Sven Completes Construction At 29-37 41st Avenue In Long Island City, Queens
Construction is now complete on Sven, a 762-foot-tall skyscraper at 29-37 41st Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Also known as Queens Plaza Park, the 67-story tower is designed by Handel Architects for The Durst Organization and will yield a total of 958 rental units with interiors designed by Selldorf Architects. Three hundred units are set aside as affordable housing. Hunter Roberts is the general contractor and Jaros, Baum & Bolles Engineering administered the mechanical systems for the project, which is bound by Northern Boulevard to the east, Queens Plaza North and Dutch Kills Green to the south, and 41st…
Date 2021-11-09
Author Michael Young
Businesses Lease Trophy Space to Stoke Return to the Office
Rents for elite buildings full of amenities are getting steeper; ‘The top of the top has just gone crazy’
Date 2021-11-03
Author Peter Grant
COVID’s Changed the Manhattan Office Market Forever, Experts Say
Now that a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic may finally be cresting, employers are beginning to plan for the future with an eventual return to the office Maybe because of that, Manhattan leasing activity perked up after a long dry spell with 2.4 million square feet leased in July, the third month in a row that commercial leases increased, according to a report from brokerage Colliers. The news has not been entirely rosy. Investment sales activity was 35 percent below the pre-pandemic monthly average in 2019 and a record-high 17.1 percent of office space is currently on the market,…
Date 2021-10-21
Author Aaron Short
Low-income New Yorkers face an outsize risk from extreme weather
Low-income residents are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change, thanks in large part to the city's decaying stock of affordable housing. The homes are often in flood-prone waterfront areas that once were considered undesirable More than 1 million people live in floodplains across the city, and that figure is expected to double as sea levels rise, urban planners and environmentalists warn. The New Yorkers most at risk are disproportionately people of color. The conditions pose a significant risk for the New York City economy, with employers facing the prospect of a significant portion of their workforce living in housing vulnerable to…
Date 2021-10-21
Author Brian Pascus
Venable leases 158,000 s/f at Durst’s 151 West 42nd Street
The Durst Organization today announced that Venable LLP has signed a 15-year lease for 157,808 s/f on the 48th through 52nd floors at One Five One West 42nd Street The law firm’s new tower offices also include a 3,000 s/f wraparound terrace on the 49th floor. Venable is consolidating its New York offices from 1270 and 1290 Avenue of the Americas into 151 West 42nd Street. “We are pleased to welcome Venable to One Five One,” said Jonathan (Jody) Durst, president of The Durst Organization. “Adding Venable, a Global 100 law firm, to One Five One’s tenant roster exhibits the…
Author Real Estate Weekly