{"id":370483,"date":"2021-11-22T00:23:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T21:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/grand-central-skyscraper-would-bring-new-lirr-connection\/"},"modified":"2021-11-22T00:23:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T21:23:49","slug":"grand-central-skyscraper-would-bring-new-lirr-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grand-central-skyscraper-would-bring-new-lirr-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"#Grand Central skyscraper would bring new LIRR connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Grand Central skyscraper would bring new LIRR connection<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Steve Cuozzo\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Modern dance, film screenings and perhaps knitting classes will enliven the outdoor scene at 175 Park Ave., the cloudbusting skyscraper that\u2019s proposed to replace the widely unloved Grand Hyatt Hotel on East 42<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0Street.<\/p>\n<p>The fun fests are planned for public-accessible terraces on three sides of the tower. But first, there has to be a tower. Although completion isn\u2019t scheduled until 2030, the fate of the $3 billion-plus project will likely be decided next month.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when developers RXR Realty and TF Cornerstone expect their plans for the mammoth\u00a0project designed by Skidmore Owings &amp; Merrill to go to the full City Council for <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>roval. The City\u00a0Planning Commission has already blessed the project, which is to rise to 1,646 feet and 83 stories. It would have 2.1 million square feet of offices, a 453,000-square-foot Hyatt-operated hotel and 10,000 square feet of retail.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is currently being studied by the Council\u2019s zoning committee, which is expected to green-light it before it goes to the full body for a vote. The public review is necessary under East Midtown zoning rules, which allow much larger towers than were previously permitted but which require developers to contribute significant public and transit amenities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/grand-hyatt-grand-central.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" alt=\"Exterior shot of the Grand Central Hyatt\" class=\"wp-image-20218503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/grand-hyatt-grand-central.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 594w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/grand-hyatt-grand-central.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=297 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\"\/><figcaption>Goodbye to you: The project would replace the existing Grand Hyatt at Grand Central Terminal.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SL Green, the first developer to exploit the enhanced zoning, paid for $220 million in transit upgrades to develop One Vanderbilt slightly west of the RXR\/TF Cornerstone site.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t clear when demolition would start on the Grand Hyatt, a 1970s glass-curtain wall structure with a tacky overhang that Donald Trump inflicted over the East 42nd Street sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>Nor is it known yet how much the developers will pay for the pedestrian\/transit upgrades and what they\u2019ll all be. But one feature will be the conversion of a \u201cshort loop\u201d of abandoned subway\u00a0track beneath Grand Central Terminal into a direct underground connection between\u00a0new LIRR platforms and subways.<\/p>\n<p>The outdoor terraces are to total 25,000 square feet \u2014 more than the 10,000 square feet required by zoning. Situated along the tower\u2019s western, Lexington Avenue and northern sides. They\u2019ll be landscaped by James Corner Field Operations of High Line fame.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-power-met-gala-2021.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Keith Powers attends the Met Gala with an unidentified guest\" class=\"wp-image-20218609\" width=\"308\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-power-met-gala-2021.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 308w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-power-met-gala-2021.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=153 154w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-power-met-gala-2021.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\"\/><figcaption>City Council member Keith Powers, pictured here at the Met Gala in 2021, is advocating for the prospective cultural events.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Public Art Fund and global consulting firm Lord Cultural Resources have been tapped to advise on the terrace programming. Project reps told Realty Check that ideas under consideration include modern dance, experimental theater, poetry readings, comedy, film screening, and music performances. Interactive events will include dance lessons, knitting classes and fashion shows.<\/p>\n<p>To narrow down the terrace happenings, the developers along with Council member Keith Powers will form a program-advisory board to include representatives of the Council, Manhattan borough president and Community Board 5.<\/p>\n<p>TF Cornerstone senior vice-president and director of planning Jon McMillan said the developer \u201cworked closely with Powers to develop inclusive arts and cultural programming.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>The Wilf family\u2019s Skyline Developers has nailed down 82,427 square feet in 13 new leases at 1040 Sixth Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the new leases are on the third, 12th and 20th floors of the tower, which Skyline converted into pre-built office suites and custom build-to-suit spaces.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Orin-Wilf.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Orin Wilf speaking at a podium\" class=\"wp-image-20218656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Orin-Wilf.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 594w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Orin-Wilf.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=297 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\"\/><figcaption>Skyline Development President Orin Wilf has seen his family\u2019s company rack up 13 new leases at 1040 Sixth Ave.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Bruinooge\/Patrick McMullan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among the new tenants are accounting firm Bonadio &amp; Co., law firm Meirowitz &amp; Wasserberg and software developer Brightidea.<\/p>\n<p>Skyline also worked with brokerage Newmark to\u00a0restructure and\/or extend existing leases totaling 36,074 square feet. Those tenants included legal services firm Update, insurer services company FJA US, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> company Outdoor Sportsman Group.<\/p>\n<p>Skyline founder and president Orin Wilf said, \u201cWe worked closely with our existing and potential tenants to understand the needs, concerns and to develop unique solutions that support the flexibility necessary for them to be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Sarashina Horii, the first location outside Japan for a 232-year-old Tokyo soba restaurant, has opened at 45 E. 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0St. The handsome eatery, which specializes in sarashina-style soba noodles made from the innermost part of the buckwheat seed, joins what might be Manhattan\u2019s most diverse array of fine restaurants to be found on a single block.<\/p>\n<p>Between Broadway and Park Avenue South on East 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0stand Danny Meyer\u2019s fabled Gramercy Tavern, rustic-Italian hit Rezdora, celeb-studded Indian spot Sona, modern-Israeli caf\u00e9 Nur, French-inspired La Rotisserie, popular Italian steakhouse Il Mulino, romantic Russian Mari Vana, long-lived Mediterranean brasserie Barbounia, affordable sushi spot Sugarfish, and Laut Singapura, specializing in Singaporean street food.<\/p>\n<p>For good measure, there\u2019s cheese-heaven Beecher\u2019s on the Broadway corner, a retail store that also has a sit-down caf\u00e9.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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