthouses on both towers feature stunning views north and south along the High Line, as well as panoramic views of Chelsea with Midtown and Lower Manhattan beyond.
Looking south along the High Line from the penthouse roof deck of the east tower.
30 Hudson Yards (right) and 551 W 21 (left) from the penthouse rooftop deck of the east tower.
Closeup of the limestone masonry wall at the penthouse of the east tower.
Looking north towards Midtown from the rooftop deck of the east tower penthouse.
Architects: Thomas Juul-Hansen with Goldstein Hill & West Architects; Developers: HFZ Capital Group; Marketing: Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group; PR: M18; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
16 West 40th Street - The Bryant
David Chipperfield's mixed use tower, the Bryant, begins to rise in Midtown.
Superstructure has started to rise at the Bryant, a 33-story mixed use tower in Midtown from HFZ Capital Group. The tower, whose structure has reached the seventh floor, is designed by David Chipperfield Architects in their signature modernist style that emphasizes a rationalist grid of windows and structure. Employing a strategy seen previously on KPF's 27 Wooster in SoHo, the windows are actually full-height sliding doors with a metal railing of vertical pickets. Rather than rely on the exposed concrete structure, as seen in similar towers like 432 Park Avenue, the structural members are instead clad in a precast concrete terrazzo panels.
The tower will offer a mix of uses including a 230-key hotel on floors 2 through 15, 57 condominium apartments on floors 16 through 33, and ground floor retail and restaurant. Amenities in the tower include lobby lounge, fitness center, bike storage and hotel specific amenities. Completion is slated for 2017.
Looking east along West 40th Street.
The north facade from West 40th Street.
The north facade from West 40th Street.
Looking west along West 40th Street.
Architect: David Chipperfield Architects; Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Program: Residential, Hotel, Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
215 Chrystie
Superstructure has reached the 13th floor and window installation has begun at 215 Chrystie, the 28-story tower from developers Ian Schrager and the Witkoff Group. The tower will include 370 hotel rooms under the PUBLIC brand at the lower levels and 11 condos on the upper floors. Pritzker Prize winning architects Herzog & de Meuron have designed the tower as a rectangular extrusion with a setback volume for the upper condo floors. Sloping floor-to-ceiling glass panels are set in between angular, exposed concrete columns. Interiors on the luxury condos will be designed by John Pawson, with both half floor and full floor units. The top of the tower will be capped with a three story mechanical penthouse. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of next year.
Looking south on Chrystie Street.
Detail of the facade at the southeast corner.
East elevation from Chrystie Street.
Detail of the east facade.
Looking north on Chrystie Street.
Southeast corner of the tower.
Detail of the facade at the southeast corner.
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron (Design Architect), Beyer Blinder Belle (Architect of Record); Interiors: John Pawson; Developers: Ian Schrager with the Witkoff Group; Program: Hotel, Condo; Location: Bowery, New York, NY; Completion: Late 2016.
11 Beach
While the city is in the midst of an incredible building boom of new construction, there are also a multitude of renovations and conversions of the existing building stock. These projects can be equally as vital as new construction, preserving key buildings that speak to the past life of the city and choosing a path of least environmental impact with its reuse of existing structures and materials.
TriBeCa has recently become a neighborhood defined in part by the conversion strategy, with residential developments taking over old warehouses (Sterling Mason) or a book bindery dating from 1882 (443 Greenwich). Joining these projects is 11 Beach, a conversion of a 1910 office building from developers HFZ Capital Group. Once home to the likes of Miramax Films, the conversion of the 10-story building is led by BKSK Architects, while Thomas Juul-Hansen oversees the interior design of the 27 residences. Both designers have worked on luxury buildings both new and conversions throughout the city that tap into its historical industrial style.
Southwest corner from Varick Street.
On the outside, the light tan brick facades of the building's three street frontages will remain, though the narrow windows will be replaced by new units that span two openings. Brick will be replaced by terra cotta at the horizontal spandrels, which will help to give the façade verticality as the remaining brick reads as vertical piers. A rusticated brick base and a new forged metal canopy will greet residents and add to the neighborhood streets ape. At the roof, residents will be able to take in dramatic views of Lower Manhattan, as well as access to a landscaped garden.
South facade from Beach Street.
Rendering of the south facade.
West façade from Varick Street.
Rooftop space.
Rendering of the completed rooftop space of the penthouse.
View of Lower Manhattan from the roof with 56 Leonard (center) and One World Trade Center (right).
Inside, 27 units ranging from three to five bedrooms will replace the former office space. There will be a variety of unit types, including lofts, penthouses and three townhouses. In order to convert the deep office floor plates into code compliant residential floors, a large atrium is cut through the middle of the building, providing the legal light and air for the units. The atrium's façade will be clad in bow-tie, Boston Valley hand-glazed terra cotta. At the base of the atrium will be an origami-shaped glass pyramid roof that encloses the fitness center below, making for a dramatic workout space. The entry lobby will also feature views of the sculptural enclosure of the atrium. Besides the fitness center, other amenities will include a children's playroom and storage rooms.
A view of the courtyard atrium from a penthouse floor.
A view of the courtyard atrium and rooftop from a penthouse floor.
A view of the courtyard atrium from a residential unit.
The atrium opening under construction at a lower floor.
A view of the existing steel and terra cotta floor construction revealed by the atrium opening.
A rendering looking up through the glass enclosure at the base of the courtyard atrium.
Renovation of the façade openings under construction.
Renovation of the façade openings under construction.
Construction is slated to wrap up sometime next year, bringing another restored piece of history to the TriBeCa neighborhood.
Architects: BKSK Architects; Interior Designer: Thomas Juul-Hansen; Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Marketing and Sales: Douglas Elliman Development Marketing; PR: M18; Program: Residential; Location: TriBeCa, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
