Nathan Berman
Coverage of Nathan Berman in the Nexus archive.
- Can Office-to-Residential Conversions Survive the Pfizer-Building Crisis?
A thirty-seven-story midtown tower was stabilized after nearly collapsing earlier this week. Developer Nathan Berman must now address the resulting consequences of the Pfizer-Building Crisis.
- New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing
A construction scare at a New York office-to-housing conversion project highlighted engineering challenges in adaptive reuse. Two steel columns buckled in the newer structure of the former Pfizer headquarters, halting work on a project converting two buildings into 1,600 apartments. Experts emphasized the complexity of such projects but expressed confidence in engineers' ability to address setbacks.
- ‘Failures happen during construction’: Office-to-residential conversions are all over NYC, but failures usually get fixed before they get worse
A Midtown NYC building undergoing office-to-residential conversion experienced structural issues, including buckling columns and sagging floors, attributed to added construction weight. Emergency measures were taken, but no injuries were reported. Experts suggest the failure stemmed from engineering or construction loading errors rather than material quality.
- Some evacuation orders and street closures remain as work continues on a NYC high-rise that buckled
A partially constructed Manhattan high-rise buckled and sagged, leading to evacuations and street closures. The building has been stabilized, but some evacuations and closures remain as repairs continue. The developer attributes the damage to added weight from construction.
- Some evacuation orders and street closures remain as work continues on a NYC high-rise that buckled
Crews stabilized a Manhattan high-rise under construction after columns buckled and floors sagged, leading to evacuations and street closures. The building, former Pfizer headquarters, remains under repair with some surrounding areas still evacuated. MetroLoft, the developer, attributes the damage to added weight from expanding the top floors.