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[Dac150]

Promising news - the demand is certainly there.

*Good to see you back.

[RobertWalpole]

Originally Posted by Dac150

Promising news - the demand is certainly there.

*Good to see you back.

Thanks, amigo.

[njcco]

Surely One57 and 432 Park are not the only games on 57th street?

[RobertWalpole]

Nothing will happen here until Morton Williams vacates 225 in a few months.

[gramsjdg]

I keep wondering if there is going to be (or is) a height competition between this and 432 Park... Nobody seems to want to make any official public statements about either buildings final height, save for a hint here and there...

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by njcco

Surely One57 and 432 Park are not the only games on 57th street?

There's at least one more likely supertall planned very soon on 57th, but I don't even think there's a SSP thread.

And there are a ton of development sites along the avenue.

Developer Sheldon Solow owns about half the block between 5th and 6th and plans a big mixed use tower. There have been articles in the local papers.

Barnett has another significant assemblage on 57th between 5th and 6th.

Then there are some obvious development sites for which I haven't seen recent news articles. There's an assemblage on the south side between 6th and 7th that used to be owned by Durst (I think), and there's another on the north side where they already began demolition.

And there are more sites on the West Side. There's a huge AvalonBay assemblage that was sold to some local developer, there's the CBS superblock site, the Durst block, etc.

[RobertWalpole]

Crawford,

When you say: "There's at least one more supertall...." are you speaking about 225 or is there another planned tower too?

[RobertWalpole]

This was filed in early March:

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Wo...04&requestid=2

[Zapatan]

wait 12 stories? What? That must be referring to something else

[RobertWalpole]

As I recall, the sole remaining structure on the site (i.e., 225 W 57th) is 12 stories and will be razed once the supermarket moves.

[sbarn]

Last time I'll post this, but seems appropriate for this thread. This photomontage gives the idea of what a ~1,200 foot tower would look like in this location from the Upper West Side.

Original Photo Credit: pipgoat @ Flickr

[CoolCzech]

We definitely need to stop counting our chickens before they hatch! If I could have a dollar for every proposal never materialized...

[RobertWalpole]

Originally Posted by CoolCzech

We definitely need to stop counting our chickens before they hatch! If I could have a dollar for every proposal never materialized...

I respectfully disagree. Extell has spent many years and hundreds of millions of dollars assembling a site which can support a 300-400m tower with ultra-expensive apartments, for which, there's a keen demand. It would make no financial sense to build anything less.

[RobertWalpole]

I walked by the site of the new store, 140 W57th, on 23 April 2012, and observed that it's under construction. Many DOB permits are displayed in the window.

Here's 225 W 57th, as of 21 April 2012:

EastMillnocket

[1Boston]

Wow i never realized how close it was to one57, shows how much i know of New York haha.

[RobertWalpole]

Originally Posted by 1Boston

Wow i never realized how close it was to one57, shows how much i know of New York haha.

Yes. It's very close. Here's another recent photo of the 58th Street side of the 225 W57th site. One 57 is seen a few buildings to the east.

Derek2k3

[Dac150]

While we obviously don't know the details, everything points in the direction that something will rise here - We'll just have to wait and see what exactly that is.

[RobertWalpole]

I agree.

[yankeesfan1000]

Sounds like the same firm that designed 56 Leonard will be designing this. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have very high hopes for this tower.

[gramsjdg]

Let's have a good old height competition like with the Chrysler and ESB!