[NYguy]

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/12/...-tower-report/

Zeckendorfs, Stern to pair up again for UES condo tower: report




December 19, 2012

Considering the success of 15 Central Park West and 18 Gramercy Park, it looks like Arthur and William Zeckendorf are taking another shot at their luck. The Wall Street Journal reported that the duo filed a building permit for a 51-story condominium property at 43 East 60th Street — according to an unnamed source, Robert A.M. Stern, the architect behind 15 Central Park West, will be designing the new condo.

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012...ng-with-stern/

For New Condos, Zeckendorfs are Sticking with Stern

December 19, 2012
By Laura Kusisto

Arthur and William Lie Zeckendorf—the developers of one of Manhattan’s most-successful condominium projects in recent memory—are hoping to repeat their success partly by using the same architect. The brothers have filed a building permit application for a skinny, 51-story condo building at 43 East 60th St., a block east of Central Park.

The 30-unit building would be designed by Robert A.M. Stern, the pre-war architecture devotee, according to a person familiar with the matter. Mr. Stern also designed the Zeckendorfs’ 15 Central Park West, where such big names as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and actor Denzel Washington have purchased units.

The developers have been planning the East Side tower for seven years and originally filed plans for the building in 2006. But they were delayed when they encountered resistance vacating the property of commercial tenants, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Other details, such as the Zeckendorfs’ plans for breaking ground, couldn’t be learned.