Element Condominium - 555 West 59th Street - Condo - UWS - by SLCE

[Derek2k3]

Element
549-555 West 59th Street/248-264 West 60th Street
33 stories 350 feet (DOB)
SLCE Architects
Dev-555 West 59th Street Holdings (Moshe Dan Azogui's Brack Capital/Continental Equities)
Residential Condominium
198 units units 290,588 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction September 2005-July 2007



SLCE Architects
http://www.slcearch.com/


BCRE-Brack Capital Real Estate
ELEMENT, Manhattan

http://www.brack-capital.com/projects.asp

A land plot for development of 34 story condominium in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Element will feature an exclusive package of amenities unique to the New York area, including; a basketball court, three pools, gym, yoga room, parking garage and 24 hours doorman/ concierge. Construction will commence in September 2005 and will be completed by July 2007.


Coalition of Livable West Side
http://www.livablenewyork.org/

W. 59th-W. 60th St.
WEA and Amsterdam Avenue
• Developers are: Moshe Dan Azogui’s
Brack Capital and Continental
Equities.
• Co-founder of Continental Equities
is a NYC Planning Commissioner.
• A 35-story glass tower would sit
on a one-acre site.
• Would include: indoor and outdoor
swimming , basketball and tennis
courts.
• The sites included in this huge
project are: 555 W. 59th St.,
543 W. 59th St., 541 W. 59th St.,
236 W. 60th St., 238 W. 60th St.
and 240 W. 60th St.
• May be eligible for 20%
Inclusionary Housing Bonus.





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DOB Permit

[krulltime]

Originally Posted by Derek2k3

Element
549-555 West 59th Street/248-264 West 60th Street
35 stories 350 feet (DOB)
SLCE Architects
Dev- 555 West 59th Street Holdings (Moshe Dan Azogui's Brack Capital/Continental Equities)
Residential Condominium
57 units 379,487 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction September 2005-July 2007

Here is the website:

http://www.elementcondominium.com/

[krulltime]

Sales to start soon at 555 West 59th Street


20-JAN-06

Brack Capital and Continental Equities have received permits from the city’s Department of Buildings to start foundation work for the Element, a 35-story condominium tower at 555 West 59th Street between West End and Amsterdam Avenues.

The development will have about 200 apartments.

The handsome, blue-glass tower will have numerous balconies and an illuminated top and has been designed by SCLE Architects.

The building will have a concierge and doorman, a garage, a yoga room, a basketball court, three pools and a gym.

Sales are expected to begin next month.

Its location is convenient to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Fordham University and the Hudson River.


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[londonlawyer]

It's amazing how dramatically this area is transforming!

[Fabrizio]

I´m wondering: in a no-mans land like this, is there zoning and building guidlines in place to help turn the area into a real neighborhood with a sense of place? Will there be real street life, will it be a destination?

The rending is pretty, but what´s happening down at street level?

[krulltime]

Actually where you see that blank wall... there is a structure there that wont be demolished. So that side would not matter... The one that is fronting 59th street seems to have a glass wall for some sort of store or something. But it does not have alot of fronting to the street I believe.

Here is another rendering...

[Edward]

The demolition has started for the Element Condominium - view East from West End Avenue. The site adjacent to West End Avenue is Ten West End. 21 January 2005.

[krulltime]

February 20, 2006:

[antinimby]

When are they going to start tearing down that hideous, decrepit, eyesore warehouse across the street?

Also, does this area have good retail services (stores, restaurants, etc.)?

[krulltime]

From the NYPOST Real Estate Section 'COLUMBUS NEW WORLD' (February 25, 2006):

Originally Posted by NYPOST, JENNIFER GOULD KEIL

Consider Element, located between West End and Amsterdam avenues, in an area that Shlomo Reuveni, senior vice president of Corcoran Group Marketing, is selling as Columbus Circle West.

The 35-story glass-tower building has 198 units, including five townhouse residences, and is more than 50 percent sold.

Prices at Element go from about $815,000 for a 791-square-foot one-bedroom to $2.7 million for a 1,476-square-foot penthouse.

Amenities include cold storage for fresh-food deliveries, a wine valet service with Morrell & Co. and a three-lane, 60-foot indoor lap pool with a whirlpool and a children's pool.

There will also be an indoor half-court basketball area, a racquetball court, a children's playroom created by FAO Schwarz, children's gym classes provided by Jodi's Gym - which holds classes and parties for posh tots around the city - and landscaped outdoor space, including a "great lawn," a meditation garden with yoga classes and an outdoor lounge.

Wow more than 50% sold units already? That is really good.

[infoshare]

Originally Posted by Derek2k3

• The sites included in this huge
project are: 555 W. 59th St.,
543 W. 59th St., 541 W. 59th St.,
236 W. 60th St., 238 W. 60th St.
and 240 W. 60th St.
• May be eligible for 20%
Inclusionary Housing Bonus.

Short walk to Hudson River Park and Clinton Cove: boating, public art exibits, grass lawns, and more.. not bad.

[kazpmk]

So is only demolition of a building at the site occurring at the site of element?? No actual construction??(foundation work)

[krulltime]

There is construction already. Infact they are diggin deep already. I will try to get more photos.

[krulltime]

March 26, 2006:

[antinimby]

I wonder where all that Manhattan dirt goes.