Construction Tour: 60 Front Street - Olympia Dumbo
Southwest facade of the tower from the Brooklyn Bridge.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Fortis Property Group’s residential condo tower Olympia at 30 Front Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Designed by Hill West Architects, the 33-story tower’s massing resembles a sail and sits on a triangular shaped site. The tower is clad in large glass panels with horizontal and vertical metal panel accents. When completed, the tower will offer 76 condo units ranging in size from 1-to-5 bedrooms, many with panoramic views of the Brooklyn and Manhattan skyline.
Northwest corner of the tower from the Brooklyn Bridge.
Looking up at the north facade of the tower and podium from Front Street.
Looking up at the southwest facade of the tower from the podium terrace.
The northwest corner of the tower from the podium terrace.
Residents will have access to 38,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities on three floors. The ground floor program includes a porte cochere, triple height lobby, gardens and adjacent garden lounge. At the roof of the podium amenities include a indoor lap pool, outdoor pool and hot tub, dry sauna, steam room, tennis court, and shipwreck playground. The club level will offer a fitness center, spin studio, boxing gym, two-lane bowling alley, club lounge, and lighthouse playroom.
Future indoor pool at the podium terrace.
View north towards Lower Manhattan from a full width terrace on an upper tower floor.
View north towards the Lower East Side and Hudson Yards from an upper tower floor.
View northeast towards Midtown Manhattan from an upper tower floor.
View southeast towards Downtown Brooklyn from an upper tower floor.
View south towards Cadman Plaza Park from an upper tower floor.
Sales Gallery
Interiors for the residences are designed by Workstead and feature kitchens with textured maple cabinetry, satin-finished stainless steel, and honed Fior di Bosco marble countertops and backsplashes. Many units feature full width terraces with panoramic views of the waterfront.
Kitchen.
Master bathroom vanity.
Master bathroom tub.
Secondary bathroom.
Architect: Hill West Architects; Interiors: Workstead; Landscape Architect: MPFP; Developer: Fortis Property Group; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: Brooklyn Tower at 9 Dekalb
View of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and 9 Dekalb from Bond Street.
Superstructure has topped out at JDS Development Group’s residential supertall Brooklyn Tower at 9 DeKalb in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 73-story tower sits next to the landmarked Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank. Installation of the curtain wall continues at the upper half of the tower with panels of floor-to-ceiling glass, blackened metal, and bronze colored metal.
East facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: The Perelman Center
Southeast corner with 1 World Trade Center (left) and 7 World Trade Center (right) behind.
Facade installation is ongoing at the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center. Designed by REX, the massing features a cube that is elevated and rotated above the complexity of program at and below grade. The cube will be wrapped in a facade of translucent, veined marble laminated within insulated glass. When completed, the Perelman Center will house three auditoriums to produce and premiere original works of theater, dance, music, film, and opera.
Southeast corner.
Southwest corner.
South facade of 1 World Trade Center (left) and The Perelman Center (left) from the 9/11 Memorial.
Southwest corner of The Perelman Center (center left) and the Oculus (right) from the 9/11 Memorial.
West facade.
Architect: REX (Design Architect), Davis Brody Bond (Executive Architect); Client: Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center; Program: Performing Arts Center; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
Cornell Tech Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel
Snohetta · Roosevelt Island · 2021
West facade of the Graduate Hotel (center left) and the House at Cornell Tech (center right).
Construction has wrapped up at Cornell Tech’s Verizon Executive Education Center and Graduate Hotel. Designed by Snohetta with Stonehill Taylor, the project includes a 18-story hotel and an adjacent 4-story structure for academic conferences, executive programs and academic workshops.
The hotel is run by Graduate Hotels, a chain that operates in college towns throughout the United States. Graduate Roosevelt Island offers 196 rooms for visiting families, academics and visitors in town for campus conventions and events. Amenities include a restaurant, rooftop bar, and flexible event space.
Northwest corner from West Main Street.
Northwest corner from West Main Street.
Close-up of the north facade.
Looking up at the south facade of the hotel and the executive education center.
The executive education center is clad in floor to ceiling glass panels with wood and metal vertical fins for sun mitigation.
Southwest corner of the hotel (left), executive education center (center), and residential tower (right).
Hotel Lobby
Lobby with artist Hebru Brantley’s 13-foot statue Flyboy.
Hotel lobby lined with 5,000 square feet of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.
Hotel restaurant Anything At All.
Ballroom
Minnehanonck Ballroom on the third floor.
Executive education center (left) and the Bloomberg Center (right).
Rooftop Bar and Lounge
Rooftop bar and lounge Panorama Room.
Rooftop bar.
View to the south from the rooftop terrace.
View to the west towards Midtown Manhattan.
Rooftop terrace.
Guestrooms
Typical guestroom corridor.
Architects: Snohetta with Stonehill Taylor; Client: Cornell Tech with AJ Capital Partners; Program: Hotel, Conference and Meeting; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
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: 56 Leonard Street - Anish Kapoor Sculpture
Construction is nearing completion on the Anish Kapoor sculpture at the base of Herzog & de Meuron’s 56 Leonard residential tower in Tribeca. The stainless steel bean-shaped form resembles Kapoor’s Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
Artist: Anish Kapoor; Architects: Herzog & de Meuron with Hill West Architects; Structural Engineers: WSP; Developers: Alexico Group, Hines; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2017 (tower), 2021 (sculpture).
Construction Update: Gotham Point at Hunters Point South
Gotham Point North Tower (left) and South Tower (center) at Hunters Point South, with One Bell Slip (right) from Greenpoint Landing.
Superstructure is close to topping out at Gotham Point’s 56-story, 689 unit residential rental tower on the southern tip of the Hunters Point South development. The north tower is one of two designed by Handel Architects for Gotham that will offer a mix of affordable and market rate units. Along with ground floor retail and a below grade parking garage, the north tower will offer a publicly accessible rooftop farm. Additionally, Riseboro Community Partnership will manage an 11-story wing of 98 senior independent living units in the north tower.
Gotham Point North Tower (center) and South Tower (right) at Hunters Point South.
Gotham Point’s north tower (left), 5203 Center Boulevard (center), and the south tower (right) at Hunters Point South.
Looking up at the north facade of the north tower.
Close-up of the podium of the north tower.
Northwest corner of the north tower’s crown under construction.
Northwest corner of the south tower.
Facade installation is nearing completion at the 33-story south tower, which will offer 443 rental units along with a ground floor retail space designated for the Flux Factory and a publicly accessible community boathouse.
Northwest corner of the south tower’s crown.
Looking up at the north (left) and south (right) tower.
Northeast corner of the south tower.
Looking up at the north facade of the south tower.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Gotham; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: The Perelman Center
West facade.
Facade installation is underway at the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center. Designed by REX, the massing features a cube that is elevated and rotated above the complexity of program at and below grade. The cube will be wrapped in a facade of translucent, veined marble laminated within insulated glass. When completed, the Perelman Center will house three auditoriums to produce and premiere original works of theater, dance, music, film, and opera.
Southwest corner.
Southeast corner with 1 World Trade Center (left) and 7 World Trade Center (right) behind.
Northwest corner.
Architect: REX (Design Architect), Davis Brody Bond (Executive Architect); Client: Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center; Program: Performing Arts Center; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: 5203 and 5241 Center Boulevard
Construction has wrapped up at the first of TF Cornerstone’s two residential rental towers at Hunters Point South. Designed by ODA New York, the two towers will offer around 1,200 apartments ranging in size from studios to two-bedrooms. Sixty percent of the units will be set aside as permanently affordable and 100 will be set aside for senior housing.
5241 Center Boulevard
The completed 46-story south tower at 52-41 Center Boulevard offers 394 residential rental units within its 383,000 square feet of space. Residents have access to a suite of amenities including a third floor amenity terrace that connects to a fitness center, clubroom with co-working and lounge space, and a laundry room.
Southwest corner of the north (left) and south tower (right) from Hunters Point South Park.
Looking up at 52-03 (left) and 52-41 (right) Center Boulevard.
Southwest corner of the podium of 52-41 Center Boulevard.
West facade of the podium of 52-41 Center Boulevard.
North facade of the podium of 52-41 Center Boulevard.
Model Residence
5203 Center Boulevard
Construction is also nearing completion at the 56-story north tower at 52-03 Center Boulevard. When completed, the tower will offer 800 residential rental units within its 774,600 square feet of space, with 534 of those units designated affordable.
Architect: ODA New York (Design Architect), SLCE (Architects of Record); Developer: TF Cornerstone; Program: Residential Rental; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Tour: 58 Saint Marks Place
Facade installation is nearing completion at Avdoo & Partners Development’s 12-story residential condominium building at 58 Saint Marks Place in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by INC Architecture and Design, the development’s facade is clad in over 8,000 terra cotta panels and 338 windows. When completed, the project will offer 100 residences ranging in size from studios to 4 bedrooms, with 39 unique residence types. Open space will be included in about 80 percent of the residences. Residents will have access to 19,000 square feet of amenities across 4 levels, including a fitness center by The Wright Fit and a communal garden designed by Terrain.
Northeast corner from 4th Avenue.
East facade from 4th Avenue.
Townhouse interior under construction.
East facade from 4th Avenue.
Southeast corner from 4th Avenue.
View to the northwest towards Downtown Brooklyn from the rooftop.
View to the northwest towards Lower Manhattan from the rooftop.
Architect: INC Architecture and Design (Design Architect), Issac & Stern Architect (Architect of Record); Developer: Avdoo & Partners Development; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Late 2021.
