Extell Development Company
Is Extell Resorting to Rentals at One Manhattan Square? [Updated]
Last modified April 16, 2019 at 2:09 pm
For many on the Lower East Side waterfront, Extell’s purported woes are a lesson in schadenfreude. Especially given the years of construction hell endured by those in the vicinity. Apparently it’s much ado about occupancy. No sooner do move-ins happen at Extell’s One Manhattan Square than residents start renting out their pricey new pads. That […]
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Desperate Extell Offers to Waive up to 10 Years of Common Charges at One Manhattan Square
Posted April 11, 2019 at 5:09 am
Winds of change are blowing down on the Lower East Side waterfront. Extell appears desperate to sell condos at One Manhattan Square. So much so that the 850-foot, 815-unit skyscraper has resorted to comping up to ten years of common charges for new residents. These fees range from roughly $700 to $2,300 per month, based on current […]
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Cops Fatally Shoot Knife-Wielding Man in Extell Tower on Cherry Street
Last modified February 11, 2019 at 4:15 pm
Two police officers shot and killed a 32-year-old knife-wielding man while responding to a domestic dispute on the Lower East Side waterfront Friday morning. It all went down at Extell’s recently-completed, thirteen-story affordable housing complex on Cherry Street. According to multiple news reports, police received a 911 call from 227 Cherry Street at about 7am […]
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Extell’s One Manhattan Square is Now ‘Fully Enclosed’
Posted October 23, 2018 at 5:00 am
It seemed like the job would never finish, but One Manhattan Square is finally completely glassed up. Fully enclosed from top to bottom, it’s a feat almost six years in the making. Dating back to Extell’s purchase of the Pathmark plot in February 2013 for $175 million, and destruction of the supermarket the following year. […]
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Public Hearing on Two Bridges Skyscrapers Happening this Morning
Posted October 17, 2018 at 5:08 am
Today is a pivotal day in the life of the proposed super-tall towers on the Lower East Side waterfront. The City Planning Commission is holding the final public hearing later this morning on the controversial application for the three new large-scale developments. Members of the public who attend will have a chance to speak (three […]
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Worker at Extell’s Affordable Tower Badly Burned in Electrical Accident
Posted October 17, 2018 at 5:00 am
It was a case of shock and burn down at the Extell project site on Cherry Street. A construction worker was electrocuted early yesterday during a work accident 227 Cherry Street, the developer’s so-called affordable tower. The man reportedly sustained second-degree burns about the arms, neck, and head, but was conscious when paramedics arrived. He was later […]
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Two Bridges ‘Final Stand’ Against Wall of Glass on the Waterfront
Posted October 15, 2018 at 5:04 am
While Pickle Day seduced the mainstream on Orchard Street yesterday afternoon (i.e. tourists), the mood was much less happy-go-lucky down in Two Bridges. Full sour, indeed. Dozens gathered in a show of solidarity for a so-called “final stand” against the addition of four more supertall towers along the Lower East Side waterfront. Timing of the […]
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The City is Ignoring the Environmental Impacts of Mega-Towers Along the Waterfront [OP-ED]
Posted September 27, 2018 at 5:00 am
The following editorial was written by Samuel Moskowitz, who has lived almost his entire life on the Lower East Side and is concerned with the rapid overdevelopment of the neighborhood. If built as planned, the Lower East Side mega-tower complex of 2,775 apartments will be one of the largest residential developments in New York City. […]
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Here’s Your Chance to Voice Opposition to the 3 Supertalls Planned for Two Bridges
Last modified July 31, 2018 at 6:45 am
The city almost pulled a fast one last month by dropping the Draft Environmental Impact Statement regarding three incoming supertall towers just as Community Board 3 was headed for summer recess. Pushback from politicians and the waterfront neighborhood, plus coverage in the press, helped push back the deadline. The advisory body has sixty days to […]
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Steel Falls 30 Feet from One Manhattan Square, Injuring a Worker Below
Posted July 31, 2018 at 5:00 am
Extell’s One Manhattan Square saw a worksite injury last week involving a falling piece of steel from the superstructure. As first reported yesterday, the piece reportedly plunged thirty feet from the gargantuan project site. Apparently, the construction material struck the worker’s shoulder while operating a lift performing steel work. No ambulance was dispatched to 250 South […]
