Status Under construction Roof 850 ft (260 m) Floor area 9 ha Construction started 2014 | Type Residential, retail Height 259 m Completed 2019 (estimated) Floor count 80 | |
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Architect Adamson Associates, Dattner Architects Similar 125 Greenwich Street, 15 Hudson Yards, Central Park Tower, One57, 111 West 57th Street | ||
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One Manhattan Square (also known as 227 Cherry Street or 250 South Street) is a residential skyscraper project being developed by Extell Development Company in Two Bridges, Manhattan, New York City. The project is being built on the site of a former Pathmark grocery store, which was demolished in 2014. The building will stand 80 stories or 850 feet (259 m) above the street, and will possibly have a new supermarket in the tower's base. Once completed, the building will stand out significantly within the context of the neighborhood, the next highest structure being the Manhattan Bridge at roughy 30 stories (102 m) in height. A 13-story affordable housing component will be located separately on-site from the main tower, and completion is currently expected in 2019.
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Controversy
The neighborhood's residents immediately reacted to the closing of the old Pathmark supermarket, claiming that gentrification would prevent them from being able to buy affordable groceries. Once the Pathmark closed, other markets in the neighborhood became more expensive.
Other residents of the area opposed the project because the tower would be out of context with the rest of the vicinity. In fact, Extell Development Company initially proposed a tower of 68 stories or 800 feet at the site in 2014, but later reduced the scale of the tower structure to 56 stories or 700 feet. Concerns are over the transit infrastructure not being able to support such a development.
Additionally, area residents organized into a protest in April 2015 claiming the project made unequal the future residents of the affordable housing portion and those residing in the luxury tower. Some claimed the separation of the affordable portion, restricted to a 13-story structure, acted as a "poor door" for the overall development.
