Revitalization of the 48-story, 1980s-era office building included a full upgrade of the lobby, plaza, restaurant, interconnecting stairs and communal spaces with sleek, high-end finishes as well as replacement of key mechanical and fire suppression equipment.
Upgrading an atrium, part of the Henry Bendel luxury retailer’s store for decades, allows it to connect with a neighborhood building on its west side and another building on its south side to expand across four floors.
Set to become a hub for artistic expression in lower Manhattan, the 129,000-sq-ft building houses three theaters separated by moveable acoustic walls, allowing up to 11 different configurations.
Now set to augment transportation construction projects underway across New York and New Jersey, officials are fast developing programs to expand infrastructure to meet climate change, resilience and sustainability needs, fueled by billions in more recent federal funding.
Drilling rigs are punching the last of 320 boreholes this summer on a full city block along the East River, where Lendlease is building a 789,000-sq-ft mixed-use complex of five buildings in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood.
Last month marked the anniversary of two deadly gas explosions that rocked New York City and led to the passage of new safety laws aimed at ensuring such tragic incidents were not repeated.