262 Fifth Avenue’s Façade Continues To Ascend In NoMad, Manhattan

Façade installation by PG New York incorporating windows, aluminum panels, and solar photovoltaic panels, is picking up on 262 Fifth Avenue, a 56-story residential skyscraper in the heart of NoMad, Manhattan. Designed by Meganom with SLCE Architects as the executive architect and developed by Boris Kuzinez of Five Points Development under the Five Points 262 Project LLC, the 860-foot-tall structure will yield 26 condominium units with an average scope of 3,200 square feet, including at least one quadruplex unit. The project stands on a 5,000-square-foot plot at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 29th Street.

More of the reflective glass curtain wall and strips of intricate modular aluminum panels have been installed across the lower floors of the reinforced concrete superstructure since our last update a month ago, when YIMBY caught the first section of the envelope going up.

Much of the visible progress is occurring on the northern and southern elevations, which are clad in glass. The aluminum façade is rising up the narrow eastern profile on either side of the scaffolding hoist, which is attached to wall in front of the circular window cutouts. Meanwhile, black paint is also steadily covering the exposed concrete surfaces in preparation for the further cladding.

The main construction hoist is anchored to the 262 Fifth Avenue’s core wall on the western elevation, and will be the last side to be enclosed by the façade. The tower crane remains standing on the northern profile.

No list of residential amenities, finalized interior or exterior renderings, or pricing for the upcoming condominium units have been announced. Previous renderings have shown the original supertall height of over 1,000 feet, but the project was moderately scaled down to the current 860-foot-tall architectural height that the building topped out at earlier this year.

The nearest subways from the ground-up development are the local R and W trains at the 28th Street station along Broadway.

It’s estimated that 262 Fifth Avenue will complete construction sometime in the second half of 2025.