Pfizer headquarters
Coverage of Pfizer headquarters in the Nexus archive.
- NYC officials order structural review at building next to buckled Midtown highrise
NYC officials have ordered a structural review of a building adjacent to the buckled Midtown highrise. The former Pfizer headquarters, being converted into residential apartments, is at risk of collapse, prompting the city to require the owner to commission a review of the neighboring project on East 42nd Street.
- New York City halts work at third commercial building being converted to residential
New York City's Department of Buildings has paused work on a third commercial-to-residential building conversion following structural issues. This follows earlier halts after steel columns buckled at the former Pfizer headquarters earlier this month.
- New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing
A construction scare at the former Pfizer headquarters in New York, where two steel columns buckled during an office-to-apartment conversion project, highlights engineering challenges in adaptive reuse. The project aims to convert two buildings into 1,600 apartments but faces complexities like ensuring older structures can support new loads and redesigning spaces for residential use.
- 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.
- New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing
A construction scare at the former Pfizer headquarters in New York highlighted challenges in converting offices into housing. The incident involved buckled steel columns during a large-scale adaptive reuse project, with experts emphasizing the complexity of such conversions but affirming engineers' capability to address them.
- What could the near collapse of a Midtown building do to NYC’s office-to-apartment craze?
The former Pfizer headquarters in Midtown, being converted into residential apartments, is at risk of collapse. Thousands of new apartments in former office buildings are mentioned in city data.