Facade of 5 Beekman Street  A new, supertall, residential tower is heading for Lower Manhattan. Perhaps befitting of its Financial District destination, this CetraRuddy-designed skyscraper will boast an ornate gold facade. Renderings reveal a Pizzarotti Group and Madison Equities developed tower to be built at 45 Broad Street–it will reportedly climb 86 stories and house 245 luxury residences. The project is slated to sometime this year, with a projected completion date in 2018; it will add to the new luxe residential projects already taking the Financial District by storm.

  South Street Seaport’s Luxury Condos On the Market This Fall

What's the latest news surrounding Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6 Project? Rendering of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Project via [New York Yimby](http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/06/revealed-two-oda-designed-towers-for-brooklyn-bridge-parks-pier-6.html " Two ODA-Designed Towers For Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6"")

[Photo by Ed Kiley] The Financial District should be seeing extra traffic today because the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, also called the Oculus, has officially opened. The Port Authority previously denied any ceremonious debut, but according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, they have changed their mind and are planning an event to honor the occasion later this spring.

When renowned architect Rosario Candela designed 915 West End Avenue in 1922,  it was designed in classic and elegant harmony with the rest of the stately, regal facades on the leafy riverside esplanade. Almost a century later, the stretch of the Upper West Side near Riverside Park is still a wondrously sublime respite from the usual cacophony of city life.

2015 was irrefutably the year of the skyscraper — a reported 106 buildings 656 feet or taller went up around the globe last year. Asian cities dominated the market in terms of growth — only Moscow showed up in the top 15 completions by quantity and height, and New York is the only U.S. city to even make the list. While only two skyscrapers were completed here in 2015, the rise and dominance of the supertall tower can be felt throughout the city.

Last week StreetEasy published their annual quarterly market report for the fourth quarter of 2015 in New York City. Its data compared the real estate markets in Manhattan and Brooklyn, with the findings based on a comprehensive database of both sales and rentals.

Rendering of the unique lobby at 180 East 88th Street in Yorkville. As the , developers continue to invest in new construction projects around the Yorkville area. Industry experts are certain that the previously overlooked neighborhood in the Upper East Side will see an injection of renewed interest, especially in the luxury sector. These four new luxury condos in particular provide great opportunities for apartment hunters and prospective homebuyers to enter the Manhattan market.

Renderings of Gramercy Square have been revealed for the [condo conversion of the former Cabrini Medical Center](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/realestate/from-hospital-to-condo.html ""From Hospital to Condo""). The condo complex, slated for completion sometime this year, will comprise four separate buildings – each quite unique from the others architecturally – and a total of 223 residences.