Archinect - News 2024-05-31T14:32:08-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150336088/foster-partners-tapped-to-design-supertall-350-park-avenue-in-midtown-manhattan Foster + Partners tapped to design supertall 350 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan Josh Niland 2023-01-17T18:08:00-05:00 >2023-06-25T10:53:59-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/92/927b15827bfb7368ed39667063245988.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Ken Griffin&rsquo;s empire will occupy more than half of the office space at a new Manhattan skyscraper at 350 Park Ave., which is expected to be completed in 2032. [...] Citadel confirmed plans to construct a tower at 350 Park Ave., a 1.7 million-square-foot (158,000 square-meter) building that would replace three properties in that area. The firm has been working with developers Vornado Realty Trust and Rudin Management Co.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Citadel's fund is managed by billionaire philanthropist Kenneth Griffin, whose 2018 donation to West Palm Beach, Florida's <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/547741/norton-museum-of-art" target="_blank">Norton Museum of Art</a> earned him a special named wing also designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/fosterandpartners" target="_blank">Foster + Partners</a>' New York office.&nbsp;</p> <p>If approved, the new 1,350-foot supertall 350 Park Avenue tower will piggyback off the just-opened <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150328111/foster-partners-new-425-park-avenue-tower-opens-in-manhattan" target="_blank">425 Park Avenue</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150328031/foster-partners-50-hudson-yards-officially-opens-in-new-york-city" target="_blank">50 Hudson Yards</a> developments as well as the forthcoming <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150307012/foster-partners-unveils-renderings-for-contested-new-jpmorgan-chase-headquarters-in-manhattan" target="_blank">J.P. Morgan Chase headquarters</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150251800/new-renderings-of-foster-partners-penn-15" target="_blank">15 Penn Plaza</a> designs to become the firm's seventh tall building project in Manhattan. Expectations are for construction to be completed by the end of 2032.</p>