It appears Manhattan has yet another supertall skyscraper coming soon, and this time it's going up in the place of a classic city dive bar, the old Subway Inn.
Foreign developer Kuafu Properties recently closed the sale of what amounts to six buildings between 141-163 East 60th Street, and now Cushman & Wakefield is boasting the opportunities for development at the property, apparently now known as 151 East 60th Street.
Described as "Manhattan's next most exclusive address," 151 East 60th sports a fully cocksure executive summary, touting unlimited height potential and the fact that the area has New York City's least restrictive zoning designations, meaning, you can go shopping downstairs.
So the idea is to wipe out the existing buildings, including the former Subway Inn location and put up a super tall skyscraper rumored to top 1000 feet tall directly across from Bloomingdale's flagship store between Lex and 3rd Aves.
Now, New Yorkers can smell the bullsh*t a mile away, or at least as far as Newark. So when we came across phrasing like "global icon" and "pinnacle of New York living," we were a little suspicious.
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Mainly because the market for uber-luxury developments in New York City is strong right now, but they can't all be the best, tallest, shiniest, amenity-laden billionaire playgrounds they're made out to be.
Or at least, there can't possibly be enough people looking to move in, right?
Wrong. This luxury living boom doesn't seem to be going anywhere fast. Soon enough our skyline will feature a series of new future-lux living spaces that almost nobody can afford, but keep showing up anyway.
So, take a look at what our skyline may look like in the coming years with all these super talls going up, especially in Midtown.
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[via Curbed NY]
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