{"id":219060,"date":"2021-04-05T02:17:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T23:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/3-times-square-set-to-undergo-25-million-revamp\/"},"modified":"2021-04-05T02:17:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T23:17:53","slug":"3-times-square-set-to-undergo-25-million-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-times-square-set-to-undergo-25-million-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"#3 Times Square set to undergo $25 million revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#3 Times Square set to undergo $25 million revamp<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Three Times Square, one of the office-tower quartet that brought commercial rebirth to the Crossroads of the World, opened 20 years ago sporting a handsome design by Fox &amp; Fowle.<\/p>\n<p>Now the 30-story tower\u2019s principal owner, the Rudin family, has t<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed the same architects, today known as FXCollaborative, to gently tweak the trophy for the post-pandemic future. <\/p>\n<p>The estimated $25 million project comes as 3 TS faces the departures of several large tenants over the next 12 months that will leave its entire 850,000 square feet to be refilled.<\/p>\n<p>The tower opened in 2001 as the North American headquarters of Reuters Group PLC. The company now known as Thomson Reuters still has some space in the building and is also a joint-venture ownership partner with Rudin, but is reportedly considering a sale of its stake.<\/p>\n<p>Exits by several tenants and subtenants over the next 12 months, including Bank of Montreal and FTI Consulting, challenged Rudin to lure new tenants at a time when physical office occupancy citywide is a mere 15 percent and when Times Square is particularly desolate.<\/p>\n<p>But Rudin decided that the tower\u2019s strengths \u2014 including column-free 28,000- to 35,000-square-foot-floor plates, private outdoor terraces and state-of-the-art air-filtration systems \u2014 made relatively few changes necessary. Some older Midtown properties have received entirely new facades, such as the former Time &amp; Life Building on Sixth Avenue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"614\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"3 Times Square will have a spacious dining area and lounge overlooking Times Square, a conference and events center and modern fitness center and a spa.\" class=\"wp-image-17749083 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/three-times-square2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/three-times-square2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/three-times-square2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/three-times-square2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=614 614w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/three-times-square2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1228 1228w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 614px\"\/><figcaption>3 Times Square will have a spacious dining area and lounge overlooking Times Square, a conference and events center and modern fitness center and a spa.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FXCollaborative<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The work at 3 TS includes two major improvements. FXCollaborative is creating a new, glass-walled, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le-height lobby that Rudin Management CEO William Rudin calls a \u201csanctuary from all that\u2019s happening outside\u201d \u2014 a reference to Times Square when it\u2019s once again bustling with theatergoers and sightseers.<\/p>\n<p>The effect will be achieved with a ground-floor, exterior sculptural facade that will diffuse Times Square\u2019s bright lights and make the lobby \u201cmore warm and inviting,\u201d Rudin said.<br \/>The lobby will also boast a touchless-entry destination elevator system.<\/p>\n<p>Also new: a dedicated tenants amenity space on the 16th floor. It will have a spacious dining area and lounge overlooking Times Square, a conference and events center and modern fitness center and a spa.<\/p>\n<p>Rudin said asking rents will be in the low $70s per square foot on base floors and in the mid-$80s higher up.<\/p>\n<p>Marketing is handled by a Cushman &amp; Wakefield team led by powerhouse leasing legend John Cefaly.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>Luxury condo apartments at 200 Amsterdam Ave. go back on the market on Monday after a one-year hiatus. Brown Harris Stevens is handling the listings.<\/p>\n<p>Developer SJP Properties and partner Mitsui Fudosan had to pause marketing the tower\u2019s 120 units on Feb. 20, 2020, when a state Supreme Court judge ruled that the controversial project violated zoning rules and that it must lose 20 of its 52 floors.<\/p>\n<p>But the state Appellate Division unanimously reversed the ruling on March 2, 2021, stating that the project complied with zoning and noting that it had a valid permit from the Department of Buildings since 2017. The new decision allowed the developers to restart the sales campaign, but they briefly held off to gauge demand in today\u2019s much-changed market.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Luxury condo apartments at 200 Amsterdam Ave. go back on the market on Monday after a two-year hiatus. \" class=\"wp-image-17749078 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/amsterdam.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/amsterdam.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/amsterdam.png?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/amsterdam.png?w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/amsterdam.png?w=1365 1365w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Luxury condo apartments at 200 Amsterdam Ave. go back on the market on Monday after a two-year hiatus. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Field Condition<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe had a tremendous positive reaction by brokers and buyers since the latest ruling,\u201d said SJP Chairman and CEO Steven J. Pozycki. \u201cBuyers who came in two years ago have been waiting for us to come back. Many of them are Upper West Siders who wanted to move within the neighborhood, but couldn\u2019t find anything with the amenities we offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pozycki noted that after the 2020 chop-down ruling, \u201cnobody terminated their sale contracts although they could have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed confidence in the city\u2019s future despite the pandemic crisis and the loss of some residents to other locales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the young people who left will come back,\u201d he said, while noting that \u201cthe jury\u2019s still out\u201d on how soon employees will return to offices in large numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of 200 Amsterdam, led by the Municipal Art Society, made a last-ditch plea to the Court of Appeals, the state\u2019s highest, to take up the case last week. Such reviews are rare when an earlier ruling was unanimous. 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