Solar Carve

40 10th Avenue | also 455 West 13th Street, 449 West 13th Street, 40A 10th Avenue | West Village | built 2020

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 2012

    Developers propose an office tower beside the High Line, called Solar Carve, with approval following in 2014

    Designs for a building at 40 Tenth Avenue, first called Solar Carve, were released to the public in 2012, next to the elevated High Line park. Plans were approved in 2014, and the project became Studio Gang's first commission in New York.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2017

    September

    Bank OZK lends $120 million and Genesis leases all the retail space as construction begins

    Construction began in 2017 under Cauldwell Wingate Company, which secured $120 million in construction financing from Bank OZK that September. In December, Hyundai's luxury car brand Genesis took a lease on the entire 40,000 square feet of retail space. The building topped out in early 2018 and was finished late that year.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2019

    Studio Gang's faceted glass facade is cut to keep sunlight on the High Line

    Studio Gang shaped 40 Tenth Avenue with a faceted curtain wall, carved at its northwest and southeast corners, so the 12-story building would not cast shadows on the High Line. The firm said that ordinary zoning would have allowed a tower built directly over part of the park, leaving it in constant shadow. The 2020 AIANY Design Awards gave the project an Architecture Merit Award.

    Source: studiogang.com

  4. 2019

    March

    Starwood Capital leases the eighth floor of 40 Tenth Avenue, a building Architectural Digest listed as anticipated

    Starwood Capital Group leased the building's eighth floor, signing in March 2019. Architectural Digest had listed the building among its 14 most anticipated of 2019, and New York critic Justin Davidson called it one of the most exciting chapters in the High Line's future.

    “In March 2019, Starwood Capital Group signed a lease for the building's eighth floor. Architectural Digest named the building one of their "14 Most Anticipated Buildings of 2019".”

    Source: Wikipedia

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