Construction Tour: 42-20 27th Street - Bevel
Looking north on Crescent Street.
Construction scaffolding is coming down at 42-20 27th Street, The Rabsky Group's 18-story, 195-unit residential building in Long Island City. Designed by ODA New York, the building features a concrete façade with botanical gardens that slice through the northeast and southwest corners of the structure. At the top of the structure, the massing slopes downward to the southeast, eroding the structure to allow for private outdoor terraces with views to Long Island City and the Manhattan skyline.
Looking up at the south facade.
Southwest corner at Crescent Street and 42nd Road.
South facade from Crescent Street.
Closeup of the southeast corner.
Southeast corner from 27th Street.
Architects: ODA New York; Developer: The Rabsky Group; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Long Island City, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Tour: Asbury Ocean Club
Northeast corner from Ocean Avenue.
Just 70 minutes south of New York on the Jersey Shore, Asbury Park is undergoing a renaissance of culture and real estate development. Adding to the recent boom in live music and restaurants, a new hotel and residential condo development from iStar is under construction at the oceanfront. The Asbury Ocean Club is part of iStar’s 10-year, multi-billion-dollar redevelopment plan for the Asbury Park oceanfront which includes the Asbury Hotel, a bowling alley and music venue at Asbury Lanes, and Monroe’s 34 condo homes.
Southeast corner from Ocean Avenue.
The 17-story Asbury Ocean Club is designed by Handel Architects and occupies an oceanfront site at Ocean Avenue, between 3rd Avenue and 4th Avenue. A 54-room boutique hotel will anchor the four story podium, with the condo residences in a tower on the north half of the site.
Southwest corner.
Northwest corner.
Looking west from the beach.
Sales Gallery
Model.
Model.
Model Residence
Residences will range from one to three bedrooms, each with ocean view outdoor terraces. Interiors feature floor-to-ceiling glass and a light palette including bleached white oak engineered hardwood flooring, white lacquered custom kitchen cabinetry by Spazzi of Spain, and polished porcelain Marvel Calacatta bathroom walls.
Living/dining room.
Kitchen.
Dining room.
Living room.
Private terrace.
Bedroom.
Bedroom.
Bathroom.
Amenities
Hotel guests and residents will share indoor-outdoor amenity spaces on the fourth floor which will include a terrace and pool, pool bar and grill, a garden pavilion, and an outdoor lounge. Other amenities will include an ocean view fitness center designed by the Wright Fit, a yoga room with meditation terrace, spa, children’s facilities, entertainment and meeting spaces, a 17-seat cinema screening room, library and game room, event room, and storage rooms. A private members-only beach club with pool, cabanas, bar and grill, restrooms, and changing facilities will be built nearby and open in 2020.
Future amenity terrace.
Future amenity deck with pool.
Residences
Penthouse Residence
Southeast corner of the penthouse residence.
View north from the penthouse residence.
Architect: Handel Architects; Creative Lead/Design Director: Anda Andrei Design; Garden Designer: Madison Cox; Landscape Architect: Melillo + Bauer Associates; Developer: iStar; Program: Hotel, Residential Condo; Location: Asbury Park, New Jersey; Completion: 2019.
325 Kent
SHoP Architects Williamsburg 2017
The Domino Sugar Refinery (left) and 325 Kent (right) from the East River.
The Domino Sugar site.
Residents are beginning to move in at 325 Kent, the first residential project of Two Trees' Domino Sugar development on the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn. The master plan for the Domino Sugar site calls for 2,800 apartments spread over four new residential towers, the renovation and conversion of the refinery building into an office complex, and a waterfront park by High Line designers Field Operations.
Southwest corner from Kent Avenue.
SHoP Architects led the design for 325 Kent, which is composed of two 16-story towers connected by a podium and a bridge at the top three floors. Perforated copper panels clad the five-story podium, with similarly perforated zinc panels cladding the two towers and connecting bridge above.
Looking up at the west facade.
Residential lobby.
Model Residences
325 Kent will offer 522 residential rental units, including 104 units designated affordable for low income residents, ranging in size from studios to two-bedrooms. Apartments offer views of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the central courtyard that sits atop the roof of the podium. Along with the typical high end appliances, custom cabinetry, and hardwood floors, many of units feature private balconies looking onto the interior courtyard or private terraces created by the stepped massing of the east tower facades.
Two Bedroom
Living room.
Kitchen.
Master bedroom.
Bedroom.
One Bedroom
Living room.
Kitchen.
Bedroom.
Studio
Studio.
Studio
Amenities
Along with the 2,000 square foot courtyard on the fourth floor, 325 Kent also features resident lounges and a fitness center within the connecting bridge at the top of the building. At the roof deck of the bridge, residents will have access to BBQ grills, cabanas, and an outdoor dining area.
Residential lounge.
Manhattan skyline view from the residential lounge.
Garden facing facade of the south tower.
South facade.
Looking west.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Developer: Two Trees Management; Program: Residential; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2017
155 West 11th Street - The Greenwich Lane
Construction is in full swing at the West Village's mega development The Greenwich Lane, from the development team of The Rudin Family and Global Holdings with architects FXFOWLE and interiors by Thomas O'Brien. The project comprises 200 residential units amongst five buildings and five townhouses spanning half a block, between 11th and 12th Streets along Seventh Avenue, with a central courtyard. Formerly the site of St. Vincent's Hospital until its closing in 2010, the site was sold to the current developers in 2011 and demolition commenced in 2012.
The structure and northern façades of the 3 midrise buildings along the site's northern boundary, 140-160 West 12th Street, have been preserved and are currently undergoing renovation. Construction of new brick walls at the southern, courtyard-facing facade is underway, including window installation.
Structure has reached the third floor at the tallest building on site, 155 West 11th Street, a completely new 17-story tower at the corner of 7th Avenue and West 11th Street.
Full completion of the entire project should come in 2016.
The southwest corner of the site at Seventh Avenue and West 11th Street.
The new, southern façade of 160 West 12th Street (left) with 150 West 12th Street (center) and 140 West 12th Street (right).
Looking north along West 11th Street.
Looking north on West 11th Street.
Looking east along West 11th Street.
145 West 11th Street.
The south façade of 145 West 11th Street.
Façade ornamentation from the site's previous use preserved on 145 West 11th Street.
Architects: FXFOWLE; Interiors: Thomas O'Brien; Developers: The Rudin Family with Global Holdings; Program: Residential; Location: West Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.