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
555 Broadway - Lorimer House and the Copper Lofts
ODA · East Williamsburg · 2024
Construction is nearing completion at Lorimer House and the Copper Lofts, a two-building residential development at 555 Broadway in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Developers Meral Property Group, Joyland Group, and Loketch Group are behind the rental units at Lorimer House and the Copper Lofts. ODA has designed the project with rounded corners to soften the form and conform to the shape of the site. The project is clad in a beige brick, punch window with warm toned metal panel accents, and silver toned metal panel at slab edges and vertical piers between windows.
Southeast corner at Lorimer Street and Broadway.
Close-up of the east facade along Lorimer Street.
East facade from Lorimer Street.
Close-up of the east facade.
East facade from Lorimer Street.
Northeast corner at Lorimer and Boerum Street.
Northeast corner at Lorimer and Boerum Street.
Close-up of the northeast corner.
Architect: ODA; Developers: Meral Property Group, Joyland Group, and Loketch Group; Program: Residential Rental and Condo; Location: East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
278 8th Avenue
FXCollaborative · Chelsea · 2024
Southwest corner from 8th Avenue and West 23rd Street.
Facade installation has wrapped up at 278 8th Avenue, a 14-story residential rental building by JJ Operating and Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by FX Collaborative Architects, the facade features beige brick and varying grids of window wall with metal panel accents.
South facade from 8th Avenue.
Closeup of the south facade.
Southwest corner from 8th Avenue and West 23rd Street.
Closeup of the south facade.
The development offers 190 residences ranging in size from studios to 3-bedrooms.
Looking up at the west facade from 8th Avenue.
Northwest corner from 8th Avenue.
Looking up at the west facade from 8th Avenue.
Looking up at the north facade from West 24th Street.
Northwest corner from 8th Avenue.
Closeup of the west facade.
Residential entry at West 24th Street.
Residential Amenities
Concierge desk.
Resident amenities include a lounge, fitness center, rooftop terrace, and a terrace at the second floor.
Residential lobby.
Residential lobby lounge.
Residential lounge.
Residential lounge.
Fitness center.
Fitness center.
Model Residences
Architect: FX Collaborative Architects; Developers: JJ Operating & Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
1 Java Street
Marvel Architects · Greenpoint · 2026
Southwest corner of the tower from the pier at WNYC Transmitter Park.
Superstructure has started to rise at Lendlease and Aware Super’s two-tower residential development on the Greenpoint waterfront. Designed by Marvel Architects, the 834 rental unit development includes a 37-story tower at the southwest corner of the site and a shorter tower at the northeast corner. The southwest tower sits on 3-story sloped columns that are already visible as the tower superstructure surpasses the sixth floor.
Southwest corner of the tower.
West facade of the towers from the Greenpoint ferry terminal pier.
Close-up of the sloped columns at the base of the tower.
Northeast corner from the intersection of West and India Streets.
Southeast corner from West and Java Streets.
Looking up at the south facade Java Street.
West facade of the podium from Java Street.
Looking up at the southwest corner of the podium.
Architect: Marvel Architects; Interiors: Marvel Architects, INC Architecture and Design, Creme; Developer: Lendlease with Aware Super; Program: Residential; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2025.
470-490 Kent - Willliamsburg Wharf
West facade of 480-484 Kent Avenue (left) and 490 Kent Avenue (right).
Facade installation is ongoing at Naftali Group and Access Industries’ three-tower development at 470-490 Kent on the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn. Designed by Brandon Haw Architecture LLP with Hill West Architects, the 683,883 square foot development will offer 607 residential units and 18,482 square feet of commercial space. Curtain wall installation is wrapping up on the last quarter of the first two towers at 480-484 Kent Avenue, a 21-story tower, and 490 Kent Avenue, a 22-story tower. The final 22-story tower at 470 Kent Avenue has yet to rise above ground.
Close-up of the west facade of 480-484 Kent Avenue (left) and 490 Kent Avenue (right).
Northwest corner of 480-484 Kent Avenue.
Close-up of the tower crown of 480-484 Kent Avenue.
Close-up of the facade of 480-484 Kent Avenue.
Close-up of the podium facade of 480-484 Kent Avenue.
Close-up of the facade of 490 Kent Avenue.
Architect: Brandon Haw Architecture with Hill West Architects; Developer: Naftali Group and Access Industries; Program: Residential; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2025.
29 Huron Street - The Huron
Southeast corner from West Street.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Quadrum Global’s residential development The Huron on the Greenpoint waterfront in Brooklyn. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the project features two 13-story residential towers with a two-story base of amenities. The towers are clad in a gridded facade of industrial style window wall and I-beam profiled metal panel at slab edges and piers that take their cues from the neighborhood’s industrial past. A dark red brick clads the base that includes a shared lobby at mid-block.
Looking up at the southeast corner.
Looking up at the south facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Southwest corner.
Southwest corner from the East River.
Northwest corner from the East River.
Residential Lobby
Residents will have access to a range of amenities including a pool, gym, yoga studio, sauna, co-working space, catering kitchen, and outdoor playground. At the roof, amenities will include a shared garden, movie screening area, and grills.
Model Residences
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developer: Quadrum Global; Program: Residential; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
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;
144 Vanderbilt
Southeast corner from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Installation of precast panels has finished at Tankhouse’s eight-story residential building at 144 Vanderbilt Avenue in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. The development is designed by Solid Objectives with Kane Architecture and Urban Design, the third such collaboration between developer and architect. Gate Precast is the manufacturer of the pink hued precast concrete panels, which come in two shades and surface treatments.
When completed, the development will offer 25 residential units in 21 different unit types, including townhomes, flats, split-level units, and duplexes. As with the other two collaborations between SO-IL and Tankhouse, each unit will have considerable outdoor space and exterior circulation from vertical circulation to unit entry.
Residents will have access to amenities that include coworking/lounge space, gym, kids room, shared rooftop garden, and subcellar parking. Amenities will be arranged around two sunken courtyards.
Northeast corner from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Architects: SO-IL (Design Architect), Kane Architecture and Urban Design (Executive Architect); Structural Engineer: Silman; MEP Engineer: ABS; Envelope: Entuitive; Lighting: ONP; Developer: Tankhouse; Program: Residential; Location: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
Wildflower Studios
Southwest corner.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Wildflower Studios’ film production campus in Astoria, Queens. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, the 775,042 square foot complex will house 11 sound stages, production-support areas, public and private offices, fitness room, cafes, and lounges across 5.25 acres. There will also be a waterfront esplanade open to the public.
Southeast corner from 19th Avenue.
South facade from 19th Avenue.
South facade from 19th Avenue.
Southwest corner from 19th Avenue.
Southwest corner and future esplanade under construction.
West facade.
Close-up of the west facade.
Close-up of the west facade.
Close-up of the west facade.
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group; Client: Wildflower Studios; Program: Film Studios; Location: Astoria, Queens, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: Pearl House at 160 Water Street
Construction is nearing completion at Vanbarton Group’s Pearl House, an office-to-rental conversion in the Seaport district in Lower Manhattan. Led by Gensler, this is the city’s largest office-to-residential conversion to date. Interventions to the existing office tower include altering building cores, retrofitting operable windows, and new floors on top of the existing structures.
When completed, the development will offer over 30,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor private club-inspired amenities over three floors. The lobby will feature a sculptural brass staircase along with lounges and a reception desk. The concourse level below will offer a Technogym, bowling alley, sports simulator, game room, craft-making workspace, children’s playroom, children’s playroom, pet grooming salon, spa, and interconnected social lounges. Floor 28 will feature a terrace, lounges, co-working space, a player’s lounge with a sports book room, a full size bar, and chef’s kitchen.
Lobby lounge.
Lower Manhattan view from the 28th floor amenity terrace.
Midtown Manhattan view from the 28th floor amenity terrace.
Residences will range in size from studios, to 1- and 2-bedroom apartments. The Gensler-designed residences feature custom kitchens with stone countertops, integrated appliances, and bathrooms with Italian porcelain tile.
Architect: Gensler; Developer: Vanbarton Group; Program: Residential; Location: Seaport District, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.