The mixed-use, mid-block tower under construction at 70 West 45th Street, has been named Cassa NY.
It is replacing three low-rise buildings on 45th Street between Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas.
In June, 2006, plans for a 50-story building with 40 hotel rooms and 88 condominium apartments were unveiled by TEN Arquitectos, an architectural firm that has designed a new residential building under construction at One York Street in TriBeCa. It had also designed an undulating mixed-use tower known as Harlem Park at Park Avenue and 125th Street but that plan has been dropped.
According to plans filed with the city in October, 2006, by John Cetra of Cetra/Ruddy, an architectural firm now working with TEN Arquitectos on the project, the new building will have 43 stories and 59 apartments.
Irena Verona of TEN Arquitectos told CityRealty.com November 21, 2006 that the revised project will still have some hotel units in addition to the 59 apartments.
Waterscape Resorts LLC, of which Solly Assa is a member, is the developer.
The site consisted of the 4-story building at 66 West 45th Street that housed the Vega House Chinese Restaurant, the 5-story building at 68 West 45th Street that housed Kitchen Provence, and the four-story building at 70 West 45th Street that housed Pizza Paradise.
TEN Arquitectos, which is headed by Enrique Norten, was founded in 1986 in Mexico City and opened an office here in 2001. It was the subject of a major exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York in 2005.
The 45th Street project is two doors to the west of the Sofitel Hotel and it is across the street from the black skyscraper at 1166 Avenue of the Americas, which has a large and lushly landscaped mid-block plaza.
It is replacing three low-rise buildings on 45th Street between Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas.
In June, 2006, plans for a 50-story building with 40 hotel rooms and 88 condominium apartments were unveiled by TEN Arquitectos, an architectural firm that has designed a new residential building under construction at One York Street in TriBeCa. It had also designed an undulating mixed-use tower known as Harlem Park at Park Avenue and 125th Street but that plan has been dropped.
According to plans filed with the city in October, 2006, by John Cetra of Cetra/Ruddy, an architectural firm now working with TEN Arquitectos on the project, the new building will have 43 stories and 59 apartments.
Irena Verona of TEN Arquitectos told CityRealty.com November 21, 2006 that the revised project will still have some hotel units in addition to the 59 apartments.
Waterscape Resorts LLC, of which Solly Assa is a member, is the developer.
The site consisted of the 4-story building at 66 West 45th Street that housed the Vega House Chinese Restaurant, the 5-story building at 68 West 45th Street that housed Kitchen Provence, and the four-story building at 70 West 45th Street that housed Pizza Paradise.
TEN Arquitectos, which is headed by Enrique Norten, was founded in 1986 in Mexico City and opened an office here in 2001. It was the subject of a major exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York in 2005.
The 45th Street project is two doors to the west of the Sofitel Hotel and it is across the street from the black skyscraper at 1166 Avenue of the Americas, which has a large and lushly landscaped mid-block plaza.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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