270 Park Avenue
Foster + Partners · Midtown East · 2025
270 Park Avenue on the Midtown East skyline.
Construction has wrapped up at 270 Park Avenue, the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase in Midtown East. Designed by Foster + Partners, the supertall tower rises to 1,388 feet and offers 2.5 million square feet of office space for 15,000 employees. The form of the tower gradually steps back at the east and west facades and tapers on all four sides. At the ground floor, diagonal columns rise up to support the large trading room floors above.
East facade.
The tower’s 1.2 million square feet of facade features triple pane glass and insulated glass units that will help with thermal control of the building. Commercial bronze clads the twenty perimeter columns, while copper nickel alloy panels form the diamond shapes on the east and west facades. Level 17 will feature a walkable skylight with an eight feet tall wind screen. At the two-story base, sloping super columns and steel transfer girders transfer the gravity and lateral loads of the tower down to the ground
270 Park Avenue on the Midtown skyline.
Southwest corner of the tower.
Close-up of the west facade.
South facade from East 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue.
South facade from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Looking up at the south facade.
Southeast corner from Park Avenue.
Looking up at the west facade from Madison Avenue.
Looking up at the west facade from Madison Avenue.
Architects: Foster + Partners with Adamson Associates; Client: JPMorgan Chase; Structural Engineer: Severud Associates; Developer: Tishman Speyer; Program: Office; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
665 5th Avenue - Rolex Building
David Chipperfield Architects · Midtown East · 2026
Northwest corner from 5th Avenue.
Facade installation is underway at Rolex’s office and retail tower in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by David Chipperfield Architects, the 30-story tower will feature four floors of flagship retail for Rolex at the base, with office floors above. The tower, which features five distinct setbacks, will be clad in a pleated glass curtain wall.
Looking up at the northwest corner of the tower from 5th Avenue.
Looking up at the west facade from 5th Avenue.
Looking up at the southwest corner of the tower.
Looking up at the north facade of the tower.
Looking up at the northeast corner of the tower.
Architects: David Chipperfield Architects (Design Architect), Adamson Associates (Executive Architect); Structural and Facade Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; General Contractor: Pavarini McGovern; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2026.
360 Bowery
Northeast corner from Bowery.
Exterior wall installation is wrapping up at CBSK Ironstate and AECOM-Canyon Partners’ 114,000 square foot commercial office tower at 360 Bowery in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the 22-story tower is clad in a curtain wall that features corrugated GFRC spandrel panels.
The tower’s stepped massing allows for multiple floors with outdoor terraces. On floor 7, the 360 Club will offer a full floor of amenities that includes fitness center, two boardrooms, and a lounge that all front onto a large outdoor terrace.
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developer: CBSK Ironstate, AECOM-Canyon Partners; Program: Office;
Construction Update: 270 Park Avenue
Superstructure is close to topping out on the crown at office tower 270 Park Avenue, the future headquarters of JPMorgan Chase in Midtown East. Designed by Foster + Partners, the supertall tower will rise to 1,388 feet and will offer 2.5 million square feet of office space for 15,000 employees. The form of the tower gradually steps back at the east and west facades and tapers on all four sides. At the ground floor, diagonal columns rise up to support the large trading room floors above. Facade installation is also ongoing, with curtain panels surpassing the tower’s halfway mark.
Looking up at the south facade.
Architects: Foster + Partners with Adamson Associates; Client: JPMorgan Chase; Structural Engineer: Severud Associates; Developer: Tishman Speyer; Program: Office; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
Construction Update: 29 Jay Street
Facade installation is underway at 29 Jay Street, a 221,000 square-foot class-A commercial office building in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Marvel Architects, the 11-story structure is clad in geometric, GFRC panels and large infill windows. When completed, the development will also offer 12,000 square feet of ground floor retail and tenant amenities on a lower level and the rooftop terrace.
Architect: Marvel Architects; Developer: Jay Street Office LLC ; Program: Commercial Office, Retail; Location: DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: 270 Park Avenue
Superstructure has topped out on the last habitable floor at office tower 270 Park Avenue, the future headquarters of JPMorgan Chase in Midtown East. Designed by Foster + Partners, the supertall tower will rise to 1,388 feet and will offer 2.5 million square feet of office space for 15,000 employees. The form of the tower gradually steps back at the east and west facades and tapers on all four sides. At the ground floor, diagonal columns rise up to support the large trading room floors above. The superstructure for the remaining mechanical floors at the tower crown is still ongoing and should finish later this year. Facade installation is also ongoing, with curtain panels nearing the tower’s halfway mark.
Looking up at the west facade from Madison Avenue.
Looking up at the south facade.
Southeast corner from Park Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade from Park Avenue.
Architects: Foster + Partners with Adamson Associates; Client: JPMorgan Chase; Structural Engineer: Severud Associates; Developer: Tishman Speyer; Program: Office; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
Construction Update: 141 Willoughby
East facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Savanna Real Estate’s office tower 141 Willoughby in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Fogarty Finger, the tower’s facade features a curtain wall of floor-to-ceiling glass and bronze toned metal panel. The expression of the horizontal banding between glazing increases in height from the ground floor to the roof, ranging from one floor to five floors between the horizontal bands of bronze.
Looking up at the east facade.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Closeup of the east facade.
Architect: Fogarty Finger (Design Architect), SLCE (Executive Architect); Developer: Savanna Real Estate; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Early 2023.
Construction Update: 270 Park Avenue
Northwest corner from Madison Avenue.
Superstructure is rising at office tower 270 Park Avenue, the future headquarters of JPMorgan Chase in Midtown East. Designed by Foster + Partners, the supertall tower will rise to 1,388 feet and gradually step back at the east and west facades. At the ground floor, diagonal columns rise up to support the large trading room floors above.
Northwest corner from Madison Avenue.
Looking up at the north facade.
Northeast corner from East 48th Street.
Looking up at the north facade.
Northeast corner from East 48th Street.
Northeast corner from Park Avenue.
South facade from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Looking up at the west facade from Madison Avenue.
Architects: Foster + Partners with Adamson Associates; Client: JPMorgan Chase; Structural Engineer: Severud Associates; Program: Office; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Tour: One Madison Avenue
View west from the level 10 terrace.
Construction is underway at the adaptive reuse of the 1983 office building by Napoleon Le Brun & Sons in the Flatiron District. Led by developer SL Green, the design adds a 26-story tower by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) atop the renovated original limestone clad base.
Renovations at the podium include a repaired limestone facade with high performance structurally-glazed curtainwall replacing the aluminum windows and spandrels. As part of the renovation, 67% of the original structure has been maintained., reusing a large amount of the building’s embodied energy. The new, glass curtainwall clad tower will rise above the level 10 roof of the podium and set back from the adjacent landmarked clock tower. When completed, the development will add more than an acre of private outdoor space, which will be located at the level 10 terrace and additional terraces throughout the new tower structure.
View northwest from the level 10 terrace.
View east from the level 10 terrace.
View northwest towards Madison Square Park from the level 10 terrace.
Typical podium floor in the process of renovation.
Typical podium floor under renovation with views toward Madison Square Park.
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox; Developer: SL Green; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Flatiron District, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: 550 Madison Avenue
Construction is underway on the new glass canopy at the renovation to Philip Johnson’s landmarked 550 Madison office tower in Midtown by The Olayan Group, RXR Realty, Chelsfield, and CBRE. Built in 1984, the postmodern tower is getting a modern update led by Snohetta and Gensler with Rockwell Group overseeing the interiors. The renovation will keep much of the original facade while refreshing key portions of the interiors and ground floor public space. The Garden will almost double the previous public space adjacent to the lobby and feature full size trees, a water feature, artisan food kiosks, and a glass canopy. A newly designed lobby from Gensler will incorporate terrazzo, leather, bronze mesh, and the large windows at the tower’s base that will fill the space with light. The rest of the office floors will feature column free floors with high ceilings and improvements to building systems to pursue LEED Platinum and WELL Gold ratings. Rockwell designed amenities for building tenants will include a wellness and fitness center, conference facilities and lounge areas, grab and go food options, coffee and juice bars, and bike storage. At the top penthouse floors directly below the “Chippendale” roof pediment, a tenant can inhabit the three to four story space with panoramic views.
Architect: Snohetta with Gensler; Interiors: Rockwell Group; Developer: The Olayan Group, RXR Realty, Chelsfield, CBRE; Construction: AECOM Tishman; Program: Office; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
