Bergen Brooklyn
Frida Escobedo · Boerum Hill · 2026
Close-up of a portion of the south facade from Bergen Street.
Construction scaffolding is coming down at Avdoo & Partners’ Bergen Brooklyn at 323 Bergen Street in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Frida Escobedo, the 7-story residential condominium development features two crenelated solid volumes separated by a glass structure at the center of the nearly block long development. The primary residential volumes will be clad in light tan hand-made cast concrete that varies in articulation from solid smooth horizontal panels to sawtoothed vertical piers.
Looking up at a portion of the south facade from Bergen Street.
Architect: Frida Escobedo; Interior Design: Workstead; Master Planning & Landscape Design: DXA Studio & Patrick Cullina; Developer: Avdoo & Partners; Program: Residential; Location: Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2026.
135 East 47th Street - Monogram New York
Ismael Leyva Architects · Midtown East · 2024
Looking up at the southeast corner of the tower from East 47th Street.
Construction has wrapped up at Navigation Capital Group’s residential condo tower Monogram New York at 135 East 47th Street in Midtown. Designed by Ismael Leyva Architects, the 35-story tower’s facade features large windows, metal panel spandrels, and blue-toned terracotta panels at piers and spandrels.
Looking up at the south facade from East 47th Street.
Close-up of the storefront facade from East 47th Street.
Close-up of the south facade of the tower.
East facade of the tower crown.
Residential entry canopy on East 47th Street.
Residential lobby lounge.
Concierge desk in the residential lobby.
Residential lobby lounge.
Close-up of the residential lobby's interior bookshelves.
Model Residences
The tower’s 191 residences, ranging in size from studios to 2-bedrooms, are designed by Shanghai based Neri&Hu. Residents have access to a range of amenities that includes a library lounge at the lobby, a wellness center with spa, and a collection of amenities at the top of the tower. Known as the Sphere, the rooftop amenities include a reading room, bar, private dining room, catering kitchen, and terraces.
Architect: Ismael Leyva Architects; Interiors: Neri & Hu; General Contractor: Cauldwell Wingate; Developer: Navigation Capital Group; Program: Residential Condos, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
262 Fifth Avenue
Meganom · NoMad · 2026
Looking up at the northeast corner.
Facade installation is ongoing at Five Points Development’s 56-story residential condo tower at 262 Fifth Avenue in Nomad, Manhattan. Designed by Meganom with SLCE Architects, the 860-foot tall tower will offer 26 residential units. Curtain wall is currently being installed at the lower floors, including glass on the north and south facades and opaque panels on the shear wall at the east.
North facade from Fifth Avenue.
Closeup of the north facade.
Architects: Meganom (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Executive Architect); Developer: Five Points Development; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Nomad, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
310 E. 86th St. - The Harper
ODA · Upper East Side · 2024
North facade from East 86th Street.
Construction has wrapped up at the 21-story residential condo tower The Harper on the Upper East Side by the developer Izaki Group Investments. The tower sits mid-block on the south side of East 86th Street between First and Second avenues. Designed by ODA, the tower’s massing features an eroded volume at the topmost floors and cantilevered bay windows on the east facade that overhang an existing five-story building. The facade is clad in limestone panels and large floor-to-ceiling windows.
Looking up at the north facade.
Residential entry at the north facade.
Northwest corner from East 86th Street.
Residential entry.
Residential entry lobby.
Residential entry lobby.
Amenities
Games lounge.
Residents will have access to a range of amenities that includes a games lounge, a fitness center, a music practice room, a children’s art room and playroom, a pet spa, a shared laundry room, private storage, and a bike room.
Games lounge.
Children’s playroom.
Children’s playroom.
Children’s art room.
Music practice room.
Fitness center.
Model Residences
The Harper offers 63 condo units ranging in size from two-to-four bedrooms, many with private outdoor space.
Architect: ODA; Developer: Izaki Group Investments; General Contractor: Hunter Roberts Construction Group; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Upper East Side, 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: 550 Washington Street - Google NYC - St. John's Terminal
Northeast corner.
Construction has wrapped up at Oxford Properties’ conversion of St. John’s Terminal, originally constructed in 1934, into the offices of Google at 550 Washington Street on the west side of Manhattan. Led by COOKFOX Architects, the project re-imagines the former terminus of the New York Central Railroad’s West Side viaduct into 1.3 million square feet of office space for Google. Nine new floors have been added atop the existing structure that stretched for two city blocks.
Northwest corner from Washington Street.
Northwest corner from West Street.
Northwest corner from West Street.
Southwest corner from West Street.
Close-up of the curtain wall panels at the west facade.
80 Clarkson and 570 Washington
Foundation work is underway at the adjacent site which will feature two residential towers from developers Zeckendorf Development, Atlas Capital, and The Baupost Group. Designed by COOKFOX Architects with SLCE Architects, the 36-story tower at 80 Clarkson Street will offer 271 condo units, while the 29-story tower at 570 Washington Street will offer 169 affordable senior apartments. The towers will rise on what was once the northern half of the St. John’s Terminal structure, which was demolished in 2019.
Architects (550 Washington): COOKFOX Architects, Adamson Associates, and Gensler (Interiors); Structural Engineer (550 Washington): Gilsanz Murray Steficek; Landscape Architect (550 Washington): Future Green Studio; General Contractors (550 Washington): Structure Tone and Turner Construction; Developers: Oxford Properties Group (550 Washington); Zeckendorf Development, Atlas Capital, and The Baupost Group (80 Clarkson and 570 Washington); Program: Office (550 Washington), Residential Condo (80 Clarkson), Senior Housing (570 Washington); Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2024 (550 Washington); 2026 (80 Clarkson and 570 Washington).
Construction Update: 262 Fifth Avenue
Looking up at the northeast corner.
Superstructure is nearing topping out at Five Points Development’s 56-story residential condo tower at 262 Fifth Avenue in Nomad, Manhattan. Designed by Meganom with SLCE Architects, the 860-foot tall tower will offer 26 residential units. A mockup of some portion of the exterior wall appears to be installed at the base of the tower’s north facade.
Facade mockup installed on the north facade.
Looking up at the east facade.
East facade of the tower.
North facade from Fifth Avenue.
Closeup of the north facade.
Architects: Meganom (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Executive Architect); Developer: Five Points Development; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Nomad, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
Construction Update: FIT New Academic Building
Curtain wall installation is nearing completion at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s new academic building on the Garment District campus. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 9-story building will contain classrooms, administrative offices, review and exhibition spaces, and a center for student life.
Northeast corner from West 28th Street.
Looking up at the north facade from West 28th Street.
Northwest corner from West 28th Street.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Client: Fashion Institute of Technology; Program: Education; Location: Garment District, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: 25-01 Queens Plaza North
Southwest corner from the Queensboro Plaza subway platform.
Superstructure is rising at Grubb Properties’ residential rental tower at 25-01 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City. Designed by Handel Architects, the 26-story building sits adjacent to the Queensboro Plaza elevated subway station and will be clad in a dark grey brick with punch window and window wall. Concrete superstructure has nearly reached the larger 11-story podium volume, with the more slender tower volume to rise above the 12th floor rooftop terrace.
South facade from the Queensboro Plaza subway platform.
Southeast corner from Queens Plaza South.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Grubb Properties; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2025
Construction Update: The Keller at 150 Barrow
Looking up at the south facade.
Facade installation is wrapping up at Aurora Capital Associates’ residential condo building The Keller at 150 Barrow in the West Village. Designed by BKSK Architects, the two-building development includes a new seven-story structure clad in white brick and large windows with brass toned metal accents. An adjacent structure, the former Keller Hotel building from 1898 by Julius Munckwitz, is currently undergoing a gut interior renovation.
Looking up at the south facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Southwest corner.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the former Keller Hotel building with original signage.
Southwest corner.
View southwest towards Lower Manhattan and Jersey City from the rooftop terrace.
View north towards the West Village from the rooftop terrace.
Architect: BKSK Architects; Developers: Aurora Capital Associates, William Gottlieb Real Estate (WGRE); Program: Residential Condo; Location: Greenwich Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
