The 43-story mixed-used tower known as Cassa NY has been topped out at 70 West 45th Street.
The mid-block building has been designed by Enrique Norten of Ten Arquitectos and Cetra/Ruddy for Assa Properties, which was founded by Solly and Isaac Assa.
Assa's other properties in the city include the former Knickerbocker Hotel that is now known as 6 Times Square, 2 Herald Square and 743 Fifth Avenue.
Enrique Norten is the architect of 1 York Street in TriBeCa and the Guggenheim Museum Guadalajara and he had designed some important projects featured in a recent exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York that were not built, a mixed-use building on Park Avenue at 125th Street that was notable for its wavy waffle-like facade and bright colors, and a library in Brooklyn near the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
The hotel portion of the building will be operated by Desires Hotels whose properties include the Hotel Mela here and the Sagamore Hotel in South Beach, Miami.
The residential condominium apartments will have a 24-hour concierge and room service, full housekeeping and turndown services, pet-car services, limousine and valet services, child-car services and overnight shoeshine service.
The building overlooks the very lush and large mid-block plaza behind 1166 Avenue of the Americas.
It will have its own restaurant on a level overlooked by the building's rear garden. In addition there will be a lounge and terrace on the 8th floor.
Kitchens will have white lacquer cabinetry, Pietra Bedonia stone countertops and Miele, Liebherr and Wolf appliances. Bathrooms will have travertine vanities.
The tower will be distinguished by its asymmetrical fenestration patterns.
The mid-block building has been designed by Enrique Norten of Ten Arquitectos and Cetra/Ruddy for Assa Properties, which was founded by Solly and Isaac Assa.
Assa's other properties in the city include the former Knickerbocker Hotel that is now known as 6 Times Square, 2 Herald Square and 743 Fifth Avenue.
Enrique Norten is the architect of 1 York Street in TriBeCa and the Guggenheim Museum Guadalajara and he had designed some important projects featured in a recent exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York that were not built, a mixed-use building on Park Avenue at 125th Street that was notable for its wavy waffle-like facade and bright colors, and a library in Brooklyn near the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
The hotel portion of the building will be operated by Desires Hotels whose properties include the Hotel Mela here and the Sagamore Hotel in South Beach, Miami.
The residential condominium apartments will have a 24-hour concierge and room service, full housekeeping and turndown services, pet-car services, limousine and valet services, child-car services and overnight shoeshine service.
The building overlooks the very lush and large mid-block plaza behind 1166 Avenue of the Americas.
It will have its own restaurant on a level overlooked by the building's rear garden. In addition there will be a lounge and terrace on the 8th floor.
Kitchens will have white lacquer cabinetry, Pietra Bedonia stone countertops and Miele, Liebherr and Wolf appliances. Bathrooms will have travertine vanities.
The tower will be distinguished by its asymmetrical fenestration patterns.
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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