More than a thousand apartments and a museum dedicated to fighting climate change are slated to rise in two new Hell’s Kitchen towers.
Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $1.35 billion project to build two 72-story and 28-story towers at 418 11th Avenue (bw W35/36th St) over the holidays. Also known as “Site K,” the plot of land that sits across from the Javits Center has long been empty.
The development, named HDSN and pronounced “Hudson,” will include 1,349 residential units, 404 of which will be permanently affordable at 60% area median income ($93,180 for a family of four) and 130% area median income ($201,890 for a family of four). The site will be developed by BRP Companies, BXP, The Moinian Group and Urbane Development, together referred to as the Hudson Boulevard Collective.
In addition to housing, the site’s 28-story tower will include a 455-room full-service hotel to complement the Javits Center. The hotel and housing units will rise above a five-story podium home to the Climate Museum , the United State’s first museum dedicated to climate change, which plans to pursue net-zero carbon operations.