Hot off the purchase of $85 million in air rights, and with a new construction loan of $860 million in tow, Hines is back on track to bring the Jean Nouvel-designed MoMA residential tower to fruition. According to TRD, Hines just closed on two deals to buy more than 240,000 square feet of development rights from MoMA and the St. Thomas Episcopal Church for $85.3 million.

The project has long been stalled, in large part due to the financial crisis and a round of city approvals that shrunk the tower about 200 feet. Had Tower Verre, now 53W53, been completed in 2007, it would have briefly held the title of tallest tower—of course later losing out to the supertalls of starchitects, Portzamparc’sOne57 and Vinoly’s 432 Park.....Continue Reading

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