NEW YORK | Park Central

chris08876 · April 10, 2019, 3:11am

Hopefully its not a vision lol.

Credit: https://www.instagram.com/p/BwC8xL_jHMv/

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Could NYC’s next real estate boom see the rise of its first megatall skyscraper? Plans have been drawn…

YIMHudson · April 10, 2019, 3:46am

seems a bit too generic to be an actual design proposal for something. It reminds me of this vision we’ve seen before. If it is legit I bet whoever runs that instagram account will be in trouble though lol.

BK1985 · April 10, 2019, 4:32am

Apparently it was designed by SOM

mtoltethys · April 10, 2019, 5:37am

It’s on the site of the park central hotel, which is owned by LaSalle

https://therealdeal.com/2011/06/06/park-central-hotel-goes-for-405-5m-lasalle-properties-agrees-to-buy-from-highgate-holdings/

DeSelby · April 10, 2019, 6:07pm

Very intriguing. It’s nice to see that there are at least conceptual plans for a NYC megatall. The fact that a huge firm like SOM is involved indicates that this isn’t just some pie-in-the-sky vision. I hope that whatever gets built has a better design than this generic glass tube, though. When I picture NYC’s first megatall in my imagination, I always picture something with classic NY setbacks and a nice crown. This has neither so it’s disappointing to me from a design standpoint.

I wonder what that tall, slender building in the background of the rendering near Hudson Yards is. It looks way taller than 30 Hudson.

Wiggleworth · April 10, 2019, 10:42pm

Yeah uh. Possible megatall with SOM involvment? Im not crying hopeful tears. You are

chris08876 · April 10, 2019, 10:58pm

Thanks for joining DeSelby!

YIMHudson · June 3, 2019, 11:35pm

high resolution. The rendering was done by atchain. They also made a few PABT renderings along with some for high profile projects around the world. That being said, most are visions.

https://www.atchain.com/still/#itemId=5b0696c60e2e7287abc8d849

edit: oooooo

mcart · March 17, 2022, 6:14pm

Yeah I know. Necroing this. Whatever.
LaSalle has sold this site (or rather, the company that bought them) to Highgate on a loan from Blackstone.

We haven’t heard about this project in a while but I do believe Park Central Hotel has the requirements for a Megatall in NYC should a developer choose to build one on this site. Obviously the design that was presented before was just a concept of what could be built and not a real proposal, but I do hope to see some more movement on this site later. Hopefully we get some more news in the coming years.

crawdad · March 18, 2022, 4:58am

This would be the perfect site for Midtown’s tallest tower. And the existing hotel is kind of a dump, so hopefully the site gets redeveloped.