Posts Tagged ‘Hell’s Kitchen/Clinton’
CurbedWire: Old Spooky Building Getting Fixed; The 505 Goes Halfsies
August 7th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
EAST VILLAGE—Looks like the renovation of the East Village’s 147 First Avenue will soon get underway, if the scaffolding going up is any indication. Also, the old Angelica’s Herbs store is going to become a snazzy new restaurant, maybe. [CurbedWire Staff]
HELL’S KITCHEN—We got an e-mail from The 505 pointing out that the building, home to one of the best feuds ever, is now over 50% sold. Not only that, The 505 “currently has the lowest average prices on one bedroom units in the area (from 14th Street to 96th Street, West of Fifth Avenue), among both re-sale and new development units – with the lowest one-bedroom unit priced at $631,000.” We bring this up mostly because we were just cleaning out our office getting ready for our big move and we found an old bottle of The 505-branded hot sauce (”Hell’s Kitchen’s hottest condominium!”). It looked old and dusty and reminded us of 2008. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off Construction Watch: New Hell’s Kitchen Tower Already 60 Stories Tall
August 5th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
[Photos by Will Femia.]
Yesterday the Related Companies and Tishman Construction held a little
ceremony to mark the topping out of 440 West 42nd Street. Yes, they built a 60-story tower in about 10 minutes. What is this, Inception? Not only has the Arquitectonica/Ismael Leyva Architects building reached its full height incredibly fast, but there’s also glass already covering half of the condo/rental/Yotel/Frank Gehry stage spectacular. The Land of Lincoln (Tunnel) had better get ready, because at this rate those 800 apartments are going to be filled by the time we finish writing this blog post.
· 440 West 42nd Street coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off Floorplan Porn: Sheffield Turns the Page by Breaking Out Some Big Guns
July 16th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
Now on its fourth or fifth, Hell’s Kitchen megaconversion The Sheffield (it’s returned to its original name following the Sheffield57 experiment) is back on the market following all the bucket-swinging antics tied to former owner Kent Swig. While the public listings currently only go up to $2.95 million, there are much bigger pads in the former rental building that are now quietly on the market. Like the 3,417-square-foot #44T2, a 3BR/4BA (though configuration is open to interpretation) combined from two three-bedroom apartments. There are three of these in the building on the 44th, 52nd and 55th floors, and this one’s priced at $6.875 million. Might even be big enough to store a marching band!
· The Sheffield [Official Site]
· Sheffield57 coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Griffin Court’s Fake Forest Taking Shape in Hell
July 9th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
HELL’S KITCHEN—The murals are finally going up at Tenth Avenue’s Griffin Court, the results of a design competition meant to give the new Hell’s Kitchen development a bit of pep. Our tipster like what he sees: “They are interesting, to say the least. I am shocked that I actually don’t find them appalling. They are actually a bit interesting to look at… I guess we’ll have to wait and see what buyers think.” [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off Construction Watch: Rental Tower Clinton Park Still Rising Over Hell’s Kitchen
July 7th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
Last we checked on Hell’s Kitchen’s forthcoming Clinton Park project from starchitect Enrique Norten and the Walentas team, construction was off to a slow start. But no longer! A tipster sends in the above construction shot, taken from Eleventh Avenue and 53rd Street, of the luxury rental ziggurat with future Mercedes Benz emporium and NYPD horse stable below. Our tipster writes, “After a year of horizontal growth, they are aggressively rising vertically, adding four floors in about a month—a fast clip for a project in this uncertain economy.” Trying to make up for lost time?
· Clinton Park coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off Zombie Stations: After saying no months ago to…
June 30th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
After saying no months ago to an extension of the 7 train to Tenth Avenue and 41st Street, the city has now changed its tune to maybe. Crain’s reports the Bloomberg administration hopes to do an engineering study on the possible Tenth Avenue station, which would require separate eastbound and westbound entrances but might not be as expensive as anticipated. If only the javelin at the Javits Center could be resurrected too. [Crain's; previously]
Comments Off Public Art: Mural Promises to Give Hell’s Kitchen What it Needs: Trees
June 14th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
Even before condo development Griffin Court arrived at 800 Tenth Avenue, developer Alchemy Properties was thinking about how to decorate the place. Their answer to this question? Giant murals on two of the complex’s exterior walls, with the artist chosen in a contest. And now, a few months after Griffin Court’s sales began, Alchemy has found its winner: Brooklyn artist Corinne Ulmann, whose design “depicts a pattern of trees using variations of light and shadow intended to evoke the building’s 8,700-square-foot private courtyard and the nearby DeWitt Clinton Park.” Painting starts this week and will take about 10 days. Will anyone look away from their new iPads and flat screens long enough to catch a glimpse of this thing going up?
· Mural Contest Offers Ray of Hope, Kitsch to Hell’s Kitchen [Curbed]
· Griffin Court coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Edge Still Offering Affordable Housing; Hudson Street Hotel Still Stuck; Sheffield57 Sales Update
June 4th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
WILLIAMSBURG—Are the days of wildly competitive affordable housing lotteries over? The Williamsburg Community Apartments at 34 North 6th Street—the affordable rentals component of megadevelopment Edge—still have two-bedroom rentals available immediately. To qualify, households must be comprised of three to four people, with an annual income between $50,278 and $61,450. Applications can be downloaded here. [CurbedWire Inbox]
HUDSON SQUARE/HoTunA—Yesterday’s excitement over the restart of work at the hotel conversion of 330 Hudson Street was a bit premature. Despite what workers at the site told us, a rep for building owner Trinity checks in to say that the building is actually being sealed up to “protect it and make sure its not an eyesore for the neighborhood.” Toss this one back in the Arrested Development pile. [CurbedWire Inbox]
HELL’S KITCHEN—Now that trouble magnet Sheffield57 is back on the market, how are sales going? According to a press release, 16 apartments have sold in the past six weeks. The building also appears to be going by just The Sheffield now, like when Ricky Schroeder became Rick to show how much he’d matured. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off Bros Invade Midtown!: Though we’re not quite buying into…
May 21st, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
Though we’re not quite buying into this trend piece labeling Hell’s Kitchen as a new “neighbrohood” (haven’t single dudes been looking for cheap rents near Midtown forever?), the Observer does make a compelling case: “They aren’t afraid to walk on 11th Avenue at night; they don’t mind the Hustler Club; and drinking in a neighborhood where Robert DeNiro and Francis Ford Coppola have is some sort of affirmation of their masculinity.” [NYO]
Comments Off Construction Watch: New Hell’s Kitchen Tower Has Some Serious Glass
May 17th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
There’s a lot going on at 60-story mixed-use tower 440 West 42nd Street. Like the pod hotel that marks the beginning of Yotel’s U.S. invasion and the theater triplets from starchitect Frank Gehry. And now, glass! Intern Deanna took shots of the glassing from all angles, so take a look in the gallery above. We’re guessing the neighbors have long since said goodbye to the view.
· 440 West 42nd Street coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off Construction Watch: New Hell’s Kitchen Tower Has Some Serious Glass
May 17th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
There’s a lot going on at 60-story mixed-use tower 440 West 42nd Street. Like the pod hotel that marks the beginning of Yotel’s U.S. invasion and the theater triplets from starchitect Frank Gehry. And now, glass! Intern Deanna took shots of the glassing from all angles, so take a look in the gallery above. We’re guessing the neighbors have long since said goodbye to the view.
· 440 West 42nd Street coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off Construction Watch: New Hell’s Kitchen Tower Has Some Serious Glass
May 17th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
There’s a lot going on at 60-story mixed-use tower 440 West 42nd Street. Like the pod hotel that marks the beginning of Yotel’s U.S. invasion and the theater triplets from starchitect Frank Gehry. And now, glass! Intern Deanna took shots of the glassing from all angles, so take a look in the gallery above. We’re guessing the neighbors have long since said goodbye to the view.
· 440 West 42nd Street coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off Construction Watch: Gay Hotel Still Getting a Facelift on 42nd Street
May 13th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
The city’s first gay hotel, not to be confused with the city’s first gay apartment building, is called The Out NYC and will occupy a renovated former homeless shelter and budget inn at 510 West 42nd Street in Hell’s Kitchen. The announcement was made a few months ago, but the action at the site is moving slower than Ricky Martin’s exit from the closet. There is one bit of progress to report, however: More of that dated rocky facade has been ripped off the building. A peek through the plywood reveals it’s going to be a while before anyone is glamming it up in here.
· Old Hell’s Kitchen Homeless Shelter Becoming Gayest Hotel Ever [Curbed]
Comments Off Construction Watch: Gay Hotel Still Getting a Facelift on 42nd Street
May 13th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
The city’s first gay hotel, not to be confused with the city’s first gay apartment building, is called The Out NYC and will occupy a renovated former homeless shelter and budget inn at 510 West 42nd Street in Hell’s Kitchen. The announcement was made a few months ago, but the action at the site is moving slower than Ricky Martin’s exit from the closet. There is one bit of progress to report, however: More of that dated rocky facade has been ripped off the building. A peek through the plywood reveals it’s going to be a while before anyone is glamming it up in here.
· Old Hell’s Kitchen Homeless Shelter Becoming Gayest Hotel Ever [Curbed]
Comments Off Construction Watch: Gay Hotel Still Getting a Facelift on 42nd Street
May 13th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
The city’s first gay hotel, not to be confused with the city’s first gay apartment building, is called The Out NYC and will occupy a renovated former homeless shelter and budget inn at 510 West 42nd Street in Hell’s Kitchen. The announcement was made a few months ago, but the action at the site is moving slower than Ricky Martin’s exit from the closet. There is one bit of progress to report, however: More of that dated rocky facade has been ripped off the building. A peek through the plywood reveals it’s going to be a while before anyone is glamming it up in here.
· Old Hell’s Kitchen Homeless Shelter Becoming Gayest Hotel Ever [Curbed]
Comments Off Getting Hot in Hell: Crazy new Hell’s Kitchen building The…
May 6th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
Crazy new Hell’s Kitchen building The Dillon opened for business this week after overcoming such hurdles as its lender going belly up, and Crain’s reports that four contracts have already been signed, with three more on the way. According to the developer, “Contracts are getting signed within 2%-3% of actual asking, and sponsor concessions are minimal.” People still love their glassitecture, eh? [Crain's; previously]
Comments Off Development Du Jour: Holy Hell, The Dillon Just Opened for Business!
May 3rd, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
Location: 425 West 53rd Street, btwn Ninth/Tenth Avenues
Size: 7 stories, 83 units (”flats, duplexes, penthouse duplexes, and 3-story townhouses”)
Prices: $740,000 to $3,165,000
Architect: Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects
Developer: SDS Procida
Sales & Marketing: Corcoran Sunshine
Lowdown: Last week The Dillon partied, and this week it’s down to business. The nearly block-long glassmaster of Hell’s Kitchen has launched the first phase of sales (16 listings are now online), with occupancy slated for June. That’s next month! Time to pick up the pace, and the developers are trying to do just that: While the average price so far is $1,158 per square foot, some units are priced below $1,000/foot for what The Dillon’s press release refers to as the “first architecturally-significant condominium to open for sales in Manhattan in 11 months.” Oh Dillon, you’re so modest!
Clearly the focus is on the building’s architecture—that’s a “dynamic folded glass curtain wall,” by the way—including the 54 different floorplans for the 83 apartments. Still, let’s not overlook The Dillon’s amenities, which include a 24-hour doorman, residents’ lounge, private dining room with full kitchen, gym, garden, children’s playroom and wi-fi throughout the building. Apartments themselves are the usual high-end package of Miele appliances, Caeserstone backplashes, Bosch washer/dryers, radiant-heated bathroom floors yatta yatta. Here’s what makes each unit type tick:
The flats feature 15 unique layouts with floor-to ceiling glass, elegant wide-plank wood floors, open kitchens, and master bedroom suites. Walls placed at slight angles engender a dynamic sense of space, allowing the eye to travel the full length of the residence.Each of the duplexes and penthouse duplexes is unique. The three- to five-bedroom residences are remarkable for their expansive and innovative layouts, north to south cross-ventilation, and angled floor-to-ceiling glass. With views to both the east and the west, there is a constant connection to natural light. The penthouse duplexes have direct access to a private roof garden.
Exceptionally designed and rarely available in Manhattan, the townhouses are individual triplex homes, each with a street entry court, private parking directly accessible through the lower level, and a back yard. In addition, the townhouses have access to all condominium amenities.
How long-awaited is The Dillon? The building won a design award from the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects back in 2007. Those were the days when no neighborhood was safe from a tidal wave of glassy luxury sweeping over an anonymous block. Now that it’s 2010, let’s see how quickly this wave gets absorbed. The listings are a bit short on renderings, so check out the gallery above for some of those dynamic folded floorplans and some reruns from last week’s broker party.
· Listings: The Dillon [Corcoran]
· The Dillon [Official Site]
· The Dillon coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off Curbed Roundtable: New Luxury Rentals: Gift or Curse for the Market?
May 3rd, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
It’s a new month, which means it must be time for the state o’ the market roundtable, where we call on Curbed readers to help us consider some of the major questions facing the New York City real estate market. This month’s topic: what’s going on with all those new luxury rentals? On the Upper West Side, there’s the dueling Aire and The Corner, the bigger-is-better Columbus Square, and the sporty Sessanta. The Far West Side has Silver Towers, Ohm, and 505W37. And over in Williamsburg, where newbie 34 Berry gets a Real Deal profile this month, there’s also 184 Kent. And that’s just the tip of the luxury rental iceberg!
With recent rental market reports showing rents on the way up and concessions slowly disappearing, what does all this new product mean for the market? The developers of 34 Berry tell The Real Deal they expect to lease 30 units a month. But there and at the other new luxury rentals, will there be enough renters to fill the units? And since some of these rentals were originally planned as condos, will the switch help the sales market by preventing a flood of condo inventory? Or will the luxury rental market quickly get saturated with billiards, tennis courts, and misting walls?
· In Williamsburg, a ripened Berry [Real Deal]
Comments Off Curbed Inside: First Peek Inside The Dillon, Hell’s Kitchen’s Condo Curiosity
April 29th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
[Photos by Will Femia.]
A red carpet was rolled out Tuesday evening in front of The Dillon, the seven-story wave of glass that has transformed a block of West 53rd Street in Hell’s Kitchen. This was a sneak preview party reminiscent of the real estate gold rush, which appears to be a trend nowadays. The lobby, hallways and model units were mobbed with dressed-to-the-nines brokers snacking on sushi—a scene perhaps befitting a building that was conceived in happier times. Will buyers be just as eager to check the place out?
Despite the crowds and security guards that kept people from wandering off, Curbed photographer Will Femia managed to snag some revealing photos of what lies behind all that undulating glass designed by Smith-Miller + Hawkinson. Many units featured long twisting layouts, meaning that when The Dillon’s listings and full website launch (there’s a teaser page up now), the floorplan porn should be interesting viewing.
· The Dillon [dillon53.com]
· The Dillon coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off Preservation Watch: Another VIP Wants Hell’s Kitchen Powerhouse Turned Into Museum
April 28th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
McKim, Mead, and White’s gorgeous Beaux-Arts IRT Powerhouse in Hell’s Kitchen, a massive full-block building that is now a Con Ed steam plant, has become a cause célèbre among the city’s preservation elite. Now the campaign to landmark the powerhouse and convert it into a highbrow cultural destination similar to London’s Tate Modern has added a very high-profile supporter to its ranks: Graydon Carter.
The Observer’s Eliot Brown reports that Mr. Monkey Bar has met with city officials, community groups and developer Douglas Durst in recent weeks to discuss moving the International Center of Photography (currently in a Durst-owned building) into the Eleventh Avenue behemoth. Carter is “hot and heavy” about the plan, a source tells the paper, but there’s one itty-bitty problem: Con Ed still uses the building, and has no intention of giving it up. But with friends like these, anything is possible, and the goal is to raise enough money to buy the building and figure out a replacement site that meets Con Ed’s needs. Pledge drive at the Waverly Inn?
· Graydon Goes All Beaux-Arts: Condé Editor Eyes Con Ed Building [NYO]
· IRT Powerhouse coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off Last Chance for 7 Station?: A group of local real estate…
April 27th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
A group of local real estate execs and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn are headed to Washington to make a last-minute push for federal funding for the 7 train station at Tenth Avenue and 41st Street. The plans for the station were abandoned months ago, but the Real Estate Board of New York never gave up hope. Now they’ve got a narrow window to secure funds before the city moves on to the next phase of the project. [WSJ; previously]
Comments Off In Contract: Secret Hell’s Kitchen Carriage House Looks Heavenly
April 6th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
Blogger Scouting New York thought the alley he spotted between two Hell’s Kitchen buildings was probably just a place for residents to dump trash, but happily for our quirky real estate-loving hearts, he took a peek anyway. The alley is actually Clinton Court, and it dead-ends at the above property, a carriage house-turned-residence built sometime before 1800 and once home to New York State Governor and then U.S. Vice-President George Clinton. We like a good pedigree, but we’re more interested in what’s behind those walls. And? Turns out Scouting NY wasn’t the first to stumble onto it. A studio in the building hit the market in February asking $335,000 and is already in contract.
The studio listing only contains one interior photo, of the kitchen:
There are also some less-than-pleasant ghost stories surrounding the place, but hey, now that a film scout’s checking it out, maybe its luck will turn around.
· Listing: 420 West 46th Street, A2 [Sotheby's]
· A Secret Courtyard Just Blocks From Times Square [Scouting NY]
Comments Off CurbedWire: My Building’s Getting Hostel; Hudson Hill Climbs a Mountain
April 2nd, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
NOLITA—NYC has hostel fever, and though Williamsburg is the capital, it’s far from the only neighborhood with illicit bunking going on. A Nolitan writes in with some concerns. Toshi concerns, to be exact: “In the last few weeks I had noticed a lot of additional traffic inside my apartment building (I am a renter). I kept seeing people arriving by taxi with suit cases and it seemed too frequent for it to be new people moving in.”
He continues:
In the last two days I have spoken to two separate couples in the building who told me they were visiting on vacation and had rented out the apartments for the week or weekend. I was also able to find the listing for one of the rentals on the internet here (though I believe more then one room is being rented out this way):This seems like it’s illegal. I wanted to know if you all knew that for sure and what can be done about it. I’m a bit concerned with all the keys floating around to the front door and the potential problems if the management company is indeed running a hotel out of the building (noise, theft, vandalism, etc).
The Brooklyn Paper actually examined this very topic today:
According to city codes, a hostel is legal if its building is located in an area that is zoned to allow the hostel to operate and the manager has the proper permits to run the lodge.The building must also have an amended certificate of occupancy signifying the intended use of rooms in the building and additional safety measures to accommodate the population living in the property.
So much homework! Just call 311 and let the DOB sort it out. [CurbedWire Inbox]
HELL’S KITCHEN—For developers, crossing the 50% sold mark these days means more than just clearing a psychological hurdle. It means buyers have an easier shot at getting mortgages. The latest to join the glass-half-full club is the Hudson Hill Condominium, of the odd/awesome Facade Blowout Sale. The 67-unit West 58th Street building is now 55% sold, and prices range from $693,000 to $2.175 million. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off Construction Watch: New Mansion for Mercedes Getting Glassed in Hell’s Kitchen
March 26th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
Clinton Park, the crazy ziggurat of luxury rentals planned for the northwest corner of Hell’s Kitchen, is partially on hold but that’s not stopping developer Two Trees Management from readying its lower levels for the mega-Mercedes Benz emporium set to open there in 2011. Expanses of glass rise from sidewalk to ceiling and now enclose a couple sides of the base at the corner of Eleventh Avenue and West 54th Street, reflecting the trees of De Witt Clinton Park and promising wide-open displays of German engineering.
The design from Enrique Norten and the gang at TEN Arquitectos looks simple enough, with the mega-panes attached by strapping stainless steel struts to a row of exposed trunk-like concrete columns. Still to come up above is white metal cladding with off-set windows that will cover what’s been built of the tower’s base. Stubs up top, now protected by plywood covers, will one day support the S-shaped terraced towers, future home to some 675 apartments with river views. Also moving forward along the West 53rd Street side is the future home of the NYPD’s Troop B Mounted Unit, a two-floor, 36,000-square-foot facility with horse stalls, showers and shoeing room. At this point it’s not clear when the horses will be moving in, but Clinton Park will soon enough be offering a plethora of transportation options.
· Cars First, Apartments Later in Hell’s Kitchen [Curbed]
· Clinton Park coverage [Curbed]
Comments Off On the Racked: Fire Takes Out Vintage Clothes; Empire State Building Shoes; More!
March 25th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
And now, the latest from Racked NY, covering shopping and retail from the sidewalks up.
1) Williamsburg: Above you see the remains of the vintage clothing archive kept by North 6th Street store owner Malin Landaeus. A weekend fire damaged or destroyed much of the collection. Keep your fire sale jokes to yourself.
2) Midtown: Today we’ve already seen the Empire State Building put on a chair, so why not Empire State Building high heels? Bam! What we’d really like is an ESB pepper grinder. No silly explanation, we’re just big seasoning fans.
3) Hell’s Kitchen: Yay double digits! Housing Works just opened its tenth nonprofit thrift shop, and the latest one is devoted to menswear and located on Ninth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets.
· Racked [ny.racked.com]
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