The developer behind Manhattan’s Freedom Tower is pushing a mammoth West Side project that would be the largest residential building in the nation, according to a new proposal.
With more floors and more units than any building in New York, the skyscraper would dominate Manhattan’s West Side and appease affordable-housing advocates.
Although Larry Silverstein’s legacy is already cemented with his 1 World Trade Center signature tower, the developer would build on it with a city record-setting 106 floors and 1,400 apartments.
According to a draft environmental-impact statement, Silverstein’s square, glass-draped tower at 520 W. 41st St. would stand 1,100 feet tall.
New York’s tallest building is the 104-floor 1 WTC, an office building that stands at 1,776 feet, including its spire. It is followed by the Empire State Building, at 1,250 feet, and the Bank of America Tower near Bryant Park at 1,200 feet.
The proposed building would also include 175,000 square feet set aside for corporate apartments, as well as 1.14 million square feet of residential space.
The plan calls for 280 apartments to be affordable units.
The project, with sweeping views of the Hudson River, would also have 175,000 square feet of offices, and the podium would offer 300,000 square feet of retail.
Construction on the tower is tentatively slated to begin in 2017, and completion is expected by 2020.
The site, between 10th and 11th avenues, is now a vacant building that was formerly used as a Mercedes-Benz auto dealership.
The proposal appears to ignore some community requests to scale back the height of the building.
Members of Manhattan’s Community Board 4 also emphasized that the building’s affordable- housing units “must be evenly distributed in location and type throughout the building and contain an equal level of apartment finish and equal and affordable access to all building amenities.”