Reply With QuoteVery-off topic, yes. Instead of moving it, I'd rather be a lazy moderator, and just have the discussions continued elsewhere.Originally Posted by TLOZ Link5
DC and Boston still have a lot of ground to cover: at their last peak populations in 1950 they both had around 850,000 people, as did Saint Louis — but Saint Louis has shrunk more dramatically than any city in the world, at least percentagewise. Baltimore had just under a million before it started declining.
Philly's peak population was above 2 million in 1950, but has lost over a quarter of its population since then. New York, on the other hand, has never been higher, but we can't tell what's going to happen as time goes on.
I feel like we're getting off-topic. If a moderator wants to move this, go ahead.
Very-off topic, yes. Instead of moving it, I'd rather be a lazy moderator, and just have the discussions continued elsewhere.
Where? Every time I make a new thread, Kris swoops down and puts an end to it. I don't think he's my biggest fan...
New York Post:
J.D. CARLISLE WORKING OVERTIME
By LOIS WEISS
The developer of Morton Square is involved in several high-profile transactions, including the creation of the first luxury residential condominium in Rockefeller Center.
Jules Demchick's company J.D. Carlisle, is also in contract to sell its Penn Station luxury rental project, The Penmark, to Ofer Yardeni and Joel Seiden of Stonehenge Partners, Commercial Real Estate Direct reported. That price, sources said, could top $240 million.
As for the Rock Center tower plan, Demchick told The Post that the 34-story 16 W. 48th St., called the Centria, will be "a gorgeous glass curtain wall building," designed by Perkins Eastman Architects with interiors by Philip Koether, who formerly handled that chore for Cesar Pelli.
Adrienne Albert's The Marketing Directors will soon be offering the 150 units for somewhere in the $1,350 to $1,400 a foot range.
Additionally, Real Estate Finance & Investment reported Carlisle is in contract to buy a development site on the northwest corner of 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue from Yair Levy's YL Realty for about $85 million.
The site Demchick is buying on 23rd Street was assembled over several years by Levy and his partner Serge Hoyda.
It includes air rights from adjacent properties, Levy said. "We put together close to 300,000 square feet of development and it cost us $35 million," said Levy. "It is now in contract to be sold for $85 million."
Levy will use that equity to finish buying the $418 million Sheffield with Kent Swig. Brian Ezratty of Eastern Consolidated Properties repped Levy in the sale while Eastern's Eric Anton and Ron Solarz brought in Demchick as the buyer.
The Penmark rental at 315 W. 33rd St. is opposite the new Penn Station redevelopment under the U.S. Post Office, and includes a cineplex, Landmark Education Services school, and a garage. The 333-unit tower built in 2001 is being sold without brokers.
Demchick declined to discuss the pending sale. Stonehenge Partner Ofer Yardeni could not be reached for comment.
There's a color rendering of this building in the NY Post Today. It looks nice.
The building is also mentioned in this thread:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/sh...2957#post42957
57-59 Irving Place
11 floors
Architect: Kushner Studios
http://www.kushnerstudios.com/kushnerstudios.swf
400 Park Avenue
40 floors
Architect: Gary Edward Handel Architects and Christian de Portzamparc
http://www.handelarchitects.com/
WOW!!!!
I had read that a developer purchased this site which consists of a parking lot and a 8-13 story building and that a residential tower would be built there. However, I expected a brick box, not this ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT building!!
P.S.: The address on the designer's website is wrong, as this building is around 26th Street. Maybe it's 400 Park Avenue South, but it's definitely not 400 Park.
Here's an article about this building that Derek had posted:
400 Park Avenue South
398-402 Park Avenue
39 stories
Proposed
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/...40818/not2.html
New York City County – The New York City Planning Commission, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed 400 Park Avenue South (CEQR No. 04DCP058M, 040496ZMM, 040497 ZRY) will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves an application by 400 Park Avenue South, LLC, for the following actions in connection with the “400 Park Avenue South” development:
An amendment to the City Zoning Map to rezone the block bounded by Park Avenue South, Madison Avenue, E. 28th Street and E. 27th Street (Block 857, Lots 24, 38, 40 and 46) from C5–2 and C6–4A districts to a C5–3 zoning district;
A text amendment to Zoning Resolution (ZR) Section 74–721(a) to permit modifications of yard and court regulations and minimum distance between building and between legally required window to a wall or lot line in C5–3, C6–6 and C6–7 zoning districts; and
A special permit pursuant to the above amendment to ZR Section 74-721(a) for wavers of height, setback, courtyard, and minimum distance between building requirements.
The proposed actions would facilitate a proposal by the applicant to construct a 456,000 gross-square foot, 39 story, building containing approximately 342 dwelling units and 15,188 square feet of commercial space, on a site (“the project site”) located at 400 Park Avenue South, in the Park Avenue South neighborhood of Manhattan, Community District 5. The project site contains 73,591 square feet of lot area and is located in C6–4A and C5–2 zoning districts and is adjacent to the Madison Square North Historic District; adjacent the New York Life Building which is a National Historic Landmark and New York City Landmark; and above the 28th Street IRT subway station, which is eligible for listing on the State and National Register of Historic Places. The project site is currently occupied by an 8–story predominantly vacant building (Lot 46); a 90-space public surface parking lot (Lot 40); and a 15–story office building (Lot 24). The proposed 400 Park Avenue South building development would be constructed on the portion of the site currently occupied by the parking lot and 8 story vacant building, which would be demolished; the 15 story office building would remain and its unused development rights would be incorporated into the proposed building. Construction of the building is expected to be completed by 2006. The existing 20 story office building located on Lot 38 would not be developed as a result of the proposed action.
Contact: Robert Dobruskin, DCP, 22 Reade Street Rm. 4E, New York, NY 10007, phone: (212) 720–3423, fax: (212) 720–3495.
wow, awesome. Reminds me of 1BP, LVMH, & the Habitable Sculpture with its complex crystaline form. It's 475.53 feet and 417,544 square feet by the way.
400 Park Avenue
^ Wow, what a sexy body.
Really excellent design!
That building is absolutely perfect for that location; I hope to see it rise soon with other developments following soon after.
The building and its location is mentioned in the NYTIMES article the New New York Skyline:
Such considerations no longer seem to matter. The celebrated French architect Christian Portzamparc and Gary Handel, of New York, are currently completing a design for a luxury residential tower farther north at 28th Street and Lexington Avenue, overlooking Madison Square. The tower's faceted glass form will have the sharp edges of a cut diamond.
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