{"id":422429,"date":"2022-03-27T21:29:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T18:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lever-house-in-nyc-to-see-new-life-with-100m-redevelopment\/"},"modified":"2022-03-27T21:29:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T18:29:56","slug":"lever-house-in-nyc-to-see-new-life-with-100m-redevelopment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lever-house-in-nyc-to-see-new-life-with-100m-redevelopment\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lever House in NYC to see new life with $100M redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e092a849f8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e092a849f8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lever-house-in-nyc-to-see-new-life-with-100m-redevelopment\/#%E2%80%9CLever_House_in_NYC_to_see_new_life_with_100M_redevelopment%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Lever House in NYC to see new life with $100M redevelopment&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLever_House_in_NYC_to_see_new_life_with_100M_redevelopment%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Lever House in NYC to see new life with $100M redevelopment&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\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>A $100 million redevelopment is bringing new life \u2014 and post-pandemic attention to employees\u2019 needs and concerns \u2014 to the iconic 1950s landmark Lever House on Park Avenue between East 53rd and East 54<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0streets.<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s centerpiece is an indoor-outdoor, tenants-only hospitality suite on the third floor designed to exploit market demand for wellness and collaborative-work facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Lever House joint-venture leaseholders WatermanClark and Brookfield Properties will launch Lever Club, an ambitious, tenants-only lounge and hospitality venue, inside the green-glass tower as part of the redevelopment when the building reopens early next year.<\/p>\n<p>WatermanClark co-founder and managing partner Ric Clark said, \u201cOur intention is to support employers\u2019 desire to respond to their employees in the post-pandemic world. Our redevelopment will create an environment where people want to be, with a focus on health, wellness and flexibility.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing we hear from young executives is that they don\u2019t want to be chained to their desks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lever Club means to address that issue head-on. It will feature 15,000 square feet of outdoor space in two landscaped terraces situated on the building\u2019s north and south sides. The terraces are to flank an indoor complex of 15,000 square feet that will include a private restaurant, conference rooms and health facilities such as training rooms and showers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view03.3rd.floor_.terrace.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Lever House outside patio\" class=\"wp-image-21677949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view03.3rd.floor_.terrace.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view03.3rd.floor_.terrace.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view03.3rd.floor_.terrace.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Outdoor space at the revamped Lever House building will be for tenants to use during nice days. Such space is in-demand as executives say people don\u2019t want to be chained to their desks \u2014 and want other places in an office building to gather.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Tomorrow AB<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The third floor was once used by original owner Lever as a hospitality center \u2014 \u201cThere are pictures of their people playing shuffleboard,\u201d Clark said \u2014 but in recent years was used as office space. The tower\u2019s current revamping will also include a top-to-bottom interior refurbishment and an advanced DOAS filtration system to provide 50% more fresh air than in other DOAS-equipped buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Most visibly to the public, the ground-level plaza beneath the tower\u00a0\u2014 which Clark called \u201chistorically dark and dreary in winter\u201d \u2014 is being redesigned with new lighting and a new ceiling to make it attractive year-round.<\/p>\n<p>Lever House brought the International Style, glass curtain-wall style to Park Avenue two years before the larger Seagram Building did. Architects Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill famously crafted a smaller structure than zoning allowed with a mere 260,000 square feet on 26 floors, the tower set perpendicular to the avenue to maximize light and views.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view02.overhead.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"NYC's Lever House\" class=\"wp-image-21677955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view02.overhead.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view02.overhead.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view02.overhead.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The historic Lever House building on Park Avenue has struggled in recent years for tenants, but a revamp should make it a hot address once again, its new management says.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But it struggled in recent years despite its architectural distinction. <\/p>\n<p>Previous owner Aby Rosen\u2019s RFR Realty undertook a modest modernization program in 2000. But Rosen fell behind on ground-lease payments to the land-owning Korein family and turned the keys over to WatermanClark and Brookfield in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The new owners took full control in 2020 \u2014 \u201cThe lease is extremely long-term and it shouldn\u2019t be a problem for us,\u201d Clark said. City Finance Department records list the leasehold purchase at $240 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were only four or five tenants when we took over in 2020. We worked with them to facilitate their leaving. An empty building isn\u2019t scary for us. It gives us the opportunity to do what we\u2019re doing, which we couldn\u2019t\u2019 do in a building full of tenants,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view01.3rd.roof_.aerial.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Lever House in NYC\" class=\"wp-image-21677963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view01.3rd.roof_.aerial.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view01.3rd.roof_.aerial.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/leverhouse.view01.3rd.roof_.aerial.copyright.tmrw_.se_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The third floor will offer a gathering space, and the landscaped outdoor area will also an additional gathering space. Floor plates tat the building are only around 11,000 square feet each.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Tomorrow AB<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lever House, with floors of only 11,000 square feet each, is an anomaly \u2014 essentially a boutique property in a Park Avenue market of giant floor plates. Clark said the setup \u201ccreates a pretty rare Manhattan opportunity for a single tenant, but we\u2019ll more likely rent to multiple tenants taking one or two floors. There are far more 11,000 or 22,000 square-foot users in the market than there are for 260,000 square feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The building\u2019s reopening comes during a Park Avenue resurgence after a few years of relative decline. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe East Midtown rezoning \u201ctotally changed the complexion of Park Avenue,\u201d Clark said. In addition to JP Morgan Chase\u2019s rising new headquarters tower, properties in the East 40s and 50s have been landing large new leases as owners pump hundreds of millions of dollars into contemporizing structures built in the 1950s and 1960s. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clark declined to cite asking rents for Lever House. But market sources said the likely target is for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le-digit rents in the $200 per-square-foot range. 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