Workers are putting in the façade of terracotta panels and staggered floor-to-ceiling windows...
The 234-foot-tall building from Madison Realty Capital, called 14+C, will include 197 residential units, "a state-of-the-art fitness room," a yoga studio, and a rooftop deck. Information about the number of "affordable" units included in 14+C, one of the stipulations for being allowed to build a more extensive (by nine floors) building, has not been made public.
There will also be ground-floor retail.
Here's a look at the final rendering via Fischer + Makooi Architects ...
There have also been no updates on the status of the residents of the neighboring 5-story building at 642 E. 14th St., many of whom were in rent-stabilized units. The building was abruptly vacated in November 2023 after foundation work next door reportedly destabilized it.
The full demoliton order from 642's landlord remains on hold from last summer. (This Times feature has more info from November.)
Previously on EV Grieve:
Those who lived in the adjacent building should have first crack at the affordable apts.
ReplyDeleteAgreed!
DeleteIf they can even afford them
DeleteThey should call it the Transformer Tower
ReplyDeleteAgree with @9:20am - those who were displaced from next door should get first choice of the affordable apartments here.
ReplyDeleteThat’s one of the most polluted sites in nyc.
ReplyDeleteExciting, the new units are very much needed.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why the number and type (size) of affordable units is such a mystery. They would have to have a written agreement with the City related to the zoning lot merger that let them build such a tall building. Related question -- how much money is NYCHA/Campos getting for the air rights, and have they gotten it yet?
ReplyDeleteI’m curious what will be in the commercial space.
ReplyDeleteThere won’t be anything in that commercial space. It will be permanently vacant just like most of the ground floor retail in all of the expensive new buildings in the EV.
DeleteLike Steiner East Village! Entering its 8th year!
DeleteCan the Grieve investigative reporting team be dispatched for an update on that Steiner spot? At this point I'd be excited about a bank branch there
DeleteMy neighbor's aunt was among the many who were forced to move out. She is 68, has a major illness, and is temporarily living with a friend upstate while trying to secure a rent stabilized unit. This woman lived there since the early 80's.There is no way she can afford to live in Manhattan again unless the city intervenes and places those very tenants in affordable housing units with top priority. What this other building did to them was unconscionable.
ReplyDeleteBorough President Mark Levine should be working to make sure the people forced out get affordable housing here.
ReplyDeleteHe is constantly messaging about the need for more development so there is more “housing” and a big supporter of COY.
So he should actually be helping these residents.
"Like Steiner East Village! Entering its 8th year!"
ReplyDeleteAt night, the doorway inserts (facing Ave A) of these vacant Steiner retail store fronts become homeless encampments.
I don't think build, build , build will improve the life if New Yorkers. The density of population will lower quality of life for everyone.
ReplyDeleteAgree with above comments. People who need affordable housing pushed to the back of the line with these kind of developments.
ReplyDeleteYou’d think the massive state budget could incentivize more brick n mortar
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