Permits Filed For 42-Story, Mixed-Use Tower At 265 Broadway, Financial District
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Another sky-scraping residential tower is headed for the blocks near City Hall. Roe Corporation filed plans yesterday for a 42-story, mixed-use building at 265 Broadway, across from City Hall Park between Warren and Chambers streets.
The 510-foot-tall tower would hold an 80-room hotel in the first 12 floors and 38 spacious condominiums in the remaining 30 stories. The hotel would fill 38,139 square feet of commercial space, and the apartments would occupy 92,671 square feet of residential space, meaning that typical units would measure roughly 2,438 square feet. Most of the apartments would be full-floor units or duplexes, and the top three floors would host a triplex penthouse.
The hotel would have a lounge, lobby, garden and offices on the ground floor, followed by a restaurant and kitchen on the second floor.
Gene Kaufman, one of the city’s most prolific hotel designers, applied for the permits. The firm, headed by John Roe, picked up the 16,121-square-foot site in 1967. A five-story office building occupies the property, and demolition plans have not yet been filed.
The project would join several other high-end towers in the neighborhood, including the 54-story 23 Park Row, which will replace the J&R electronics store, the Temple Court Building’s new 51-story neighbor at 5 Beekman Place, and the 67-story, Robert A.M. Stern-designed hotel and condominium building at 30 Park Place.
Yeah Kaufman and Peter Poon are just terrible. Given the area, I hope they design something okay. They seem to design budget hotels no matter where the areas at. I wish SHoP had like 10x the staff and just designed everything. They get it! They know good design.
Last week, Curbed reported that a new mixed-use condo and hotel tower is planned at 265-267 Broadway near the northwestern corner of City Hall Park. We already know that park-fronting real estate is a greatly coveted amenity. Whether it be Central Park or Duane, park-facing apartments offer protected views, more light and air and it’s been proven that just seeing a bit of green increases personal happiness.
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Reveal For 267 Broadway, 42-Story Mixed-Use Tower Coming To Tribeca
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Building applications list the total size as 144,244 square feet, to be divided between 38,139 square feet of commercial space, occupied by a hotel with 80 rooms between floors 3 and 12, and 92,671 square feet of residential space. That part will be split between 37 apartments, including a three-level unit at the top of the tower.
The design certainly seems to pay homage to 56 Leonard a few blocks to the north, and features integrated balconies and greenery draped throughout. Despite the similarities, 267 Broadway lacks the actual cantilevers of its taller counterpart, though it does seem to offer a more value-engineered equivalent.
Regardless of how heavily the inspiration has been modified, the condominium portion of the tower will feature units that are extremely large, with an average size of almost 2,500 square feet (though the triplex penthouse distorts that a bit). Despite this, the hotel is expected to be a four-star boutique, which means prices are likely to be a substantial bit lower than what 30 Park Place is commanding just a few blocks away.
Completion of the tower is anticipated for 2020, and the Roe Corporation is developing the site. Demolition permits for the existing structures have yet to be filed with the Department of Buildings.
Gene Kaufman has a way with is designs. They are designed not to wow, not to motivate or inspire, but to kill... to shatter lives... to ruin aesthetics.
This design is what 56 Leonard looks like on PCP, a nightmare! It looks like a zombie version of 56 Leonard.
Not sure why such a low caliber architect is being used at such a location. Shouldn't G.K. be limited to experimenting with ever more weird facade mash-ups on Garment District towers o' tourists?
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Thats a good way to put it. I do doubt the gardens will remain. I've noticed that many renderings with flora or vegetation wind up not becoming reality. The vegetation that is.
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