Curtain Wall Installation Steadily Resumes on 450 Eleventh Avenue in Hudson Yards, Manhattan

By: Michael Young and Matt Pruznick 8:00 am on May 17, 2023

Exterior work is continuing on 450 Eleventh Avenue, a 51-story hotel skyscraper in Hudson Yards. Designed by DSM Design Group and developed by Marx Development Group, the 642-foot-tall structure will yield 379 guest rooms, a business center, a ballroom, and a fourth-floor restaurant with a bar and outdoor terrace. Atria Builders is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of West 37th Street and Eleventh Avenue, directly across from the Jacob K. Javits Center.

Additional reflective floor-to-ceiling windows and gray metal paneling have been added to the northern corner of the multi-story podium since our last update in January, when façade work had just started up after a prolonged pause. Above the podium, crews have resumed installing the intricate envelope, which is a mix of a curtain wall and window wall that's being hung in two-story intervals, leaving strips of the reinforced concrete superstructure exposed for crews to complete the angled soffits before filling in the interstitial gaps between the cladded levels.

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

The yellow safety cocoon has also been removed from the parapet, revealing the exposed frame of the mechanical levels.

Photo by Michael Young

Some of the cinderblock walls on the blank southern and eastern lot line walls have yet to be completed. Once they are, a grid of Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems (EIFS) will eventually cover up the flat concrete surfaces.

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

YIMBY last reported that the project's delays stem from the project's lack of an authentic seal of approval from a registered and practicing architect, due to the retiring of former DSM Design Group architect Warren L. Schiffman in 2016 before 450 Eleventh Avenue's construction was approved.

Photo by Michael Young

No updated completion date has been publicly announced. If the pace of construction picks up, 450 Eleventh Avenue could potentially open sometime around the middle of 2024.

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