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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...ial-tower.html

CIM, Macklowe to Build Tallest New York Residential Tower

By Oshrat Carmiel
Mar 30, 2012

CIM Group and developer Harry Macklowe are planning to build a Manhattan residential tower that would be the tallest in New York City.

Macklowe and Los Angeles-based CIM intend to build an 82- story, 1,397-foot (436-meter) building at the site of the former Drake Hotel on Park Avenue. The plan was included in permit applications for a sprinkler system and fire alarm filed this week with the New York City Department of Buildings.

The developers previously filed plans to build a six-story, 88-foot building on the site, according to city records. Those papers haven’t been updated to reflect the new size of the tower, according to Ryan FitzGibbon, a department spokeswoman.

“They’ve indicated on subsequent applications that the height of the new building will now be 82 stories,” FitzGibbon said in a telephone interview. “However, they have not yet amended the new building plans nor have these subsequent filings been approved.”

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http://www.observer.com/2012/03/440-...-trade-center/

432 Park Avenue Will Reach 1,397 Feet, Taller Even Than the World Trade Center

By Michael Ewing 3/30

As of right now, New York by Frank Gehry is the tallest residential building in New York. That might change early next year when (or if) 70 Pine is fully converted, but even if that doesn’t happen, One57 will gladly take the lead in the fall of 2013.

The lot on the corner of 57th Street and Park Avenue has been speculated to be the new home of the toothpick tower and recent document filings have confirmed the plan for the mammouth residential building, the Real Deal discovered:

CIM Group and New York developer Harry Macklowe are making strides towards building the tallest residential building in New York City at the Drake Hotel site at 440 Park Avenue. They filed a plan examination request for the building, one of the first steps towards getting a development off the ground, with the Department of Buildings, according to a DOB filing dated March 26.

The filings noted the building height as 1,397 feet tall. Putting that in perspective, One57 will only be 1,004 feet tall. Jean Nouvel’s tower for MoMA is taller, but not by much: 1,050 feet, after being knocked down from 1,250 feet by the City Planning Commission. And, depending on how one measures, taller than the Empire State Building (also 1,250) if one ignores the spire (1,453 feet).

Also looks like typical filing, so 1,397 ft may not be the final height.