Seen & Heard: Fancy New Condo Needs Your Input

••• Which of these sample façade materials for Robert A.M. Stern’s new condominium at 268 West do you prefer? Click to see them larger.

268 West curtain wall samples••• Speaking of northwest Tribeca, Bradley Cooper is rumored to be mulling an apartment there.

••• When I said demolition was going on at 396 Broadway, I meant it. Last we heard, it’s being converted to a hotel, but I wonder, given the condo fever in that area. Know anything? UPDATE: Thanks to James for checking the DOB filings (didn’t occur to me; not sure why—possibly because I spend too much time on that site). It looks to me like half the building will have hotel rooms up to the 10th floor, while the rest will be condos—and that they’re splitting it into eastern/western sections (instead of, say, just putting condos on the upper floors). I’ve asked James in the comments if he has the same impression.

396 Broadway demolition••• Wyeth’s new storefront on Canal is looking very nice—but you knew it would.

Wyeth storefront••• The “Cast-Iron Inversion” at 83 Walker (rendering here) is coming along. It’ll be nine stories when done.

83 Walker

 

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  1. http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JB2ScheduleAServlet?requestid=3&passjobnumber=120786417&passdocnumber=07&allbin=1002323

    NYC Department of Buildings
    Schedule ‘A’
    Premises: 396 BROADWAY MANHATTAN Job No: 120786417
    BIN: 1002323 Block: 195 Lot: 7 Doc No: 07 Job Type: A1 – ALTERATION TYPE 1

    Comments
    EXISTING /
    PROPOSED FLOORS
    FRM – TO NO.
    PERS LIVE
    LOAD 2008
    Code? OCC
    GRP UNITS
    ZONE
    USE
    EXISTING SC1 – 3 OG N COM
    STORAGE & BOILER ROOM
    PROPOSED SC1 – 3 OG Y R-1 5
    CHANGE
    STORAGE AND MECHANICAL ROOMS
    EXISTING CEL – OG N COM
    PROPOSED CEL – OG Y R-1 6,
    CHANGE M 5
    RETAIL, ACCESSORY AMENITY SPACE
    EXISTING 001 – 001 35 120 N COM
    STORES
    PROPOSED 001 – 001 108 120 Y R-1 5,6
    CHANGE M 6
    HOTEL MEETING ROOM, LOBBY, AND ONE (1)RETAIL SPACE
    EXISTING 002 – 010 50 120 N COM
    MANUFACTURING
    PROPOSED 002 – 010 0 120 Y R-1 14 5
    CHANGE
    FOURTEEN (14) HOTEL ROOM ON EACH FLOOR.
    EXISTING 003 – 009 50 120 N PUB
    MANUFACTURING
    PROPOSED 003 – 009 50 120 Y R-2 6 2
    CHANGE
    SIX (6) CLASS “A” APARTMENTS ON EACH FLOOR
    EXISTING 010 – 010 50 120 N COM
    MANUFACTURING
    PROPOSED 010 – 010 50 120 Y R-2 2 2
    CHANGE
    ONE (1) CLASS “A” APARTMENT, AND TWO (2) ONE-HALF CLASS “A” APARTMENTS
    EXISTING PEN – N
    PROPOSED PEN – 100 Y R-2 1 2
    U
    TWO (2) ONE HALF CLASS “A” APARTMENTS , MECHANICAL ROOMS, AND OUTDOOR RECREATION SPACE
    EXISTING ROF –
    PROPOSED ROF – 100 Y R-1 5
    ADD
    MECHANICAL ROOM, BULKHEAD
    C of O Comments:
    1968 CODE, CLASS B HOTEL

    • Thanks — but does this make sense to you? Are we deducing that half (eastern or western) will be hotel and half will be condo? It looks like they’re splitting it that way vs lower floors and higher floors…?

  2. Don’t know anything about condo.

    I do recall walking pass the building sometime last year and saw a notice on the door saying that it would a hotel and that it would apply for a liquor license.

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