NEW YORK | 255 West 34th Street | 400 FT | 33 FLOORS

[chris08876]

Credit: Walpole

[chris08876]

Credit: Walpole

[chris08876]

Credit: walpole

[PeterQM]

First Look at Upcoming 34th Street Hotel; To Feature Pool Overlooking MSG/Penn Station
June 23
https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/marke...-station/12141

Here’s our first look at a new 300-room hotel with floors of retail and entertainment amenities planned for Midtown’s bustling 34th Street corridor. Chetrit Group and Cornell Realty spent years putting together a wide development site at 251-263 West 34th Street near the corner of Eighth Avenue. Last year Crain’s reported that the parties dissolved their partnership and split the parcels taking 80 feet of frontage each. Cornell is planning a four-story retail building on its half of the site and Chetrit is planning the retail and hotel tower shown above for its portion at 255 West 34th Street.

[Submariner]

Who the fuck could enjoy a pool looking over Penn Station?

What's next, "Enjoy our new infinity pool with expansive views of the Port Authority Bus Terminal!!!"

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Submariner

Who the fuck could enjoy a pool looking over Penn Station?

What's next, "Enjoy our new infinity pool with expansive views of the Port Authority Bus Terminal!!!"

Lol. How about enjoy sipping from your favorite beverage, poolside, as you overlook the city department of sanitation's truckyard.

[chris08876]

^^^

Some might be into that dating scene. You know, a Jack and Coke, and for the lady, a White Russian at the Elizabeth NJ sewage facility.

Takes a special kind of person. One with a refined taste and one who enjoys the raw nature of life.

Originally Posted by Submariner

Who the fuck could enjoy a pool looking over Penn Station?

Submariner why you babysittin' only 2 or 3 shots?
I'mma show you how to turn it up a notch
First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it
Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it
I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock
All the girls wanna play Baywatch
I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it
Pool full of liquor I'mma dive in it

[mrnyc]

i am just going to enjoy that full view of those cool old school buildings across 35st before it gets blocked out by another dopey hotel.

[chris08876]

Demolition Permits Filed For Vornado’s Assemblage On Northeast Corner Of 34th Street And 8th Avenue, Midtown

Applications have been filed for the demolition of three four-story buildings located one block north of Pennsylvania Station, in Midtown West. Vornado is responsible for the permits to level the structures, at 267 West 34th Street, 480 8th Avenue, and 486 8th Avenue.

The firm recently also acquired 265 West 34th Street for $28.5 million. Combining all four lots, allowable FAR totals approximately 80,000 square feet after demolition, if the developers elect to build a commercial tower. Given the location, a retail podium and hotel tower would not be unimaginable.

Vornado owns approximately nine million square feet around the Penn Station neighborhood. In June, the company purchased 144-150 West 34th Street, a block away, for $355 million.

Howard I. Shapiro & Associates is listed as the demolition specialist. The site is also adjacent to several other lots that have been recently cleared, in an assemblage by Cornell Realty.

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[JMKeynes]

Originally Posted by chris08876

Demolition Permits Filed For Vornado’s Assemblage On Northeast Corner Of 34th Street And 8th Avenue, Midtown


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This is good news. Vornado owns the Famiglia building on 8th. They must negotiating with Famiglia to leave. I hope they eventually acquire the Methadone McD's next to Famiglia.

[chris08876]

I'm hoping this turns out bigger than those permits states. Would be a shame to see a wasted opportunity.

[Submariner]

Is there a map with the land assembly highlighted?

[chris08876]

Credit: Tectonic

[Prezrezc]

Height commentary: SSSSSSwing and a miss.......

This would absolutely win as a borderline supertall, i.e between 850-900'.

[chris08876]

^^^^^

Hmmm... I'm kinda not feeling this design. Was a little disappointing. Maybe my opinion could change if better renderings are available, but I'm kinda not feeling this one.

Height wise, given the location, its a waste of good land and development opportunity, especially with Vornado in the mix.

[chris08876]

Disregard

[streetscaper]

Wrong project Chris... the above pic is a smaller boutique office rising right next to the high-rise hotel, which hasn't seen much progress :-)

[chris08876]

255 West 34th Street’s Superstructure Rises In Midtown, Manhattan

Construction is rising on 255 West 34th Street, a 33-story hotel tower in Midtown. Designed by Stonehill & Taylor Architects and developed by The Chetrit Group, the 155,594-square-foot development will yield 330 hotel rooms directly across from One Penn Plaza, on the southern edge of the Garment District between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Flintlock Construction Services, LLC is the general contractor for the project.

Excavation was underway at the time of our last update in October 2019, but the site sat quiet through 2020. Progress has picked up over the past few months, and the reinforced concrete superstructure now stands nine stories high.

The main rendering depicts a cantilever and blank wall on the western elevation of the edifice. It will take a little bit more time before construction workers reach this protruding portion of the tower. The level featuring the cantilever is clad with tall dark metal grilles, likely indicating a mechanical floor. The rest of the stories above will be covered in a grid of floor-to-ceiling glass and warm-colored panels that face south toward One Penn Plaza, Madison Square Garden, and the James A. Farley Building that holds the new Moynihan Train Hall.

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[chris08876]

Credit: Michael Young via NYY

[chris08876]

Credit: Michael Young via NYY