I don’t want to bump this thread, but this conversation needs to be transferred/merged to this thread. @admins ?
The size, scale, and general info about the developer and timeframe are in question, but the tower will still most likely be a slender residential supertall. It shouldn’t block the view you are asking about. As for status, it is just a stale proposal at the moment, nothing more, it’s not on hold as no official plans have been made yet. I also noticed you said
But this is the only vacant lot north of One Beacon Court, it is just one large lot owned by the same entity. I agree with crawdad in general though, this tower won’t affect the view of the unit you are looking at that much even when built.
The other lot you mentioned (118 East 59th Street) is on hold or cancelled, it wouldn’t have had much affect on views since it was only proposed at 470’.
I think that the Chinese developer has some trouble with Chairman Mao 2.0 since it’s sitting on very valuable parcels here and at the HY. If it were merely an issue of financial trouble, Kuafu would have sold the land.
The Bloomingdale’s site at 1000 Third Avenue between East 59th and East 60th would lend itself more to a luxury condo tower than to offices — that is, if Macy’s actually owned it.
It boggles my mind how it can be financially viable for a site this large on top of a subway station in Manhattan to sit empty for the better part of a decade. This is the perfect argument for a land value tax.
