Renderings of 2 Pike Street and 139 Bowery
Coupled with the rapid transformation of the Bowery, the rise of the Essex Crossing plan and a front-line of towers planned along its East River waterfront, it seems the Lower East Side is being impacted on all sides by new development. Along the neighborhood’s nebulous boundary with Chinatown, two new high-rises are moving forward. One is an 11-story residential and commercial building at 139-141 Bowery and the other is a 14-story office building at 100 East Broadway (2 Pike Street).
139 Bowery will be a mixed-use tower being developed by Global Joint Venture set to rise 146 feet tall to its roof. Raymond Chan Architect is the designer and specified a conventional glass and masonry exterior common throughout their work. Along the building’s 14 floors will be ground-floor retail, an ambulatory health care center on the second level, four floors of commercial office space, and 16 rental apartments above.
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Demolition of 139-141 Bowery; CItyRealty
Residential amenities will include a bike room fitness center and two roof terraces. As first reported by blogger Bowery Boogie, demolition is now progressing on the two walk-up structures at the site. Their storefronts were occupied by two lighting stores and were part of the area’s dimming lighting district.
A few blocks to the southeast, steel is rising for 100 East Broadway, one of the neighborhood’s largest office projects in recent memory. The scheme is being spearheaded by Yeung Real Estate Development and replaces a long-shuttered Exxon Mobil gas station. The site spans the full blockfront of Pike Street between East Broadway and Division Avenue.
Construction progress at 100 East Broadway as of late April; CityRealty
Paperwork filed with the city shows the tower will rise 14 stories 180 feet high and contain 107,000 gross square feet of space. Lower floors will host a 60-car parking garage, several retail tenants and medical offices on the 4th floor. Above the podium is the office space, which will presumably be for purchase considering the building is being marketed as a “boutique office condominium.” A newly-launched registration site uncovered by Bowery Boogie provides a new rendering of the tower. Designed by Studio C Architects, the tower is a take on International Style Modernism bearing clean lines and sparse details. Completion is expected in 2018.
GOogle Earth aerial of future Lower East Side skyline; CityRealty
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Ondel Hylton
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