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chris08876

Dec 11, 2015 12:59 AM

NEW YORK | 989 Sixth Avenue | 789 FT | 72 FLOORS

Potential development in the future.

May grow to be taller if the assemblage grows, and thus, more air rights.

This could be a sizable neighbor to Vornados two or three assemblages in the area. All which will be towers. :cheers:

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Himmel + Meringoff to sell 235K sf of Midtown air rights

https://www.google.com/maps/vt/data=RfCS...02KQSzqrmGGvp_3ftuprZ9Pz8GLbPFd7SA5-RKx8

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Investors Isaac Chetrit and Ray Yadidi are in contract to buy 235,000 square feet of air rights in the Garment District from Himmel + Meringoff Properties, as part of a larger assemblage play, The Real Deal has learned.

The unused development rights are affiliated with the landmarked Haier Building, the five-story former home of the Greenwich Savings Bank at 1352-1362 Broadway.

The 51,470-square-foot property is far smaller than zoning laws would allow. Over the course of a decade in the 1990s, Himmel + Meringoff acquired the fee, the leasehold, the mortgages and a long-term lease at the property. Then, in 2001, the Flatiron District-based real estate investment firm sold the building to Haier America, the U.S. arm of the China-based appliance maker, for $14 million. Himmel + Meringoff opted to hold onto the air rights. If the air rights deal were to close, Garment District-based investors Chetrit and Yadidi will have gathered an assemblage spanning roughly 375,000 buildable square feet, sources said.

The price was not disclosed. In October, they paid $54.3 million for a one-story retail building at 993 Sixth Avenue from Empire Hotel Group, which scrapped its plans for a 44,000-square-foot hotel, according to property records and sources. Chetrit and Yadidi also own a 21-story, 96,000-square-foot office building at neighboring 989-991 Sixth Avenue, which they bought in 2007 for $49 million, records show. Chetrit, Yadidi and Himmel + Meringoff did not respond to requests for comment. The Himmel + Meringoff air rights are flexible in that they can be used on the same block or transferred across the avenue. The block-long property at 1352-1362 Broadway, constructed in 1922 as the bank’s headquarters, has frontage on Broadway, Sixth Avenue and West 36th Street. The alternate addresses are 981-987 Sixth Avenue and 101-111 West 36th Street. Robert Shapiro, a veteran assemblage broker and president of City Center Real Estate who was not familiar with the deal, said the value of air rights in that area are north of $500 per square foot on average. The Haier Building, which houses the popular events venue Gotham Hall, hit the market in June for an undisclosed amount. Gotham Hall’s net lease across three floors runs through 2033. Further north in Midtown, Chetrit and Yadidi secured $130 million in refinancing for a pair of office buildings at 15 West 47th Street and 22 West 48th Street in October. Vornado Realty Trust also has a sizable assemblage in the area, with three contiguous properties in Penn Plaza on 34th Street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues.

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http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/12/08/h...midtown-air-rights/#sthash.GRZlmfyJ.dpuf

Crawford

Dec 11, 2015 3:29 AM

It's a small lot, and a lot of air rights, so this one could be very tall. I assume this will be a hotel-condo tower.

TechTalkGuy

Dec 11, 2015 3:45 AM

So this commercial real estate development has not provided the public with plans for a soaring skyscraper, but I commend you for providing valuable intel on this interesting potential.

chris08876

Dec 12, 2015 1:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TechTalkGuy (Post 7266141)

So this commercial real estate development has not provided the public with plans for a soaring skyscraper, but I commend you for providing valuable intel on this interesting potential.

It becomes fairly easy to predict developments once you understand the trends and see the patterns. Most of the time, big players like Extell, Vornado, Greenland, and Tishman Spyer, just to name a few, rely on assembling large properties for having the development rights that they seek. Given the lot, the sq-footage, and any potential for untapped air rights in adjacent properties, you can almost think like they do. Couple of factors also play in, such as the demand, neighborhood, the typical portfolio and how much capital they pour into the city via the annual reports and so on. Lastly, the history of the developer.

With Extell for example, in Manhattan, that's in the range of 200-300k+ sq ft, on the UES or UWS will most likely be condos. Just knowing the development patterns can help you speculate on a potential development, and you'll most likely be right. You might be thinking rentals, but condos can generate more income as they can be priced to extraordinary amounts, and have less of a market influence to them. What we've seen are just that, lots of condos. Ussually buildings that are over 300 ft, containing fewer than 150 units.

Brooklyn is the spot for rentals now. Mostly everything going up there in DoBro are rentals.

One thing I'd recommend to keep an eye on is the property purchases along the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront facing the river. Even in the S.Bronx. These will be hubs of affordable, and market rate units. Lots of them too (1000+ units).

With this potential development, the area will guarantee that its noticeable. Near MSG, with two reputable and with a proven track history investors, and yeah, this will be a tall tower.

chris08876

Dec 12, 2015 9:57 PM

This could be 900' - 1000'+ depending on which site the Cherit transfers his air rights to.

TechTalkGuy

Dec 12, 2015 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 7267405)

I've followed this trend just like you have.
I totally understand and fully agree with your logic, it makes perfect sense! :yes:

chris08876

Dec 12, 2015 10:42 PM

General site (google maps street view): https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7517398,...-r5uEzZJrFPrg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

It'll be nice to see this stuff go down.

The empty lot, as this is dated 9/14, has a hotel rising now.

chris08876

Apr 20, 2016 11:34 PM

Isaac Chetrit, Yadidi plan Midtown tower of up to 80 stories :cheers:

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Investors Isaac Chetrit and Ray Yadidi are planning a mixed-use skyscraper of up to 80 stories in the Garment District, after closing Wednesday on the missing piece of an assemblage spanning 375,000 square feet, sources told The Real Deal.

The block-long assemblage on Sixth Avenue between West 36th and 37th streets consists of two existing buildings and 235,000 square feet of adjacent air rights. Himmel + Meringoff Properties sold the air rights affiliated with the landmarked Haier Building at 1352-1362 Broadway, also known as 981-987 Sixth Avenue for an undisclosed price, sources said. The Haier Building itself is not part of the assemblage.

Given the as-of-right zoning, sources said the most probable use of the property is a mix of residential, hotel and retail.

Chetrit and Yadidi, who respectively run AB & Sons and Sioni Group with their families, have allocated a total of $280 million in investment. This includes the property and air rights acquisitions and pre-construction costs, sources said.

The 21-story office building at 989-991 Sixth spans 96,000 square feet, while the one-story retail building at 993 Sixth Avenue offers 44,000 buildable square feet. Chetrit and Yadidi paid $49 million in 2007 for the former and $54.3 million in October for the latter, property records show.

In a span of three years, the building at 993 Sixth Avenue soared in value – by more than 350 percent. Empire Hotel Group, which paid $12 million for the building in 2012, abandoned plans to build a 122-key hotel on the site.
Demolition of the existing buildings won’t happen for at least three years, sources said.

Himmel + Meringoff declined to comment, as did Chetrit and Yadidi.

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http://therealdeal.com/2016/04/20/isaac-chetrit-yadidi-plan-midtown-tower-of-up-to-80-stories/

antinimby

Apr 21, 2016 12:09 AM

Please don't tear down the 21-story 989-991 Sixth Ave. It is a very handsome, charismatic tower.

Instead, they should transfer all the air rights to the empty (now partially built) corner lot and build a tower there.

NYguy

Apr 21, 2016 1:40 AM

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The block-long assemblage on Sixth Avenue between West 36th and 37th streets consists of two existing buildings and 235,000 square feet of adjacent air rights. Himmel + Meringoff Properties sold the air rights affiliated with the landmarked Haier Building at 1352-1362 Broadway, also known as 981-987 Sixth Avenue for an undisclosed price, sources said. The Haier Building itself is not part of the assemblage.

I like that little classic building (Haier), always felt that a Steinway type of development could go on here. Somebody get SHoP!
Also, this site is as close to the ESB as the Hotel Pennsylvania, so tall and slender would do fine.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/re...gotham-hall-retail-hub-article-1.2261692

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https://mistermo.org/2013/02/03/interesting-building-in-manhattan-v/

Some classic Herald Square images...

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http://wirednewyork.com/forum/printthread.php?t=21249&pp=50&page=3

chris08876

Apr 22, 2016 1:31 AM

That's the dream. SHoP that is. The location is impeccable, and I hope that the design can somewhat complement the ESB. Its good that the ESB is starting to get some serious company that's so close to it. 30 Hudson is dominating, but its not as close while this could have the potential to be over 1100 feet. Although I think we will all shit bricks if this thing is 1300'. Might need to hit the bottle due to the excitement. :D

NYguy

Apr 22, 2016 2:32 AM

NYguy

Apr 26, 2016 8:59 PM

Noticed a small tower going up here where the site was cleard...

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/163053428/original.jpg

Busy Bee

Apr 26, 2016 10:11 PM

^Thats a failed project and is coming down.

LordYu

Jun 18, 2016 5:40 PM

are they going to take down that caramel colored old building?

Eidolon

Sep 25, 2017 11:50 AM

A user on SSP, Torch, has created a set of interesting images that illustrate the visual impact this this tower will have on the skyline.

http://i.imgur.com/VHu8Icv.jpg

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Prezrezc

Sep 25, 2017 6:23 PM

Outstanding location from all vantage points.

Assuming this is SHoP's assignment, it's a shoo-in that we'll get an elegant design that deeply respects ESB.

If I'm correct that the still-unknown status of 15 Penn changes to all-systems-go, this tower should make it look somewhat less visually contrastive to ESB.

NYguy

Sep 26, 2017 1:29 AM

Had forgotten about this one, but I do believe something went up on that corner lot. I'll have to pay more attention the next time I'm walking by.

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NYguy

Oct 10, 2017 6:52 PM

https://therealdeal.com/2017/10/10/isaac-chetrit-quietly-shopping-sixth-avenue-development-site/

Isaac Chetrit quietly shopping Sixth Avenue development site
Garment District player is weighing offers while pursuing plans for a skyscraper over 70 stories

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By Mark Maurer
October 10, 2017

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Isaac Chetrit and Ray Yadidi are quietly shopping their development site along a prime strip of Sixth Avenue in Midtown’s Garment District, The Real Deal has learned.

The investors’ companies, AB & Sons and Sioni Group, are considering scrapping plans for a mixed-use skyscraper of at least 70 stories on a site with 375,000 buildable square feet, sources said. The assemblage occupies almost a full block along Sixth Avenue between West 36th and 37th streets.

Although the firms haven’t hired a broker to officially market the site, they have received several offers north of $200 million from prospective buyers, sources said. At least one offer was in the $225 million range, sources added.

Work on the project has already started.

Demolition is underway at 993 Sixth Avenue and construction plans are being drawn, sources said. But if the firms, which are primarily investors and have not tackled a ground-up project of this scale, would sell if they get a good offer, sources said.

Chetrit and Yadidi finalized the assemblage in 2016, with the $26 million purchase of 235,000 square feet of air rights affiliated with the landmarked Haier Building from Himmel & Meringoff Properties. The assemblage also includes the 21-story office building at 989-991 Sixth Avenue and a unfinished hotel project at 993 Sixth Avenue. Chetrit and Yadidi paid $49 million in 2007 for the former and $54.3 million in October for the latter, property records show.
Representatives for AB & Sons and Sioni Group declined to comment.

The firms have yet to file a permit application for a new building, hire an architect or secure construction financing. Earlier this year, they were negotiating with two prominent international architects, Christian de Portzamparc and Jean Nouvel, sources said at the time.

The market for Manhattan development sites appears gaining steam again after a period of decline. Recent deals include Skyline Developers’ $83 million purchase of 12-18 West 55th Street, Sam Chang’s roughly $60 million pending purchase of 140-142 West 24th Street , and Extell Development’s $80 million purchase of 2551-2555 Broadway.

Chetrit, who is a cousin of development mogul Joseph Chetrit, is also redeveloping a former retail building at 1420 Broadway into a new hotel, and planning to open a new rooftop bar at the 24-story building next door at 1412 Broadway by year’s end.

chris08876

Oct 11, 2017 2:39 AM

If AB & Sons / Sioni Group are considering sheving the plan for a mixed-used @ 70+ stories, than this site is prime for a investor and developer who WILL have the functionality of a mixed-used. Its just what the site needs and I feel will yield a success. Given the area, a hotel + residential could in theory catapult this past the 300m mark.

A Jean Nouvel pick would be great. Verre 2.0??? :D

If we've seen anything with the 5th Avenue projects (below 40th) that are rising or planned, I think the trend is 900 ft > greater as the Midtown peaks migrate South.

NYguy

Nov 6, 2017 8:51 PM

This better be good...

https://therealdeal.com/2017/11/06/isaac-chetrit-hires-kpf-to-design-80-story-tower/

Isaac Chetrit hires KPF to design 80-story tower on Sixth Avenue
Developer still reviewing offers for the large dev site

https://therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploa...ue-William-Pedersen-andIsaac-Chetrit.jpg

By Mark Maurer and Konrad Putzier
November 06, 2017

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Nothing says “I am in the big leagues now” quite like hiring a famous architecture firm. Isaac Chetrit and Ray Yadidi picked Kohn Pedersen Fox, the firm behind Hudson Yards and One World Trade Center, to design an 80-story mixed-use tower on Sixth Avenue in the Garment District.

The building will include retail, office space and either apartments or a hotel, sources said. But whether it will be built is still far from clear.

Groundbreaking likely won’t start until early 2020, when an office tenant’s lease at 989-991 Sixth Avenue expires.

And Chetrit and Yadidi are still considering flipping the site, which sits between 36th and 37th Streets, as The Real Deal reported last month.

The owners completed the assemblage in 2015, when they paid Himmel & Meringoff Properties $26 million for 235,000 square feet of air rights from the landmarked Haier Building. They paid $49 million for the office building 989-991 Sixth Avenue in 2007 and added the unfinished hotel development at 993 Sixth Avenue for $54.3 million in 2015.

The partners previously negotiated with architects Christian de Portzamparc and Jean Nouvel to design the project, sources have said.

Chetrit, a cousin of developer Joseph Chetrit, has been quietly amassing a portfolio of commercial buildings in the Garment District.

chris08876

Nov 6, 2017 9:09 PM

This is a solid super tall I bet. Depending on the ratio of office to residential, lets hope for 12' residential, and 12-15' office floors with a reasonable base for the retail.

Depending on the mixture, this could very well be 1100-1200'.

Plus KPF is great!

sbarn

Nov 7, 2017 12:57 AM

It would be awesome if they could find a way to integrate some of the existing buildings into the design like Steinway. However that probably won't happen.

NYguy

May 25, 2018 4:23 PM

https://therealdeal.com/2018/05/25/knote...hetrit-plans-to-replace-with-skyscraper/

Knotel takes four floors at building Isaac Chetrit plans to replace with skyscraper
Co-working company signs lease for 23K sf at 989 Sixth Ave.

https://s13.therealdeal.com/trd/up/2018/05/1200-knotel.jpg

By Mark Maurer
May 25, 2018

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Knotel is continuing its leasing tear with a new deal at Isaac Chetrit and Sioni Group’s Garment District building, which the developers are planning to eventually replace with a skyscraper as tall as 1,005 feet.

The co-working company signed for 23,000 square feet across four floors at the 21-story office building at 989-991 Sixth Avenue, a spokesperson for Knotel confirmed to The Real Deal. The lease covers floors four, 11, 16 and 17, the representative said.

Quote:

late last year, the developers hired Kohn Pedersen Fox to design their proposed 80-story, mixed-use tower.

Knotel would not comment on the length of the lease, but it is likely short-term because the developers have been waiting for the building’s remaining office leases to expire so they can demolish it. Excluding Knotel, the building’s last office lease expires in 2020.

chris08876

May 25, 2018 6:56 PM

Very nice. A solid super tall!

This area, and along 5th Ave is ripe for more super talls. As the super tall node stretching from HY, the future Penn district, and now the areas around Korea Town all fuse into a super tall corridor.

The ESB is not going to be alone for long. If anything, as viewed facing East from Jersey, one could say its slowly loosing its dominance.

TechTalkGuy

May 26, 2018 1:27 AM

The ESB is the most respected building in the city.
You don’t attempt an ugly skyscraper across the street!

JMKeynes

Dec 21, 2021 12:11 AM

Can anyone open this article?

https://therealdeal.com/2021/12/20/chetrit-yadidi-again-planning-garment-district-skyscraper/

chris08876

Dec 21, 2021 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMKeynes (Post 9482412)

Can anyone open this article?

https://therealdeal.com/2021/12/20/chetrit-yadidi-again-planning-garment-district-skyscraper/

Paywalls be gone!

:happybirthday:

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Excellent news. Glad this is coming back!

JMKeynes

Dec 21, 2021 12:34 AM

Thanks, Chris.

I tried a few different addresses on the DOB website and can't find what the filed. I'm trying to see the height and any building schematics.

The New York Lion

Dec 21, 2021 1:00 AM

Excellent news.

The market is on fire right now, so we should see several projects getting underway soon.

Crawford

Dec 21, 2021 1:11 AM

Nice. This will probably be at least a 900 ft.+ tower, and fill a gap along the 6th Ave. canyon.

Hope it hits the supertall threshold.

Busy Bee

Dec 21, 2021 1:26 AM

Looking forward to what that Chetrit project in WH looks like. Should really stand out in the skyline being that far north.

chris08876

Dec 21, 2021 1:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMKeynes (Post 9482429)

Thanks, Chris.

I tried a few different addresses on the DOB website and can't find what the filed. I'm trying to see the height and any building schematics.

I'm looking as well and nothing is biting.

AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 989 - 991 doesn't show either or 991 6th.

M00110266-I1-VT Permit Issued 989 6 AVENUE Elevator 03/09/2020
M00110266-I1-VT Permit Issued 989 6 AVENUE Elevator 03/27/2019
M00110266-I1-VT Permit Issued 989 6 AVENUE Elevator 12/14/2018

Unless they found out some other way (TRD)?

chris08876

Dec 21, 2021 1:59 AM

I'm curious where the found this filing. I just checked all new building permits for Manhattan by address between 12-01 and 12-20-2021, even alterations types 1-3 and nothing...!

NYguy

Dec 21, 2021 2:04 AM

^ Use the public portal

No diagrams, all I could find……

100 west 37th Street
743 ft, though subject to change…

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nlosborne1

Dec 21, 2021 2:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYguy (Post 9482478)

Is the 743 feet for 989-993 Sixth Avenue or another building?

chris08876

Dec 21, 2021 2:11 AM

10 ft ceiling heights would make sense. If its that. I wonder if this will be a box.

NYguy

Dec 21, 2021 2:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 9482487)

10 ft ceiling heights would make sense. If its that. I wonder if this will be a box.

Looks a little curvy from that ground floor plan. I’m thinking that height may change.

nlosborne1

Dec 21, 2021 2:19 AM

743 feet is a big disappointment after the proposed supertall originally…

NYguy

Dec 21, 2021 2:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nlosborne1 (Post 9482490)

743 feet is a big disappointment after the proposed supertall originally…

It is a very small site. Perhaps if the were able to expand the footprint…

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chris08876

Dec 21, 2021 2:37 AM

I think given the location it would be underwhelming, especially if we are talking market rate apartments. Time will tell.

chris08876

Dec 21, 2021 2:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYguy (Post 9482502)

It is a very small site. Perhaps if the were able to expand the footprint…

That would be a jackpot if they could expand on the air rights.

NYguy

Dec 21, 2021 2:50 AM

At the current height, it would be filler for the Macy’s tower, and 15 Penn. Still, it would be nice to finally get that lot built out.

nlosborne1

Dec 21, 2021 2:51 AM

Does the construction of this involve tearing down the Haier Building?

JMKeynes

Dec 21, 2021 3:38 AM

The shape looks curvy.

I wonder what’s coming down. There are some nice old buildings around the empty lot. I hope that it’s just the empty lot that will be redeveloped.

The New York Lion

Dec 21, 2021 1:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nlosborne1 (Post 9482517)

Does the construction of this involve tearing down the Haier Building?

No.

That building is both landmarked and on the National Register of Historic Places.

The New York Lion

Dec 21, 2021 1:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 9482503)

I think given the location it would be underwhelming, especially if we are talking market rate apartments. Time will tell.

It's in the center of the Garment District, not on the edge of Central Park. You're not going to have the views to command premium dollars. So I'd be shocked if this were a 1,000'+ Stern quality tower.

I would be elated with 800' of classy rentals. Slightly upgraded version of what replaced the Roseland.

chris08876

Dec 21, 2021 6:02 PM

I'm always for the higher unit counts over height so if its market rate, apartments, the unit count I feel should be higher. The demand is there too, given its somewhat centralized location.

NYguy

Dec 29, 2021 12:11 AM

https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/a...building-to-be-demolished-for-skyscraper

21-Story Midtown Building To Be Demolished For Skyscraper
A 72-story skyscraper will take the place of a 95-year-old office building on a busy Garment District block, plans show.

https://patch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/...ue-building-demolition___28145248566.jpg

By Nick Garber, Patch Staff
Dec 28, 2021

Quote:

A 720-foot skyscraper will soon rise on a busy Midtown block — but owners must first tear down the office building that has stood there for nearly a century, plans show.

The 21-story building at 989 Sixth Ave. was built in 1924, between West 36th and 37th streets. In 2007, developers Isaac Chetrit and Ray Yadidi reportedly spent $49 million to purchase it, along with the adjacent empty lot at 991 Sixth Ave.

In the ensuing years, the site has sat largely untouched. The 22-unit office building housed the Bead Center, an emporium for beads and string, on its ground floor, while the next-door lot was converted into a temporary "Herald Square District Shopping Court."

In 2016, The Real Deal reported that Chetrit and Yadidi had enlisted architects Kohn Pedersen Fox to design an 80-story skyscraper for the site, but those plans never came to fruition.

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But last week, Chetrit and Yadidi filed plans to demolish the building at 689. On the same day, they submitted documents calling for a new 68-story building on the block, with an address of 100 West 37th St.

The new tower will be mostly residential, with 300 apartments spread across nearly 300,000 square feet — plus another 86,800 square feet of commercial space. The listed architect is Damir Sehic of C3D Architecture, a firm whose other projects include residential buildings around Manhattan.

Though the documents only mention the vacant corner lot as a building site, it seems likely to include the mid-block site at 989 Sixth Ave. as well.

JMKeynes

Dec 29, 2021 12:51 AM

New York is simply amazing!

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

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