Construction has begun at 175 West 60th Street, which will be the second new residential tower to rise next to Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus. Permits list the architect as the Stephen B. Jacobs Group, and Glenwood is developing the property; the skyscraper will soon stand 48 floors, and hold a total of 257 units.
Glenwood is the firm behind both of the residential towers now under construction next to Fordham; work is wrapping up on 160 West 62nd Street, which will be the taller of the two buildings. Together, they will add nearly 600 apartments to the Upper West Side.
While 175 West 60th Street is not part of Fordham’s campus – and the lot was sold to help pay for the University’s expansion – it’s still a major component of the overall redevelopment. The site was formerly occupied by basketball courts, and like much of the super-block, the space was underused.
Renderings of the building are only partially visible, but it looks like it will be visually similar to 160 West 62nd Street; given that towers’ shared architect, they will likely become architectural siblings.
With work wrapping up on the first of Fordham’s new academic buildings – a new law school and dormitory combination on 62nd Street – attention now turns to the plan’s second phase. Besides 175 West 60th Street, new towers will rise along Columbus Avenue, which will enhance both the streetscape and Fordham Lincoln Center’s vertical profile.
Completion of 175 West 60th Street is planned for 2016.
One tower after another...
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Hate it...looks cheap, like it belongs in Dubai. passed by this building everyday last year and it always made me cringe.
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175 West 60th Street will eventually stand 48 stories and 533 feet tall, with 256 units in total. The building will be slightly shorter than its neighbor at 160 West 62nd Street,but it will still be visually prominent on the Upper West Side’s relatively short skyline; the new Fordham-adjacent cluster will add significant density to the immediate vicinity, which has long been under-utilized.
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In terms of square footage, permits indicate the vast bulk of the tower — which measures 289,908 square feet — will be dedicated to the residential portion, with the ground-floor retail confined to 664 square feet. That translates into an average unit size of slightly over 1,100 square feet.
Per the on-site signage, completion of 175 West 60th Street is expected in the spring of 2016.
175 West 60th Street, viewed from the north
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Glenwood Management has just launched their affordable housing lottery for 52 below-market rate apartments within their soon-to-debut rental tower at 175 West 60th Street. Situated within the Lincoln Center area of the Upper West Side, 20 percent of the building’s 257 units will be set aside for low-income residents and will range from $566/month studios to $931/month two-bedroom units.
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It appears that excavation has indeed started, as well! 
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