Current Status: Under Construction
225 West 57th Vital Stats
Address: 225 West 57th Street (Community Board 5)
Type: Mixed Commercial and Residential
Name: 225 West 57th Street, aka 217 West 57th Street, aka Nordstrom Tower, aka Central Park Tower
Construction: Begun 2014; Estimated Completion 2020
Design Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Executive Architect:
Developer: Extell Development Company
Builder: Lendlease Group
Height: 1,550 feet, (472 Meters); 131 Stories (95 habitable)
Total Construction Floor Area: 1,200,000 square feet; 110,000 square meters
Site Area: 15,605 square feet
Density: 179 condominium units
View Zoning Diagram HERE
Loopholes Exploited:
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
Close the Loopholes! Joint letter to City Planning Commission
In July, LW! joined preservation organizations across the city in communicating their ongoing concerns about loopholes in the Zoning Resolution that developers use to build bigger and taller than intended. Why is the city so slow to correct these issues? Read the full...
BSA Allows 200 Amsterdam Gerrymander
In today's hearing, the city Board of Standards and Appeals upheld 200 Amsterdam Avenue's building permits for a 668' building that gets its height from a gerrymandered lot that should never have been allowed. Read the full Gothamist article.
200 Amsterdam: Advocates Fight the Gerrymandered Lot…AGAIN. Go Show Your Support for Fairness in Zoning!
GO to the Hearing: Tues, June 25th, 10am Spector Hall, 22 Reade Street In March, the New York State Supreme Court, ruling on an Appeal by the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development and the Municipal Art Society alleging that the developers abused zoning...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
