(More) Changes are coming to University Place. A tipster sends word that the building at 110 University Place that houses the parking garage and Bowlmor Lanes between East 12th Street and East 13th Street will be cleared out in the months ahead "in favor of (what else?) luxury condos."
While some shopkeepers and residents have been buzzing about this lately, the development doesn't come as a complete surprise. News of this was tucked away in a Steve Cuozzo item at the
Post on Jan. 6.
In a piece about Billy Macklowe buying 156 Williams St., Cuozzo also mentioned one of the developer's other properties — 110 University Place. Macklowe, CEO of William Macklowe Company, an investment firm, declined to comment on the future of the building.
However, Cuozzo reported: "we’ve learned from brokers that leases for Bowlmor and a garage at the site expire imminently ... and that
demolition for a new building will likely start this summer."
Macklowe purchased a long-term controlling position in the building here back in the fall of 2012, as the
Post first reported. At the time there was speculation about Bowlmor's long-term future in this space.
Bowlmor has operated here since 1938. (They also have a location in the former
New York Times building in Times Square.)
Meanwhile, in other rather dreary news, our tipster hears that the former Jack Bistro at East 11th Street
that closed last fall …
… is being fitted for a —
ding! ding! — TD Bank branch. Will be a fine next-door neighbor for
the European Wax Center that opened in the space last held by the Cedar Tavern.
And, while we're over here, might as well look at the building behind 110 University Place — 17 E. 12th St.
The former parking garage is also being converted into luxury condos.
The Real Deal first reported on this possibility back in August. The city OK'd
the condo-conversion plan on Dec. 10, which includes the addition of three new floors.
A rendering at the
GreenbergFarrow site shows a building that looks like…
Per the copy with the rendering:
The concept for the architecture was to be elegant and respectful to the neighborhood, creating human-sized apertures at the streetwall, and a transparent and airy aesthetic on the added setback floors. The building was imagined to be re-clad with a cementitious rainscreen system. The rooftop amenity space is a required common area which will allow for a shared exhilarating experience with fantastic city views.
Finally, if you can possibly take any more, the former parking garage right behind here at 12 E. 13th St. is also getting the super deluxe treatment… where a five-bedroom unit will seek $28 million. The condo building
will also be the first in NYC to use the robot parking system. (So much for the need for parking garages!) Head to
Curbed if you'd like more details.
