Work Halted at Another Office Conversion in Midtown Manhattan
New York City officials told developers this week to pause some construction at a high-rise office building in…
Firms With Checkered Pasts Tied to Troubled Midtown Construction Project
A company responsible for oversight at the Manhattan building project now under investigation for structural failures was founded…
Evacuated Manhattan Building Is Stable for Now, City Official Says
The building at 235 East 42nd Street was under construction, in the middle of a conversion that would…
Developer of Troubled Midtown High-Rise Had Tried to Avoid the Spotlight
Nathan Berman, a key developer behind the Midtown Manhattan building that became dangerously unstable this week, has never…
Buckling Manhattan High Rise Becomes Focus of Criminal Investigation
New York City investigators and Manhattan prosecutors have opened a preliminary criminal inquiry into what caused columns inside…
Rush to Evacuate as ‘Beams Started Bending’ and Floors Sagged at Midtown Tower
Twenty-one stories above a Midtown Manhattan street on Tuesday morning, construction workers were busy converting an office building…
What to Know About the Compromised Building in Manhattan
A high-rise Midtown Manhattan office building being converted to apartments showed signs of collapsing on Tuesday, prompting evacuations,…
Inspector of Buckling Midtown Building Cited for Missing Problems at Other NYC Sites
Before columns buckled inside a Midtown Manhattan office tower on Tuesday, a private firm conducted several inspections of…
This Summer, Midtown Manhattan Is Taking Center Stage
Midtown Manhattan occupies a particular place in the popular imagination. It is the land of hop-on-hop-off buses, Broadway…
New Supports Have Made Building Stable, Mamdani Says
Temporary supports have been installed inside the Midtown Manhattan office building that was showing signs of collapse, Mayor…
What to Know About the ‘Frozen Zone’ in Midtown Manhattan
As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, New York City officials had established a “frozen zone” around a building at…