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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Thirteen-story historic Lord and Taylor Department store in midtown Manhattan, acquired in March of 2020 with an extensive core and shell oversight and adaptive reuse renovation program. Office fit-out included ten stories of typical office program, one below-grade training floor (SC1), one rooftop food service amenity floor with adjacent outdoor terrace and courtyard (L11/L12), and top floor events center (L13). Part of the fit-out scope included infrastructure for 30,646 square feet of ground floor future retail space plus an approximately 2,000 square-foot mezzanine.
LOCATION
- Adaptive Reuse - Midtown Manhattan
PROJECT SIZE
- 550,000 SF
COMPLETION DATE
- 2023
SCOPE OF WORK
- Site selection
- Due diligence
- Acquisition / Disposition / Leasing Transaction Support
- Entitlements and Landmarks Preservation Commission Approvals
- Permits and Approvals
- Architect, Contractor, and other Consultant Selection and Management
- Design and Construction Management
- Sustainability Strategies
- Schedule Development and Management
- Budget and Cost Control
- Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment Coordination
- Retail Coordination
- Transition to Operations Support
TEAM
- Seneca Group - Real Estate Advisor, S&C Renovation Oversight, Tenant Improvement Development Manager
- Structure Tone - General Contractor
- WRNS Studio - Tenant Improvement Architect
- ZGF - Facade Restoration Architect
- Hargis - MEP and Telecom Designer
- Scape - Landscape Architect
AWARDS
- NY Landmarks Conservancy Lucy G. Moses Preservation Project Award 2023
- Victorian Society in America Preservation Award 2024
- SARA New York Design Award 2024