Here’s to hoping for a major announcement this year.
I’m still psyched about Grand Hyatt (175 Park).
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Me too.
Well technically speaking, the agreement between Vornado and Rudin states that Griffin has a window of opportunity to do anything/make a decision from Oct 2024 to June 2030, so I don’t think any announcement would be made this year, or even possibly next year, just within that general time frame overall.
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I think Blackstone is the least likely among your list to be a part of a new development as they didn’t have a great fiscal year for 2022 and just lost a major case with regards to Stuyvesant Town.
I hope Amex anchors 175 Park Ave and puts their name on top if that’s what it takes to get Project Commodore going…but they have options; even if they’re only considering new construction there’s still over 700k sf available at the Spiral alone, for example.
Blackstone prints money and is looking for a new HQ. I suspect that they’re looking at 175 Park. These leases are twenty year commitments and are not affected by one year.
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Courtesy of SOM, Xing only photoshopped the outline/massing of 270 Park Ave to be updated with the current design like you requested of him. That render still belongs to SOM.
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I’d like to see that photo with 350 Park.
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Also, the very tall building that replaces the Roosevelt. And eventually 335 Madison, 405 Park, and Colgate-Palmolive.
It’s going to be insane.
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Bloomberg just released this article
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Very nice!
Updated design? I see there’s no massive core wall facing west! 
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51 floors. 7 terraces. 1,350 feet tall. 1.7 million sq feet, of which 54% will belong to Citadel.
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As @robertwalpole would say, Age of Ramses!
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51 leasable office floors, but looks like ~15 additional floors if you include the 3-story lobby, mechanical floors and amenities.
Oh man, I really liked the east face of the original design. This one is ok though
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A worse design and 100 ft smaller. Sigh… rather it just wasn’t built if this will be the design
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I also applauded when I first saw the update but now I’m not so sure. The west facing volume appears to be shallower than the east, so it may be a core wrapped in corner windows. I’ll hold judgment until we see it from all angles.
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You’re right. Hopefully we get a full set of renderings soon.